Registered Nurse (Ortho)
Provide compassionate, evidence-based acute care to orthopedic patients. Perform comprehensive assessments and develop/implement individualized care plans. Manage pain and post-surgical care, including monitoring recovery and complications. Deliver wound care and support mobility and safe transfers/ambulation.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct thorough patient assessments and ongoing reassessments
- Administer and manage pain control and post-surgical interventions
- Provide wound care and monitor healing
- Assist patients with mobility, functional recovery, and safety
- Educate patients and families on care plans, recovery, and precautions
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to optimize outcomes
- Ensure accurate documentation in the EHR and maintain safety/quality standards
Qualifications & Skills
- Current RN licensure and strong clinical judgment in orthopedic/acute care
- Competence in post-surgical and wound care practices
- Excellent patient assessment, communication, and teaching skills
- Ability to work effectively in a team-based, patient-centered environment
- Detail-oriented EHR documentation to support continuity of care