Clinical Nurse II

Alameda Health System•Oakland, CA

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Clinical Nurse II provides nursing care to patients, including medication administration and treatment. The role plans, implements, and evaluates patient care and performs related duties as required. This is the journey-level clinical nursing classification for employees with the required professional nursing experience who can independently perform the full range of clinical nursing services involving patient care. Clinical Nurse II employees may supervise professional and paraprofessional staff in their assigned unit and may serve as a team leader or charge nurse when assigned. The nurse assesses patients, develops and modifies care plans, provides and documents care in accordance with standards, and monitors patients for significant or critical changes. The role may include telemetry oversight and is responsible for promoting a safe, therapeutic environment, supporting infection control and quality assurance, and explaining procedures and health-care practices to patients and families. Certain licenses, certifications, and training requirements apply only to particular facilities, units, or specialties.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
Six months of experience as a Clinical Nurse I with AHS, or the equivalent of one year of recent full-time experience at a comparable level in a hospital with at least 100 beds or in the area of specialty. If experience is not recent, completion of an approved refresher course may be acceptable.
Valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association may be required depending on facility or unit/department specialty and patient-care policies.
Other advanced life support certifications may be required depending on unit/department specialty and patient-care policies.
Chemotherapy certification must be acquired within one year of hire for certain positions.
ONS certification must be acquired within one year of hire for inpatient medical telemetry/oncology positions.
Public Health Nurse certification in California is required for certain positions.
Completion of Perinatal Safety Modules within three months of hire, with evidence of completion and continuing annual competency maintained in the employee file or AHS learning management system, for certain positions.
Coronary Care Unit certification is required for certain positions in Fairmont Hospital’s Monitoring Unit.
TEAM Training is required for all positions at John George Psychiatric Pavilion and for certain Emergency Department positions.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification issued by the American Heart Association is required according to unit/department specialty and patient-care policies.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification issued by the American Heart Association is required for Emergency Department positions or when regularly overseeing or providing pediatric care.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) certification for Emergency Department positions.
Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification.
Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) certification for Emergency Department positions.

Responsibilities

Accompany, assist, and represent patients’ needs to other providers.
Provide accurate medication administration, skin and wound care, assistance with activities of daily living, and other essential patient-care activities.
Develop, implement, evaluate, and modify nursing care plans; prepare required records and reports.
Gather and assess patient information to identify nursing needs; assist and consult with physicians during procedures and diagnostic tests; contact physicians or other departments to obtain or provide patient information.
When assigned, oversee staff monitoring telemetry systems, alert the primary nurse to rhythm changes and life-threatening arrhythmias, interpret and post telemetry strips at specified times, and admit or discharge patients with telemetry units as appropriate.
Organize and supervise co-workers’ patient care during a work period, make adjustments, and accept responsibility for care quality; assume team leader or charge nurse responsibilities when assigned.
Promote a healthful, safe, and therapeutic environment for patients and families, including setting up and controlling the environment needed for infection control.
Participate in implementing patient-care and infection-control standards and quality-assurance criteria, assisting with studies, and attending unit and other meetings.
Provide and evaluate patient care according to established standards and the nursing care plan; monitor for significant or critical changes and initiate procedures as required; document care according to standards and required intervals.
Explain procedures, regimens, and services to patients and families, and teach health-care and disease-prevention techniques.
Prepare patients or areas for procedures and operations, assist physicians, and use instruments and equipment related to the assigned area.