This is a locum traveling nurse position to support the Indian Health Service in Chinle, AZ
\n
\n$3,000 - $3,300 a week
Position Overview: The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. IHS aims to ensure comprehensive, culturally acceptable personal and public health services are available to American Indians and Alaska Natives, serving approximately 1.5 million individuals from over 557 federally recognized tribes in 34 states.
Role Summary: We are seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Outpatient Pediatric Department. The RN will provide professional nursing services, direct patient care, and care coordination for pediatric patients, working within the competency standards outlined by the Service Unit.
Key Responsibilities: -Provide individualized, goal-oriented nursing care to pediatric patients using the nursing process.
-Plan and provide quality nursing care that meets the physical, spiritual, and cultural needs of Native American patients.
-Recognize complications and implement appropriate therapeutic interventions.
-Administer medications and recognize their effects, side effects, and complications.
-Provide childhood immunizations and up-to-date patient education resources.
-Analyze medical procedure results and translate them into appropriate nursing interventions.
-Work effectively within healthcare teams and with Native American patients and their families.
-Follow facility policies, TJC, OSHA, IHS, and other federal standards.
-Coordinate care teams and support team members.
-Provide health education to staff, patients, and customer owners.
-Perform clinical procedures including intravenous access, phlebotomy, point of care laboratory testing, medication administration, -EKG, SVN respiratory treatments, and respond to emergency codes.
-Make patient unit assignments and ensure timely completion of medication inventory, daily checks, and unit logs.
Work Schedule: Shifts may include 12-hour, 10-hour, or 8-hour tours of duty, with evening shifts as needed.
One-hour lunch break during the day shift.
Qualifications: Experience: Minimum of 36 months of nursing experience, with at least 12 months in pediatrics.
Licensure: Current, valid, unrestricted nursing license from a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a U.S. territory.
Certifications: Current Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications.
Education: Degree or diploma from an accredited professional nursing program.
Driver's License: Valid state driver's license if required by the position.
\n