Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.
The Registered Nurse is a sincerely caring and compassionate professional and assumes accountability in utilizing the nursing process to provide dynamic patient management.
Required Behaviors
As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization: Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.
Required Qualifications
Current licensure by the State Board of Nursing of New Mexico or compact (multi-state) license
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
Must meet the requirements for obtaining and maintaining life support certifications as outlined in the Life Support Certification policy
Duties and Responsibilities
Provides individualized patient care and maintains clinical competency appropriate for the area of practice
Prioritizes patient care based on acuity and assures continuity of safe/effective care of patients
Understands and follows policy and procedure in addition to meeting licensure requirements
Responsive to current safety and quality initiatives and sustains improvement
Builds productive interpersonal relationships in every encounter
Demonstrates teamwork and delegates appropriately to other team members
Actively participates in the department
Proactively seeks continued growth and development
Supports the philosophy of San Juan Regional Medical Center by facilitating the cooperation of the hospital staff in a multi-disciplinary approach to problem solving.
Upholds established Core Values, Standards of Practice, Standards of Care, philosophy, and goals of the Nursing Department and organization.
Serves as a role model for staff by demonstrating a positive attitude and holistic approach to patient care and a commitment to the nursing process.
Assesses the patient’s condition and nursing needs utilizing the nursing process
Is able to deliver interdisciplinary care to patients across the lifespan: OB/Peds through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation and appropriately documents the care of assigned patients.
Sets expected outcomes/goals and prescribes appropriate nursing interventions in cooperation with the patient, the patient’s family and/or the significant other.
Uses advanced and specialized knowledge and skills to proficiently assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and document the care of assigned patients.
Assesses the patient/family significant other’s educational needs and develops an appropriate plan to meet the needs as evidenced by documentation on the Patient’s Plan of Care.
Follows guidelines described in the Ethics and Compliance Code of Conduct Compliance Plan.
Demonstrates an understanding of DNV accrediting process as it pertains to his/her position and responsibilities and responds accordingly.
Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work: Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship
Other duties as assigned
Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions
Must be able to see with corrective eyewear and hear clearly with assistance
Must be able to walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist frequently
Must be able to lift greater than fifty (50) pounds and push up to three hundred (300) pounds frequently
Potential exposure to blood and bodily fluids and meets OSHA training requirements
Special Demands
Sets limits when dealing with angry, hostile, or sometimes verbally or physically abusive patients and families in an attempt to ensure a safe, respectful environment that will support the delivery of care
Effectively copes and strives for balance when caring for acutely ill patients and families
What's around it?
SAN JUAN Regional Medical Center INC · Farmington, NM
Neighborhoods+Residential choices in Farmington center around key corridors, including the established residential neighborhoods flanking Main Street, the scenic properties surrounding Farmington Lake, and housing clusters near San Juan College. Professionals also settle in suburban pockets around Country Club Elementary in the northern part of town or opt for downtown apartments close to civic hubs, balancing quiet neighborhood settings with quick vehicle access to regional employment centers.
Residential choices in Farmington center around key corridors, including the established residential neighborhoods flanking Main Street, the scenic properties surrounding Farmington Lake, and housing clusters near San Juan College. Professionals also settle in suburban pockets around Country Club Elementary in the northern part of town or opt for downtown apartments close to civic hubs, balancing quiet neighborhood settings with quick vehicle access to regional employment centers.
Getting around+Daily travel in Farmington is overwhelmingly car-dependent, with local transit options being very minimal and walkability low across most residential sectors. Drives are remarkably brief compared to larger metropolitan areas, averaging under fifteen minutes, and traffic congestion is virtually absent as drivers move easily along primary thoroughfares like Main Street to reach regional medical centers.
Daily travel in Farmington is overwhelmingly car-dependent, with local transit options being very minimal and walkability low across most residential sectors. Drives are remarkably brief compared to larger metropolitan areas, averaging under fifteen minutes, and traffic congestion is virtually absent as drivers move easily along primary thoroughfares like Main Street to reach regional medical centers.
Outdoors+Farmington sits at the confluence of the San Juan, Animas, and La Plata rivers, offering water sports, fishing, and paved waterside jogging along the Berg Park river walk. Outdoor recreation defines the region, from boating at Farmington Lake and golfing at the nationally ranked Piñon Hills Golf Course to exploring off-road badlands. World-class desert excursions are close by, including the labyrinthine hoodoos of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness and the sweeping canyon vistas of Angel Peak Scenic Area.
Farmington sits at the confluence of the San Juan, Animas, and La Plata rivers, offering water sports, fishing, and paved waterside jogging along the Berg Park river walk. Outdoor recreation defines the region, from boating at Farmington Lake and golfing at the nationally ranked Piñon Hills Golf Course to exploring off-road badlands.
World-class desert excursions are close by, including the labyrinthine hoodoos of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness and the sweeping canyon vistas of Angel Peak Scenic Area.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Farmington
Serving as the commercial and healthcare anchor of the Four Corners, Farmington offers relocating nurses a distinct high-desert outpost defined by three intersecting rivers and dramatic sandstone topography. Living here means leaving highway congestion behind for breezy, ten-to-fifteen-minute commutes across town along Main Street. Shift breaks and days off cater heavily to outdoor enthusiasts: you can run along the Animas River at Berg Park, play a round at Piñon Hills Golf Course, paddle Farmington Lake, or embark on rugged excursions into the otherworldly Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness. Community energy peaks during the annual Connie Mack World Series, while local dinner spots like Si Senor and Clancy's anchor the social fabric. However, moving here requires realistic expectations regarding isolation. Farmington lacks metropolitan nightlife, public transit is negligible, spring winds bring harsh dust, and regional school rankings and property crime are recurring local talking points. For healthcare professionals seeking a self-contained community with unmatched access to ancient monuments and southwestern wilderness, Farmington delivers a grounded, adventure-ready lifestyle.