SLH RN II

Alameda Health System•San Leandro, CA

About The Position

Under general supervision, the SLH Registered Nurse II provides nursing care to patients, including medications and treatment. The role plans, implements, and evaluates patient care and performs related duties. This is a journey-level position for nurses with the required professional experience who can independently perform the full range of clinical nursing services involving patient care. Registered Nurse IIs may supervise professional and paraprofessional staff in their assigned unit and may serve as team leader or charge nurse when assigned.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
Six months of experience as a Registered Nurse I with AHS, or the equivalent of one year of recent full-time experience at a comparable level in a hospital with at least 100 beds or in the area of specialty. If experience is not recent, completion of an approved refresher course may be acceptable.
Valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association.
Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training is required for Emergency Department positions.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification from the American Heart Association is required for Emergency Department positions.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association may be required depending on unit or department specialty and patient-care policies.
Other advanced life support certifications may be required depending on unit or department specialty and patient-care policies.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred.
Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification preferred.
Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) certification preferred for Emergency Department positions.

Responsibilities

Accompanies, assists, and represents patients' needs to other providers.
Provides medication administration, skin and wound care, assistance with activities of daily living, and other essential patient-care activities.
Develops, implements, evaluates, and modifies nursing care plans; prepares required records and reports.
Gathers and assesses information about patients' nursing needs; assists and consults with physicians during procedures and diagnostic tests; contacts physicians and other departments to obtain or provide patient information.
May oversee staff monitoring telemetry systems, alert primary nurses to rhythm changes and life-threatening arrhythmias, interpret and post telemetry strips at specified times, and admit or discharge patients with telemetry units as appropriate.
Organizes and supervises co-workers' patient care during a work period, makes adjustments, and accepts responsibility for its quality; assumes team leader or charge nurse responsibilities when assigned.
Promotes a healthful, safe, and therapeutic environment for patients and families and establishes and controls an environment essential for infection control.
Participates in implementing patient-care and infection-control standards and quality-assurance criteria, conducting studies, and unit and other meetings.
Provides and evaluates care according to established standards, criteria, and the nursing care plan; monitors for significant or critical changes and initiates procedures as needed.
Documents care according to standards and required intervals.
Explains procedures, regimens, and services to patients and families and teaches health care and disease-prevention techniques.
Prepares patients or areas for procedures and operations, assists physicians, and uses instruments and equipment related to the assigned area.