Jewish Healthcare Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Are you ready to be part of an exceptional healthcare team, providing care to patients who come from around the world to seek our expertise and receive the highest quality of care?
National Jewish Health in the Infusion & Testing Services Department is seeking an Infusion/Allergy Procedure RN to join our team! The selected candidate will perform highly specialized Infusions and allergy testing on patients. The IV infusions include medications such as IVIG, Rituximab, iron, and more. The allergy testing will include, but not limited to drug desensitization & challenges, allergy rush procedures, and food challenges. Successful candidates in this role will display critical thinking and hands-on patient skills by starting IV's, assessing patients during treatments, and quickly responding to reactions that may arise during allergy procedures. You will also be to cross-train to the oncology infusion to learn chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatments.
This position offers a desirable schedule of no nights, holidays or weekends! The selected candidate will be expected to float between the National Jewish Health Main Campus, Northern Hematology-Oncology, and Western Hematology-Oncology locations.
As the leading respiratory hospital in the nation, National Jewish Health is pioneering a new era of preventive and personalized medicine. By combining our efforts in comprehensive care, academic education and ground-breaking research, we're able to develop treatments that help our patients live more productive lives. We breathe science so our patients can breathe life. If you believe in working for an organization where Breathing Science is Life, we invite you to join our team!
Position Summary
Accurately plans and provides professional nursing care utilizing a systematic approach incorporating assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of plan of care. The Inpatient or Procedural RN is responsible and accountable for facilitation and management of care coordination across the healthcare continuum. Utilizes the nursing process to work with interdisciplinary teams to provide safe and personalized care. Demonstrates core competencies in their area of practice. The Inpatient/Procedural RN assists in providing crisis intervention, providing answering service coverage, interdepartmental problem-solving, and ensuring safe care.
Essential Duties

1. Collects and analyzes pertinent data and information relative to the patient's needs. Demonstrates proficient, skillful, and rapid assessment of patient problems and needs in the inpatient or procedural areas.
2. Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential problems or issues and communicates concerns to the provider.
3. Identifies expected and/or desired outcomes in a plan of care individualized for a specific patient and ensures the plan of care reflects the cultural, spiritual, intellectual, age, educational, and psychosocial differences of patient.
4. Collaborates with providers and other healthcare professionals to facilitate smooth and efficient inpatient or procedural workflows.
5. Provides professional nursing care exercising independent judgment in utilizing the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate.
6. Facilitates appropriate medical care, carries out provider orders, and documents care in EMR.
7. Provides patient education using methods and approaches recognizing the specific needs and concerns of the individual patient.
8. Completes and maintains competence in assigned area.
9. Participates in projects, activities, committees, related to nursing and health care in clinical and organizational settings.
10. Participates in evidenced based practice and research strategies to advance inpatient or procedural nursing practice and improve patient outcomes.
11. Participates as a member of the hospital's Code Blue response team as needed.

1. Performs other job-related duties as assigned. Functions as a preceptor or Clinical House Supervisor as assigned.
2. May oversee and guide the work of other nursing and support staff.

1. Accountability: Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member; displays honesty and truthfulness; confronts problems quickly; displays a strong commitment to organizational success and inspires others to commit to goals; demonstrates a commitment to National Jewish Health.
2. Ethics: Practices ethically; Integrates the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements to guide practice; demonstrates compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth and unique attributes of all people; advocates for healthcare consumer's rights to informed decision-making and self-determination; maintains therapeutic relationships and professional boundaries; safeguards privacy and confidentiality of healthcare consumers, and their data and information [Standard of Professional Performance (SPP) 7].
3. Informing and Communicating: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message [SPP 9].
4. Collaboration/Teamwork: Cooperates with others to accomplish common goals; works with employees and across his/her department to achieve shared goals; treat others with dignity and respect and maintains a friendly demeanor; values the contributions of others [SPP 10].
5. Leadership: Encourages innovation in practice and role performance to attain personal and professional plans, goals, and vision; manages change and conflict; retains accountability for delegated nursing care; contributes to the evolution of the profession through participation in professional organizations. [SPP 11].
6. Professional Development: Actively identifies in new area with preceptor learning opportunities and unit specific competencies; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill to enhance contribution to the organization [SPP 12, 15].
7. Evidence-based Practice and Research: Integrates evidence and research findings into practice; articulates the values of research and its application relative to the healthcare setting; identifies questions in the healthcare setting and practice that can be answered by nursing research; uses current evidence-based knowledge, including research findings, to guide practice; incorporates evidence when initiating change in practice [SPP 13].
8. Quality of Practice: Contributes to quality nursing practice: Ensures practice is safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, and patient centered; identifies barriers and opportunities to improve safety, effectiveness, efficiency, equitability, timeliness, and patient centeredness; recommends strategies to improve nursing quality [SPP 14].

1. Be available to work as scheduled and report to work on time.
2. Be willing to accept supervision and work well with others.
3. Be well groomed, appropriate for your role and wear ID Badge visibly.
4. Compliant with all departmental and institutional policies, the Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct and completes NetLearning by due date annually.
5. Promotes a workplace culture based on mutual respect and merit, where all individuals are treated fairly and provided with equal opportunity to contribute to the mission and goals of the institution.
6. Adheres to safe working practices and always follows all institutional and departmental safety policies and procedures.
7. Wears appropriate PPE as outlined by the infection control policies and procedures.
8. Demonstrates compliance with all state, federal and all other regulatory agency requirements.

1. Education: Graduation from an Accredited School of Nursing required, BSN preferred.
2. Work Experience: None
3. Special Training, Certification or Licensure: Current Colorado Registered Nurse (RN) License required. Current BLS certification required upon hire. ACLS and PALS certifications required within 45 days of hire. ONS Certification required within 6 months of hire for Infusion.