Compensation/Benefits

• $20/hr flat rate pay.
• Evening differential $2.50/hr.
• Night differentiall $3.00/hr.
• Weekend differential $3.00/hr.
• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, scholarship opportunities, retirement plans, free parking, and opportunities for advancement.

Ortho/Spine is a 32 bed Orthopedic unit with Disease Specific Certifications in Total Hip&Knee Replacement and Hip Fractures. Deeming us a Center of Excellence. We also take care of other Ortho cases such as Total Shoulder, Total Ankle and Trauma patients. We take some Med/Surg patients as well as overflow Cardiac patients.

• Upon completion of an accredited nursing program and under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, provides general nursing care and coordinates patient care through the life span for all patients.

Education

• Provide documentation of completion of a program of registered nursing and eligibility to write the licensure examination in Oklahoma.
• The graduate may continue to be employed in a Nurse Resident role until licensed, provided that the first licensure examination is taken within 90 days after graduation and the examination is passed within 6 months of graduation, on either the first or the second attempt.
• If the examination is failed after the second attempt, the Nurse Resident can no longer remain in the Nurse Resident position.
• Graduates of registered nursing program with concurrent LPN license will also be placed in Nurse Resident role.

Experience

• Completion of an accredited nursing program.

(Above requirements can be met by the equivalent combination of education and experience).

Licensure/Certification

• Active Oklahoma LPN license or active Multistate LPN/LVN license, if applicable.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) training or re-training is required during orientation prior to providing patient care.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) is required to be maintained thru re-training for duration of employment.
• Complete the 1yr Vizient Nurse Residency Program.