Registered Nurse- 5T Cardiovascular ICCU/PCU

Kaweah Health•Visalia, CA

11d•$48 - $72

About The Position

Kaweah Health is a publicly owned community healthcare organization serving the greater Visalia area in central California. It has more than 5,000 employees, an eight-campus healthcare district, and 613 beds. The Registered Nurse position is in the 5T Cardiovascular ICCU/PCU department. The purpose of the position is to protect and promote health, prevent illness and injury, and alleviate suffering through nursing diagnosis and treatment. The nurse demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting by overseeing the interdisciplinary healthcare team to provide holistic care and advocate for patients and families. The role includes patient care as well as team-leader duties, including serving as a clinical resource, supporting staff, coordinating patient and staff flow, and communicating significant patient or unit issues to leadership. The position is part-time and benefit eligible, with a 12-hour night shift.

Requirements

Current California Registered Nurse (RN) license.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification within one year of hire or transfer.

Nice To Haves

BSN, MSN, or current enrollment in an RN-to-BSN program.

Responsibilities

Practice according to the Code of Ethics, behave professionally, demonstrate organizational values, and treat others respectfully.
Identify high-risk patients and initiate intervention by ancillary departments.
Make ethical decisions on behalf of patients, maintain confidentiality, and advocate for patient autonomy, dignity, rights, and self-advocacy.
Use the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, outcome identification, implementation, and evaluation.
Collect clinical data, identify quality-monitoring needs, recommend improvements, and contribute to policies, procedures, and practice guidelines that improve care.
Participate in interdisciplinary teams and quality-improvement studies, implement improvement suggestions, identify problems, recommend solutions, and share study and audit findings.
Collaborate and communicate with patients, families, and healthcare providers; formulate plans of care with patient involvement and make referrals to support continuity of care.
Serve as a primary clinical resource, role model, and mentor for staff; provide leadership and support and act as the Nurse Manager representative when the manager is absent.
Support nurse preceptors and new employees during orientation, provide input on employee evaluations, and help ensure float staff are oriented and welcomed.
Make and adjust staff assignments based on staff capabilities and patient needs; coordinate admissions and transfers with the Nurse Manager, House Supervisor, and/or Bed Coordinator.
Ensure shift reports begin on time, monitor breaks to maintain adequate staffing, determine next-shift staffing needs, and communicate those needs to the Staff Facilitator or Nursing Supervisor.
Assign staff to complete equipment checks, including PCX controls, crash cart, refrigerator temperatures, red books, and narcotic counts.
Coordinate care during high-risk or emergent situations and keep the Nurse Manager, Director, or Nursing Supervisor informed about critical patients and unit issues.
Promote collaboration among staff, physicians, other providers, and departments involved in patient care.
Ensure patient-care issues are documented and reported and that the appropriate nurse completes a Statement of Concern.
Understand and use the Medical Staff and Kaweah Health chain of command.
Provide employee guidance and alert the Nurse Manager when counseling is needed.
Provide patient care as needed and make fiscally responsible decisions regarding staffing and patient supplies.
Provide care appropriate to the population served, accounting for cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, age, growth, and developmental needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.