Clinical Nurse BU - Labor and Delivery - Sharp Chula Vista - Night Shift - Full-time 0.9 FTE

Sharp HealthCare•Chula Vista, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

To provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families. Essential Functions include Clinical advancement, Clinical judgment and decision making, Clinical leadership, Nurse-patient/family relationship. The role involves using systematic planning, appropriate methods, and timely exchange of information with the multidisciplinary team and patient/family to coordinate care. It requires the ability to focus on and manage multiple patient needs and aspects of care, actively communicate with the care team, and utilize available resources to problem-solve. The nurse will apply the nursing process and critical thinking to provide individualized, goal-directed patient care consistent with current safety standards, identify actual/potential problems, continuously evaluate interventions, and collaborate with patients, families, and team members to develop a comprehensive plan of care. The role also includes acting as a preceptor/teacher, implementing safe and efficient care for patients with complex needs, documenting per guidelines, delegating and assigning care, assessing physician orders, assisting coworkers, and establishing therapeutic relationships with patients and families. Age-appropriate patient education and coordination of transfer and discharge planning are also key responsibilities. The position requires independent performance of the nursing process, safe nursing care for complex situations, competency in unit skills, coordination of patient care, and participation in quality improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Graduate of nursing school.
1 Year clinical experience (RNs with less than 12 months experience will complete the new grad requirements).
California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing -REQUIRED
AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification (C-EFM) - National Certification Corporation -REQUIRED
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - Various-Employee provides certificate -REQUIRED

Nice To Haves

New Grad and Transition-In-Practice (TIP) RNs required to obtain NCC Certification in Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM) within one (1) year of hire.

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.
Focus on and manage multiple patient needs and aspects of care.
Actively communicate with the care team to plan patient care.
Utilize available resources to problem-solve and determine the most effective approach to action.
Apply 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.
Identify actual/potential problems for which the patient is at risk.
Continuously evaluate interventions and care, and adjust the plan as patient and family needs change.
Identify need for referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation.
Collaborate with patient, family, and other team members to develop a comprehensive plan of care.
Prioritize demand for resources and collaborate with others to meet individualized patient needs.
Act as preceptor/teacher in guiding other nurses on how to apply the nursing process with a particular unit population.
Make appropriate referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation.
Implement safe, therapeutic, and efficient care for patients with complex needs due to multi-system disease and/or complications of treatment.
Demonstrate accountability for achieving patient outcomes.
Demonstrate an ability to quickly recognize a patient diagnosis even though presenting symptoms or situations may be dissimilar.
Document per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures.
Serve as a resource for other staff in managing unit specific documentation issues.
Delegate/assign and communicate expectations for care delivery processes to each member of the team.
Assess appropriateness of physician orders and to question physician when appropriate.
Help coworkers improve performance.
Offer assistance and support to coworkers.
Provide positive feedback to others.
Provide unit specific information to students, floats, travelers/registry personnel and document appropriately.
Provide incidental teaching to members of the team.
Look for and apply ways to improve work processes and systems.
Offer and accept constructive feedback/criticism in a non-judgmental, positive and confidential manner.
Seek out opportunities to assist and support coworkers.
Establish a therapeutic relationship with patient and family.
Anticipate problems to establishing/maintaining a therapeutic relationship with a specific patient and take actions to enhance quality of nurse/patient/family interaction.
Analyze social/cultural variables and adapt nursing interventions to meet diverse needs.
Serve as a patient advocate through actions such as: removing obstacles, identifying and supporting appropriate needs and wants; interpreting for patient to physician and visa/versa.
Provide age-appropriate patient education that facilitates recovery, self-care, end-of-life care and health maintenance, health promotion, and wellness.
Coordinate transfer and discharge planning and teaching in collaboration with other members of the health care team.
Collaborate with other team members to identify, develop and/or revise patient education materials.
Demonstrate flexibility to teaching based on assessment of learner's needs and the integration of adult learning principles.
Independently perform the nursing process through individualized assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of safe, therapeutic, efficient care for patients with overt and subtle needs throughout the continuum of care, and according to unit's standards of care.
Perform safe nursing care for patients in more complex situations with some assistance and supervision.
Demonstrate competency in all areas of the unit skills and some advanced skills.
Coordinate patient care administered by other members of the care team.
May assume the responsibility of relief charge nurse and may assist with preceptorship/professional development of new nurses and students.
Use common equipment and medications safely in the practice setting and consults others when unfamiliar.
Recognize inconsistencies in patient care and manages potential complications.
Demonstrate consistent organization and prioritization of workload; confident management of emergency situations.
Participate in quality improvement initiatives.
Comply with all regulatory and accreditation standards.
Demonstrate professional behavior through participation in unit activities and committees as appropriate.
Teach skills as necessary.
Coordinate patient care administered by other members of the nursing staff.
Utilize a variety of teaching/coaching strategies to assist family through disease process/experience.
Promote clinical effectiveness, efficient use of resources, and quality care in practice setting.
Transfer knowledge and mentor others to improve clinical practice.
Demonstrate complex problem solving and the use of critical thinking skills.