SEASONAL REGISTERED NURSE - Med/Surg - Per Diem - Nights

Sierra View Medical • Porterville, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a seasonal Registered Nurse position in the Med/Surg unit, offered on a Per Diem basis for 8 or 13-week assignments. The role requires working three 12-hour shifts per week. The Registered Nurse (R.N.) independently provides holistic, individualized care using the Nursing Process for patients routinely seen on the unit. This includes demonstrating an advanced level of clinical competency, nursing judgment, teaching skills, and a commitment to improving the quality of patient care. The R.N. independently performs general and unit-specific clinical skills and contributes positively to the Sierra View Medical Center Department of Patient Care Services and the nursing profession. The position is responsible for assessment, treatment, and care appropriate to the ages of the patients served, requiring the ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of patient needs and understanding of growth and development across all patient groups. The role also requires working scheduled hours, including holidays, call-backs, weeknights, weekends, and on-call duties, and participating in emergencies and community disasters as a designated disaster service worker. Employees have an affirmative duty to report perceived misconduct and must demonstrate cooperative behavior under pressure and meet competing deadlines.

Requirements

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of California.
• Current BLS certification or obtain within orientation process, prior to hands-on patient care.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages if required.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Basic computer skills.
• 1+ years as an RN in Med/Surg.
• Must be able to work normal/scheduled working hours to include Holidays, call-backs, weeknights, weekends, and on-call.
• Agrees to participate, as directed, in emergencies and community disasters during scheduled and unscheduled hours.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence if required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the assessment, treatment and/or care appropriate to the ages of the patients served.
• Demonstrates the ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of the patient’s needs.
• Possesses knowledge of growth and development and has an understanding of the range of treatment needed for all patient groups.
• Utilizes holistic assessment skills, recognizing subtle, covert or abnormal signs and symptoms that include at least one of the following: involvement of patient/significant other, discharge needs, psychosocial needs, biophysical needs, environmental needs, teaching needs.
• Identifies nursing diagnosis and interdependent nursing problems and selects applicable nursing care standards to guide patient care.
• Ensures that the Care Plan is specific and unique to the individual patient utilizing Interdependent Nursing Standards and the discharge needs of complex/multi-system patients.
• Safely performs nursing care including safe administration of medication, troubleshoots equipment and demonstrates skill in clinical problem solving according to established clinical policy, procedure and standards.
• Ensures that the nursing care provided is consistent with the established Nursing Plan of Care, the Medical Plan of Care and the ages of the patients served.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the Plan of Care and communicates through exchange report; makes recommendations for future care consistent with current documentation.
• Communicates evaluation of, or changes in, patient status providing supportive data to the physician or health care team as appropriate.
• Demonstrates adherence to the Joint Commission "National Patient Safety Goals for Hospitals" as defined by Scope of Practice.
• Documentation reflects compliance with established Hospital policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates knowledge of role by adherence to NPSGs as it relates to area of practice.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the use, actions and interactions of drugs used in combination for patients with multi-system problems.
• Demonstrates proper Infection Prevention skills to include Standardized Protocols or procedures related to central lines and indwelling Foley catheters.
• Reports quality or Risk Management issues through appropriate lines of authority, i.e. administrative or clinical.
• Maintains current knowledge of health care trends that affect the clinical practice of Nursing on the unit.
• Provides evidence of adherence to all nine (9) ANA Code of Ethics for the Nursing profession.
• Be in attendance on site and arrive to work on time.

What This Job Offers

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