Clinical Nurse I: Pacemaker & Arrhythmia Ctr
About The Position
The Clinical Nurse I – MedSurg role provides direct patient care to assigned patients on Medical/Surgical units in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act. The nurse collaborates with other health care disciplines to ensure safe, timely, appropriate, high-quality patient care. Care includes physical assessments, nursing interventions, pain management, medication administration, specimen collection, meeting nutritional needs, and patient teaching and discharge needs. The nurse uses the nursing process and evidence-based best practices, evaluates and adjusts care as needed with consultation, and consults appropriate resource personnel when addressing ethical, legal, or medical dilemmas. Other duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Current, good-standing Registered Nurse license in the State of California.
- Current BLS certification prior to clinical rotation.
- For Clinical Nurse I positions at Magnet-designated facilities, a BSN is required, or the employee must start a BSN program within one year of hire and attain the BSN degree within two years of starting the program.
- For the Pacemaker & Arrhythmia Center, ACLS certification is required upon hire.
Nice To Haves
- BSN preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act.
- Collaborate with other health care disciplines to ensure safe, timely, appropriate, high-quality patient care.
- Perform physical assessments and nursing interventions.
- Provide pain management and administer medications.
- Collect specimens and meet patients’ nutritional needs.
- Provide patient teaching and address discharge needs.
- Use the nursing process and evidence-based best practices to meet patient care needs.
- Evaluate and adjust the nursing care process as necessary, consulting as needed.
- Consult appropriate resource personnel when making decisions about ethical, legal, or medical dilemmas.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
