Clinical RN Per Diem– Operating Room – Coronado Hospital – Variable Shift - Per Diem

Sharp HealthCare • Coronado, CA

19h • Onsite

About The Position

To provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families.

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

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Delegates/assigns and communicates expectations for care delivery processes to each member of the team
• Responsible for delegation and follows through to ensure delegated task is complete.
• Assesses appropriateness of physician orders and to question physician when appropriate.
• Documents per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures.
• Serves as a resource for other staff in managing unit specific documentation issues.
• 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 (problems may include: spiritual, cultural, language or other communication barriers; those imposed by nature of illness or health issue).
• Analyzes social/cultural variables and adapts nursing interventions to meet diverse needs.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed