Clinical Nurse RN - Surgery - Sharp Grossmont Hospital – Variable Shift - Full Time – Eligible for New Hire Relocation

Sharp HealthCare • La Mesa, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Clinical Nurse RN in Surgery at Sharp Grossmont Hospital. The role involves providing direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families, utilizing the nursing process and a critical thinking approach to deliver individualized, goal-directed, and safe patient care. The nurse will coordinate care with multidisciplinary teams, act as a patient advocate, and demonstrate clinical leadership by delegating tasks, mentoring junior staff, and participating in quality improvement initiatives. The role requires continuous evaluation of interventions, comprehensive documentation, and effective communication with patients, families, and the healthcare team.

Requirements

• Graduate of nursing school.
• 1 Year clinical experience.
• California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association.

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.
• Demonstrate ability to 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.
• Utilize 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, representing a detailed, concise picture of patient's care.
• 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.
• Analyze each situation, determine and consistently apply levels of supervision needed before delegating.
• Assess appropriateness of physician orders and question physician when appropriate.
• Help coworkers improve performance and offer assistance and support.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Assume the responsibility of relief charge nurse and 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.
• 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

• New Hire Relocation Incentive: Qualified external new hire candidates may be eligible for a $5,000 relocation incentive. Must be relocating from 100+ miles outside of San Diego to be eligible.
• Employee Referral Bonus: Sharp employees may be eligible for a $2,500 Employee Referral Bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees