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

Sharp HealthCare • San Diego, CA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

To provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families. This role involves utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking to provide individualized, goal-directed care that incorporates the mind, body, and spirit, consistent with current safety standards. The nurse will identify actual and potential problems, continuously evaluate interventions, and adjust care plans as patient and family needs change. They will also collaborate with patients, families, and other team members to develop comprehensive care plans, prioritize resource demands, and act as a preceptor/teacher for other nurses. The position requires implementing safe, therapeutic, and efficient care for patients with complex needs and demonstrating accountability for achieving patient outcomes. Documentation is expected to be comprehensive, concise, and reflect a critical thinking/problem-oriented approach. The role also involves delegating and assigning care delivery processes, assessing physician orders, assisting coworkers, and serving as a patient advocate. Age-appropriate patient education will be provided to facilitate recovery, self-care, and health maintenance. The nurse will coordinate transfer and discharge planning and teaching in collaboration with the healthcare team and adapt nursing interventions to meet diverse needs.

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

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 the nursing process and critical thinking to provide individualized, goal-directed care.
• Identify actual and potential problems for which the patient is at risk.
• Continuously evaluate interventions and care, and adjust the plan as patient and family needs change.
• 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.
• Demonstrate accountability for achieving patient outcomes.
• Document per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures.
• Delegate/assign and communicate expectations for care delivery processes to each member of the team.
• Assess appropriateness of physician orders and to question physician when appropriate.
• Helps coworkers improve performance.
• Offers assistance and support to coworkers.
• Provides positive feedback to others.
• Provides unit specific information to students, floats, travelers/registry personnel and documents appropriately.
• Provides incidental teaching to members of the team.
• Looks for and applies ways to improve work processes and systems.
• Offers and accepts constructive feedback/criticism in a non-judgmental, positive and confidential manner.
• Seeks out opportunities to assist and support coworkers.
• Establishes a therapeutic relationship with patient and family.
• Anticipates problems to establishing/maintaining a therapeutic relationship with a specific patient and takes actions to enhance quality of nurse/patient/family interaction.
• Analyzes social/cultural variables and adapts nursing interventions to meet diverse needs.
• Serves as a patient advocate.
• 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.
• Demonstrates flexibility to teaching based on assessment of learner's needs and the integration of adult learning principles.
• Independently performs 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.
• Performs safe nursing care for patients in more complex situations with some assistance and supervision.
• Demonstrates competency in all areas of the unit skills and some advanced skills.
• May teach some skills competencies.
• Coordinates 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.
• Uses common equipment and medications safely in the practice setting and consults others when unfamiliar.
• Recognizes inconsistencies in patient care and manages potential complications.
• Demonstrates consistent organization and prioritization of workload; confident management of emergency situations.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives.
• Complies with all regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Demonstrates professional behavior through participation in unit activities and committees as appropriate.
• Teaches skills as necessary.
• Coordinates patient care administered by other nursing staff.
• Utilizes a variety of teaching/coaching strategies to assist family through disease process/experience.
• Promotes clinical effectiveness, efficient use of resources, and quality care in practice setting.
• Transfers knowledge and mentors others to improve clinical practice.
• Demonstrates complex problem solving and the use of critical thinking skills.

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