Denver Health Hiring For Nursing Apprentice I – Acute Care Trauma Unit at Denver, CO  Full Time

Job Summary

Under the supervision of an RN, performs basic patient care activities. The Nursing Apprentice I role allows nursing students an opportunity to enhance clinical skills in a hospital environment while still enrolled in an ADN or BSN program. The Nursing Apprentice I adheres to the American Nurses Association (ANA) standards of professional nursing and performance, and the ANA Code of Ethics (2015) to provide care to all patients. Utilizes the Theory of Human Caring and Caritas in daily practice. “Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, Founder / Director, Watson Caring Science Institute”.

Responsibilities

1.The Nursing Apprentice I works at least 12 hours per pay period consistently until graduate or until verification of RN licensure.
2.Performs basic patient care activities as delegated and supervised by an RN, including but not limited to, monitoring vital
signs, taking blood glucose measurements, and recording intake and output.
3.Assists patients with tending to personal care and activities of daily living, including but not limited to, bathing, grooming and eating.
4.Reports abnormal findings or changes in physical, mental and emotional conditions to nursing staff.
5.Assists with keeping unit(s) and patient rooms stocked, clean, and orderly.
6.Develop specific clinical nurse skills through observation of experts and supervised, hands-on experience.
7.Documentation that complies with clinical guidelines.
8.Partners with interprofessional team on healthcare consumer throughput by proactively solving problems related to capacity and healthcare consumer flow.
9.Collaborates with interprofessional teams to incorporate Lean principles for quality improvement initiatives.
10.Other skills
a.Approved skills with validation of competency detailed in Appendix A
b.Restricted skills and limitations of practice detailed in Appendix A
APPENDEX A
Nursing Apprentice approved tasks/skills allowed with returned demonstration and documentation on the standardized Nursing Apprentice Competency Tool.
*Glucometer
*recording intake and output
*Telemetry led placement and removal
*Placement of oxygen devices (excluding oxygen titration)
*Assessments, interventions and reassessment documentation with an RN co-signature
*Wound care and wound care documentation with an RN co-signature
*Place and removal of peripheral IVs
*Perform phlebotomy
*Place and remove urinary drainage catheters
*Perform central line dressing changes
The Nursing Apprentice restricted skills and limitations
*Patient Admission and/or discharges
*Medication administration
*Patient education
*Blood administration
*Obtaining consent, or signing consent forms
*Acknowledging orders
*Verify settings or work with PCAs, epidural pumps or other intravenous drips
*Delegate tasks independently to facility personnel
*Perform any task that requires certification or advanced instruction. Examples of this are ACLS or PALS interventions

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
1.Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and take appropriate action.
2.Ability to ensure confidentiality of patient information by creating and maintaining a secure and trusting environment by not sharing information learned on the job, except when necessary in the performance of the job responsibilities or to improve a patient’s care.
3.Ability to ensure all duties, responsibilities and competencies are conducted in a manner that is effective and appropriate to patients/clients to who care/service is being provided.
4.Demonstrates knowledge and applicability of the principles of growth and development over the life span, as well as demonstrating the ability to assess data reflecting the patient’s status and interpreting appropriate cultural information of the patient(s) to whom care/ services is being delivered/provided.
5.Ability to complete and maintain clinical competency standards.
Computers and Technology
1.EHR Documentation preferred.
Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience
1.Actively enrolled in an accredited nursing program and in good standing.
a.If enrolled, must demonstrate continued enrollment/matriculation in the nursing program.
2.Must have successfully completed Med/Surg 1 at time of application with the ability to provide transcript with grade.

Education

Experience

Credentials

* Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) from American Heart Association (Required)

Location
Main Campus – Pavilion B

Shift

Work Type
Partial Year (10 Months)

Pay Range

Minimum: 18.70

Midpoint: 22.02

Maximum: 25.34

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 18 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison and Safety, a Public Health department, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

Denver Health is committed to provide equal treatment and equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. As an EOE, Denver Health does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

“Denver Health is committed to provide equal treatment and equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Denver Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.”