RN - Progressive Care Unit Float Pool - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Nights - Per Diem

Sharp HealthCare • La Mesa, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

To provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families. This role involves floating to different units within the Progressive Care Unit and requires flexibility to manage complex patient needs across various situations. The nurse will utilize the nursing process and critical thinking to deliver individualized, goal-directed care consistent with current safety standards.

Requirements

• Graduate of nursing school
• 3 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

• ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association -PREFERRED

Responsibilities

• Delegates/assigns and communicates expectations for care delivery processes to each member of the team.
• Assesses appropriateness of physician orders and questions physician when appropriate.
• Documents per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures.
• Establishes a therapeutic relationship with patient and family.
• Serves as a patient advocate.
• Helps coworkers improve performance.
• 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.
• 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.
• Performs safe nursing care for patients in more complex situations with some assistance and supervision.
• 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.

Benefits

• Employee Referral Bonus: $2,500 Referral Bonus for Internal Sharp employees only (for a qualified external new hire referral); Name of employee referring must be listed on the application.
• Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed