Clinical Nurse

Sutter Health • Goleta, CA

20h • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse provides direct and indirect patient care to clinic patients and their families, utilizing comprehensive patient assessment, development and implementation of nursing care plans, patient education, and ongoing evaluation. This role delivers holistic and individualized care to all patients in the assigned area, developing, implementing, and coordinating an optimal interdisciplinary plan of care that incorporates psychological, sociocultural, spiritual, economic, and life-style factors. The Clinical Nurse fosters and maintains collaborative relationships with patients, their family/support group, physicians, and other healthcare providers through timely and effective communications. They adhere to policies, industry standards, best practices, and applicable laws/regulations and codes to promote a quality, highly reliable patient experience, and are expected to engage in continuous growth and development in professional nursing practice.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• RN-Registered Nurse of California
• BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider
• Department, Any Pediatric Care: PALS-Pediatric Advanced Life Support
• SVMF - Emergency Services & Oncology Department: ACLS-Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Department, MVSC PACU: ACLS-Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Department, Urgent Care: ACLS-Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Department, PAMF Surgery Centers: ACLS-Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Department, PAMF Cardiology: ACLS-Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Department, Oncology: Oncology Nursing Certification (e.g., OCN, CPHON, CBCN, BMTCN, AOCNP) issued by ONCC, if required by department or entity, within one (1) year for RNs with one or more years of oncology practice prior to hire/transfer, or two (2) years for RNs new to oncology at the time of hire/transfer.
• Department, Oncology: RN new to oncology or less than one year of oncology experience, completion of ONS Foundations of Oncology Nursing Practice courses within 90 days
• Department, Oncology, Infusion, or any administering chemotherapy/immunotherapy for oncology: Obtain ONS Chemotherapy/Immunotherapy Provider Card within 90 days (unless alternate timeframe determined by department or entity)
• Department, SGMF Cardiology: ACLS-Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• 2 years recent relevant experience
• Demonstrated knowledge and competence with regard to nursing theories, concepts and practices; medical terminology; anatomy; and physiology.
• Working knowledge of the healthcare industry, safety precaution policies, best practices regarding patient care and privacy, and changes in local/state/federal regulations.
• Possess written and verbal communications skills to explain sensitive information clearly and professionally to diverse audiences, including non-medical people.
• Basic knowledge of computer applications, such as Microsoft Office Suite (Word and Outlook), Electronic Health Record.
• Prioritize assignments and work within standardized policies, procedures, and scientific methods to achieve objectives and meet deadlines.
• Work independently, as well as be part of the team, including accomplishing multiple tasks in an environment with interruptions.
• Identify, evaluate and resolve standard problems by selecting appropriate solutions from established options.
• Ensure the privacy of each patient’s protected health information (PHI).
• Build collaborative relationships with peers and other healthcare providers to achieve departmental and corporate objectives.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct and indirect patient care to clinic patients and their families utilizing the nursing processes of comprehensive patient assessment, development and implementation of nursing care plans and patient education, and on-going evaluation.
• Delivers holistic and individualized care to all patients in assigned area.
• Develops, implements, coordinates an optimal interdisciplinary plan of care that incorporates psychological, sociocultural, spiritual, economic, and life-style factors.
• Fosters and maintains collaborative relationships between patients, their family/support group, physicians, and other healthcare providers through timely and effective communications.
• Adheres to polices, industry standards, best practices, and applicable laws/regulations and codes to promote a quality, highly reliable patient experience.
• Engages in continuous growth and development in professional nursing practice.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees