Advanced Clinician RN - Surgery - Sharp Memorial Hospital – 12 Hour Day Shift - Full Time – Eligible for New Hire Relocation

Sharp HealthCare • San Diego, CA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

To provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families. This role involves clinical advancement, utilizing systematic planning and timely exchange of information with the multidisciplinary team and patient/family to coordinate care. The clinician demonstrates leadership in identifying and resolving issues, and is sought out for critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. They possess an intuitive grasp of clinical situations and can identify high-priority potential crises before significant clinical changes are evident. The role requires utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking to provide patient care that incorporates the mind, body, and spirit, is individualized, goal-directed, and consistent with current standards of safety. The clinician serves as a recognized resource, leader, and problem-solver for staff, integrating care with a multidisciplinary team and applying nursing principles to comprehensive care delivery. They assume a leadership role in interdisciplinary conferences, use critical thinking to analyze information and draw conclusions, and think creatively to solve problems. Documentation is per department/entity guidelines, and the clinician supports this process for others. Clinical leadership involves delegating and communicating expectations, coaching team members, and using judgment to assess physician orders, questioning them when necessary. They assist staff in developing communication skills, guide staff in new patient situations, and mentor others to improve clinical practice. The nurse-patient/family relationship is established through therapeutic interaction, and the clinician is a resource for regulatory issues. They identify and resolve ethical dilemmas and use complex strategies to interact with challenging patients and families, teaching these strategies to others. Age-appropriate patient education is provided to facilitate recovery, self-care, end-of-life care, and health maintenance. The clinician is recognized as a resource for developing teaching plans and modifying strategies. Advanced competencies in all areas of unit skills are demonstrated, serving as a role model for professional behavior through committee participation. The clinician assumes responsibilities of charge nurse and preceptor for new graduates and orientees, providing expert direct patient care and integrating care with the multidisciplinary team. They demonstrate expert nursing principles for improved outcomes and complex problem-solving skills, recognizing inconsistencies in patient care and managing potential complications. They apply knowledge, expertise, and leadership to achieve outcomes for the unit, department, hospital, organization, and community, complying with all regulatory and accreditation standards, and may participate in evidence-based research utilization.

Requirements

• Graduate of nursing school.
• 2 Years recent pertinent clinical experience as defined by the CBA.
• California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing -REQUIRED
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrates advanced competencies in all areas of the unit skills.
• Serves as a role model for professional behavior through participation in committees.
• Assumes the responsibility of resource role and teaching role.
• Assumes the responsibilities of charge nurse and preceptor for new graduates and/or new orientees to unit.
• Demonstrates leadership skills, which allow the nurse to positively influence the practice of others.
• Provides expert direct patient care and integrates care with multidisciplinary team to facilitate patient access to needed resources from pre-admission to discharge.
• Demonstrates expert nursing principles that directly result in improved outcomes as assessed by patients, family, physicians and staff.
• Transfers knowledge and mentors others to improve clinical practice.
• Demonstrates complex problem solving and the use of critical thinking skills.
• Recognizes inconsistencies in patient care and manages potential complications.
• Applies knowledge, expertise and leadership to achieve outcomes for unit/department/hospital/organization/community.
• Complies with all regulatory and accreditation standards.
• May participate in the process of evidence-based research utilization.
• Demonstrates critical thinking skills.
• Serves as a role model for professional behavior through participation in committees.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families.
• Use systematic planning, appropriate methods, and timely exchange of information with the multidisciplinary team and patient/family to coordinate care.
• Demonstrate leadership in the identification, resolution, and evaluation of system/practice/work flow issues.
• Utilize the nursing process and a critical thinking approach to provide patient care that incorporates the mind, body, and spirit; is individualized, goal directed, and consistent with current standards of safety.
• Serve as a clinical resource and contribute to the professional development/education of other staff members.
• Integrate care with a multidisciplinary team to facilitate patients' access to needed resources from pre-admission to discharge.
• Apply nursing principles in the provision of science-based comprehensive care delivery to identified patient population.
• Assume leadership role in interdisciplinary conference by initiating, facilitating, and communication.
• Use critical thinking skills to individualize information, to analyze it and draw conclusion.
• Think creatively to generate and evaluate ideas for making decisions and solving problems for the patient/family.
• Document per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures.
• Support documentation process helping others to understand regulatory and legal requirements and implications.
• Delegate/assign and communicate expectations for care delivery processes to each member of the team.
• Coach health care team member on how to determine if delegated task is appropriately assigned, how to accept a delegated task, and each individual's accountability for performing and completing the task.
• Use judgment and problem solving skills to assess appropriateness of physician's orders, is unafraid to question orders and to initiate, redirect and resolve issues.
• Assist staff in developing communication skills that result in customer satisfaction.
• Guide staff in new patient situations and/or those unfamiliar to the nurse or not commonly seen in the department.
• Help coworkers improve performance.
• Transfer knowledge and mentor others to improve clinical practice.
• Apply expert nursing principles that will directly result in improved outcomes as assessed by patient, family, physicians, and staff.
• Assist with matching patients' needs with staff ability and/or developmental needs.
• Organize and clearly present a formal class or presentation by using words, examples, pictures or graphics.
• Establish a therapeutic relationship with patient and family.
• Serve as a resource to staff for regulatory issues including EMTALA, Durable Power of Attorney, Organ Donations, Consents and Withdrawal of Life Support.
• Identify ethical dilemmas and take appropriate steps to resolve issues in a timely manner.
• Use alternative and complex strategies to interact with and create a therapeutic relationship with patients' and families who are perceived as challenging by others.
• Teach these strategies to other health care providers.
• Provide age appropriate patient education that facilitates recovery, self-care, end-of-life care and health maintenance, health promotion, and wellness.
• Serve as a role model for professional behavior through participation in committees.
• Assume the responsibility of resource role and teaching role.
• Assume the responsibilities of charge nurse and preceptor for new graduates and/or new orientees to unit.
• Provide expert direct patient care and integrate care with multidisciplinary team to facilitate patient access to needed resources from pre-admission to discharge.
• Demonstrate expert nursing principles that directly result in improved outcomes as assessed by patients, family, physicians and staff.
• Transfer knowledge and mentor others to improve clinical practice.
• Demonstrate complex problem solving and the use of critical thinking skills.
• Recognize inconsistencies in patient care and manages potential complications.
• Apply knowledge, expertise and leadership to achieve outcomes for unit/department/hospital/organization/community.
• Comply with all regulatory and accreditation standards.
• May participate in the process of evidence-based research utilization.
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills.

Benefits

• $5,000 New Hire Relocation Incentive: Qualified external new hire candidates may be eligible for a $5,000 relocation incentive. Must be relocating from 100+ miles outside of San Diego to be eligible.
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed