Clinical Nurse RN - Subacute Care - Sharp Coronado Hospital - PM 8hour shift - A4 Per Diem

Sharp HealthCare • Coronado, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

To provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families. This role involves delegating and assigning care delivery processes, assessing physician orders, documenting patient care, establishing therapeutic relationships, serving as a patient advocate, assisting coworkers, providing age-appropriate patient education, coordinating transfer and discharge planning, and collaborating with the healthcare team to develop and revise patient education materials. The nurse will utilize the nursing process and critical thinking to provide individualized, goal-directed care, identify patient risks, evaluate interventions, and make appropriate referrals. This position implements safe, therapeutic, and efficient care for patients with complex needs and demonstrates accountability for achieving patient outcomes.

Requirements

• Graduate of nursing school.
• 2 Years clinical experience.
• 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

• Per Diem A4: Unit Based Base Rate (based on RN years of Experience) +7%
• 4 shifts per 4week schedule
• 1 Weekend Shift per 4week schedule Or 1 Monday or Friday
• 2 Undesignated holidays
• Option: 1 Undesignated Holiday could be exchanged for 1 Major Holiday
• Per Unit Floating Cluster
• May teach some skills competencies.
• May assume the responsibility of relief charge nurse and may assist with preceptorship/professional development of new nurses and students.
• Consults others when unfamiliar with common equipment and medications.

Responsibilities

• Delegates/assigns and communicates expectations for care delivery processes to each member of the team.
• Assesses appropriateness of physician orders and questions physician when appropriate.
• Documents per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures.
• Establishes a therapeutic relationship with patient and family.
• Serves 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.
• Helps coworkers improve performance.
• Provides age appropriate patient education that facilitates recovery, self-care, end-of-life care and health maintenance, health promotion, and wellness.
• Coordinates transfer and discharge planning and teaching in collaboration with other members of the health care team.
• Collaborates with other team members to identify, develop and/or revise patient education materials.
• Uses systematic planning, appropriate methods and timely exchange of information with multidisciplinary team and patient/family to coordinate care.
• Demonstrates ability to focus on and manage multiple patient needs and aspects of care.
• Actively communicates with care team to plan patient care.
• Utilizes available resources to problem-solve and determine most effective approach to action.
• Utilizes 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.
• Identifies actual/potential problems for which the patient is at risk.
• Continuously evaluates interventions and care, and adjusts the plan as patient and family needs change.
• Identifies need for referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation.
• Collaborates with patient, family and other team members to develop a comprehensive plan of care.
• Prioritizes demand for resources and collaborates with others to meet individualized patient needs.
• Acts as preceptor/teacher in guiding other nurses on how to apply the nursing process with a particular unit population.
• Makes appropriate referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation.
• Implements safe, therapeutic and efficient care for patients with complex needs due to multi-system disease and/or complications of treatment.
• Demonstrates accountability for achieving patient outcomes.
• Demonstrates an ability to quickly recognize a patient diagnosis even though presenting symptoms or situations may be dissimilar.

Benefits

• The stated pay scale reflects the range as defined by the collective bargaining agreement between Sharp HealthCare and Sharp Professional Nurses Network, United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, NUHHCE, AFSME, AFL-CIO.
• Placement within the range is based on years of RN experience.

What This Job Offers

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