Clinical Nurse BU - Women's Surgery - Sharp Mary Birch - Day Shift - Full-time 0.9 FTE

Sharp HealthCare•San Diego, CA

2d•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 key, using 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. Prioritizing demand for resources and collaborating with others to meet individualized patient needs is essential. 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 implementing safe, therapeutic, and efficient care for patients with complex needs due to multi-system disease and/or complications of treatment. Documentation per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures is required, reflecting a critical thinking/problem-oriented approach to patient issues. Clinical leadership involves delegating/assigning and communicating expectations for care delivery processes to each member of the team, with knowledge of what can and cannot be delegated. The nurse is responsible for delegation and follows through to ensure delegated tasks are complete, analyzing each situation and determining appropriate levels of supervision before delegating. 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 crucial. Analyzing social/cultural variables and adapting nursing interventions to meet diverse needs, serving as a patient advocate, and providing age-appropriate patient education are also key responsibilities. 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 part of the role. 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
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - Various-Employee provides certificate -REQUIRED

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.
Use 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.
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.
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, reflecting a critical thinking/problem-oriented approach to patient issues.
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.
Offer assistance and support to coworkers.
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 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 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.