Clinical Nurse - RN - PCU Heart Failure 5E - Sharp Chula Vista - Night Shift - Full-time - May be eligible for New Hire Relocation Incentive

Sharp HealthCare • Chula Vista, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

To provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families. This role involves clinical advancement, utilizing systematic planning, appropriate methods, and timely exchange of information with the multidisciplinary team and patient/family to coordinate care. The nurse will demonstrate the ability to focus on and manage multiple patient needs and aspects of care, actively communicating with the care team to plan patient care and utilizing available resources to problem-solve and determine the most effective approach to action. Clinical judgment and decision-making are crucial, involving 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. The nurse will 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. They will identify the need for referrals based on initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation, collaborating with the patient, family, and other team members to develop a comprehensive plan of care. Prioritization of demand for resources and collaboration with others to meet individualized patient needs are key. The role also includes acting as a preceptor/teacher in guiding other nurses on how to apply the nursing process with a particular unit population and making appropriate referrals. The nurse will implement safe, therapeutic, and efficient care for patients with complex needs due to multi-system disease and/or complications of treatment, demonstrating accountability for achieving patient outcomes. They will demonstrate an ability to quickly recognize a patient diagnosis even though presenting symptoms or situations may be dissimilar and document per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures, ensuring comprehensive and detailed charting that reflects a critical thinking/problem-oriented approach to patient issues. The nurse will serve as a resource for other staff in managing unit-specific documentation issues. Clinical leadership involves delegating/assigning and communicating expectations for care delivery processes to each member of the team, understanding what can and cannot be delegated. The nurse is responsible for delegation and follows through to ensure delegated tasks are complete, analyzing each situation before delegating and consistently applying the necessary levels of supervision. They will assess the appropriateness of physician orders and question physicians when appropriate, help coworkers improve performance, offer assistance and support, and provide positive feedback. The nurse will provide unit-specific information to students, floats, travelers/registry personnel and document appropriately, provide incidental teaching to team members, and look for and apply ways to improve work processes and systems. Offering and accepting constructive feedback/criticism in a non-judgmental, positive, and confidential manner, and seeking out opportunities to assist and support coworkers are also important aspects of this role. Establishing a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family, anticipating problems, and taking actions to enhance the quality of nurse/patient/family interaction are essential. The nurse will analyze social/cultural variables and adapt nursing interventions to meet diverse needs, serve as a patient advocate, and provide age-appropriate patient education. Coordinating transfer and discharge planning and teaching in collaboration with other members of the health care team, and collaborating with other team members to identify, develop, and/or revise patient education materials are also key responsibilities. Demonstrating flexibility to teaching based on assessment of learner's needs and the integration of adult learning principles is expected.

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

Nice To Haves

• RNs with less than 12 months experience will complete the new grad requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families.
• Utilize 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 the 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 question physician when appropriate.
• Help coworkers improve performance.
• Offer assistance and support to coworkers.
• 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.
• May teach some skills competencies.
• 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 consult others when unfamiliar.
• Recognize inconsistencies in patient care and manage 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.

Benefits

• May be eligible for New Hire Relocation Incentive
• $5,000 in Relocation Bonus for new hires moving to San Diego
• $2,500 Referral Bonus for Internal Sharp employees only (for a qualified external new hire referral); Name of employee referring must be listed on the application.

What This Job Offers

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