RN - Women's Center Observation - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Nights - Full-Time - May be eligible for Relocation Incentive

Sharp HealthCare • La Mesa, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

To provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families. This role involves utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking to provide individualized, goal-directed patient care consistent with current safety standards. The nurse will identify actual and potential problems, continuously evaluate interventions, and collaborate with patients, families, and the healthcare team to develop comprehensive care plans. Responsibilities include delegating tasks, assessing physician orders, acting as a patient advocate, providing age-appropriate education, and coordinating transfer and discharge planning. The position requires independent performance of the nursing process for patients with overt and subtle needs, and safe nursing care for patients in more complex situations with some assistance. The nurse will coordinate patient care, potentially serve as a relief charge nurse, and assist with preceptorship. They will use common equipment and medications safely, recognize inconsistencies in patient care, manage potential complications, and demonstrate consistent organization and prioritization of workload, including confident management of emergency situations. Participation in quality improvement initiatives, compliance with regulatory standards, and professional behavior are expected. The role also involves promoting clinical effectiveness, efficient resource use, and quality care, transferring knowledge, mentoring others, and demonstrating complex problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Requirements

• Graduate of nursing school.
• 1 Year clinical experience (RNs with less than 12 months experience will complete the new grad requirements).
• California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association

Nice To Haves

• RNs with less than 12 months experience will complete the new grad requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families.
• Utilize the nursing process and critical thinking to provide individualized, goal-directed patient care.
• Identify actual and potential problems for which the patient is at risk.
• Continuously evaluate interventions and care, adjusting the plan as patient and family needs change.
• Collaborate with patient, family, and other team members to develop a comprehensive plan of care.
• Prioritize demand for resources and collaborate with others to meet individualized patient needs.
• Act as preceptor/teacher in guiding other nurses on how to apply the nursing process with a particular unit population.
• Make appropriate referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation.
• Implement safe, therapeutic, and efficient care for patients with complex needs.
• Document per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures.
• Delegate/assign and communicate expectations for care delivery processes to each member of the team.
• Assess appropriateness of physician orders and question physician when appropriate.
• Help coworkers improve performance, offers assistance and support, and provides positive feedback.
• Provide unit specific information to students, floats, travelers/registry personnel and documents appropriately.
• Establish a therapeutic relationship with patient and family.
• Analyze social/cultural variables and adapt nursing interventions to meet diverse needs.
• Serve as a patient advocate.
• Provide age-appropriate patient education that facilitates recovery, self-care, end-of-life care and health maintenance, health promotion, and wellness.
• Coordinate transfer and discharge planning and teaching in collaboration with other members of the health care team.
• Collaborate with other team members to identify, develop and/or revise patient education materials.
• Demonstrate flexibility to teaching based on assessment of learner's needs and the integration of adult learning principles.
• Independently perform the nursing process through individualized assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of safe, therapeutic, efficient care.
• Perform safe nursing care for patients in more complex situations with some assistance and supervision.
• Demonstrate competency in all areas of the unit skills and some advanced skills.
• Coordinate 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.
• Use common equipment and medications safely in the practice setting and consults others when unfamiliar.
• Recognize inconsistencies in patient care and manages potential complications.
• Demonstrate consistent organization and prioritization of workload; confident management of emergency situations.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Comply with all regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Demonstrate professional behavior through participation in unit activities and committees as appropriate.
• Teach skills as necessary.
• Coordinate patient care administered by other members of the nursing staff.
• Utilize a variety of teaching/coaching strategies to assist family through disease process/experience.
• Promote clinical effectiveness, efficient use of resources, and quality care in practice setting.
• Transfer knowledge and mentor others to improve clinical practice.
• Demonstrate complex problem solving and the use of critical thinking skills.

Benefits

• $5k in Relocation Bonus for new hires moving to San Diego
• $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.

What This Job Offers

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