Registered Nurse-PCU/ICCU-3W- Day and Night shifts

Kaweah Delta Health Care District•Visalia, CA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in the PCU/ICCU-3W department protects and promotes health, prevents illness and injury, and alleviates 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 providing professional, ethical, respectful, confidential, and nondiscriminatory care that preserves patient autonomy, dignity, and rights. The nurse uses the nursing process and quality-improvement findings to assess care, identify opportunities for improvement, support changes in practice, and collaborate with patients, families, and healthcare providers. As a team leader, the nurse serves as a clinical resource and role model for unit staff, supports orientation and preceptors, helps manage staffing and patient flow, coordinates care in high-risk or emergent situations, and provides patient care as needed. The position is benefits-eligible and full-time, with variable 12-hour shifts.

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

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), or current enrollment in an RN-to-BSN program.

Responsibilities

Follow the nursing Code of Ethics and demonstrate professional conduct and respectful interactions with coworkers.
Identify high-risk patients and initiate interventions involving ancillary departments as appropriate.
Maintain patient confidentiality within legal and regulatory parameters and act as a patient advocate.
Deliver nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory care that preserves patient autonomy, dignity, and rights.
Use the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, outcome identification, implementation, and evaluation.
Collect clinical data and use quality and performance-improvement results to improve nursing practice and patient outcomes.
Help develop and implement policies, procedures, and practice guidelines that improve quality of care.
Participate in interdisciplinary teams, quality-improvement studies, task forces, and committees; share study and audit findings and recommend solutions.
Collaborate and communicate with patients, families, and healthcare providers; involve patients in care decisions and make referrals to support continuity of care.
Serve as a primary clinical resource, role model, and mentor for unit staff; provide leadership and support with problem solving and decision making.
Support nurse preceptors and new employees during orientation, provide input on employee evaluations, and help ensure float staff are oriented to the floor.
Make and adjust staff assignments based on staff abilities and patient needs; coordinate admissions and transfers with relevant leaders.
Ensure shift reports start on time, monitor breaks to maintain adequate staffing, and communicate next-shift staffing needs.
Assign staff to complete equipment checks, including PCX controls, crash cart, refrigerator temperatures, red books, and narcotic counts.
Coordinate care in high-risk or emergent situations and keep the Nurse Manager, Director, or Nursing Supervisor informed of critical patients and unit issues.
Promote collaboration and communication among unit staff, physicians, other providers, and departments; ensure care issues are documented and reported.
Ensure an appropriate nurse completes a Statement of Concern and follow the Medical Staff and Kaweah Health chain of command.
Guide employees 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 assigned unit’s population, accounting for patient and family growth, development, cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, and age-specific needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.