PRN Registered Nurse (year-round)

Are you looking for the opportunity of a lifetime? STGi is currently seeking a year-round PRN Registered Nurse (RN) to provide services at our facilities at Yellowstone National Park.

JOB SUMMARY:

The PRN Registered Nurse (RN) will work in one of the three medical clinics in Yellowstone National Park. The clinics are located at Old Faithful, Lake Village, and Mammoth Hot Springs. Lake and Old Faithful, our seasonal facilities, open in a staggered fashion during April and May and are in operation until mid to late October each year, depending on the clinic. The Old Faithful and Lake Village facilities provide urgent and emergency care as well as occupational healthcare and some primary care for Park residents and employees. A wide age range of patients with diverse injuries and illnesses are seen. Limited point-of-service lab and x-ray are available at all three facilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Clinical Duties and Responsibilities:

• Completes triage and initial data collection on all incoming patients. Obtains vital signs, objective and subjective data through history taking, physical exam and review of records.

• Assesses the patient's physical and mental condition in an ongoing manner to establish and track baseline status for deviations.

• Documents the above assessments and reassessments on documentation tools provided.

• Utilizes electronic health records (EHR) as outlined clinically and clerically.

• Provides pertinent patient transfer notes and associated paperwork with assessment of current status, complications and a comprehensive note of changing status of patient response, when necessary.

• Maintains flexibility to reassess and prioritize based on incoming patients, change in acuity, and fluctuations in environmental conditions.

• Provides care for patients with emergent, non-emergency, and psychosocial problems.

• Administers proper medications by all routes.

• Takes and interprets ECG

• Administers and maintains sedation.

• Treat patients, lift and move patients, secure patients for transport, and transfer patients to medical facilities from your remote clinic.

• Lift, carry, push, pull, operate, and manipulate a patient gurney in outdoor environments during transfers..

• Potential for need to rescue victims as needed by rendering emergency care, emergently moving patients from danger and securing the patient for transport, perform physical exams and treat patients enroute to hospitals or at disaster triage sites if assisting the National Park Service in a mass casualty event (extremely rare).

Radiological Responsibilities:

• Provides basic radiological studies. Utilizes continuing educational opportunities to enhance and refine skills.

• Collaborates with APC to take a radiological film.

• Maintains processor and associated equipment according to procedure and notifies service company and/or Clinic Administrator with any malfunctions or questions.

• Willingness to be trained to take digital x-rays.

• Maintains filing system according to HIPPA procedures.

Technical and Business Functions

• Verifies registration information via copy of insurance card and personal interview, asking patient or family member to complete registration information.

• Interviews patients or family members regarding finances on payment expectation.

• Inputs all insurance/collections activity to established guidelines.

• Sets up acceptable patient payment arrangements, when requested, in a courteous and efficient manner, utilizing credit card or personal check verification services.

• Interacts with all patients in a courteous and helpful manner in person or on the phone. Attempts to resolve questions and refers to the Charge Nurse or Clinic Manager as appropriate.

• Identifies and eliminates equipment need- problems, i.e., IV pumps, oxygen tanks. Ensures the equipment necessary for delivering emergency care is readily available and in working order.

• Performs point of service laboratory testing, including shipping of specimens, in compliance with procedures and maintains QI as appropriate.