Registered Nurse- Acute Rehab

Kaweah Health•Visalia, CA

3d•$48 - $72

About The Position

The Registered Nurse 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 applies the nursing process, collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare providers, contributes to quality improvement, and supports continuity of care. This position is in the Acute Rehab department and is listed as full-time, benefit eligible, with a day, 12-hour shift.

Requirements

California Registered Nurse (RN) license.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

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

Practice according to the Code of Ethics and demonstrate professional, respectful behavior.
Identify high-risk patients and initiate intervention by ancillary departments.
Make ethical decisions on behalf of patients and maintain confidentiality within legal and regulatory requirements.
Advocate for patients and help them develop skills to advocate for themselves.
Deliver nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory care that preserves patient autonomy, dignity, and rights.
Use the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, outcome identification, implementation, and evaluation.
Use quality-of-care and performance-improvement findings to inform changes in nursing practice.
Collect clinical data, identify quality-monitoring needs, and recommend improvements to nursing practice and patient outcomes.
Assist in developing and implementing policies, procedures, and practice guidelines.
Participate in interdisciplinary teams and quality-improvement studies, implement improvement suggestions, identify problems, recommend solutions, and share findings.
Collaborate and communicate with patients, families, and healthcare providers; use peer review and observation; and monitor documentation for appropriate referrals.
Formulate plans of care with patient involvement and make referrals to support continuity of care.
When assigned as team leader, serve as a clinical resource and role model, mentor staff, support preceptors and new employees, and provide leadership and problem-solving support.
When assigned as team leader, coordinate staffing assignments, admissions, transfers, shift reports, breaks, and staffing needs for the next shift.
When assigned as team leader, ensure assigned staff complete equipment checks, coordinate care in high-risk or emergency situations, maintain communication with leadership, and ensure care issues are documented and reported.
When assigned as team leader, provide employee guidance, support the chain of command, provide patient care as needed, and make fiscally responsible staffing and supply decisions.
When assigned to the Infusion Center, assign patients to chairs, conduct nursing intake, educate patients, establish IV or central venous access, administer ordered therapies, monitor patients, document care, and provide discharge instructions.
When assigned to the Infusion Center, perform medication reconciliation and patient histories, provide telephone triage and education, and maintain competency in IV therapy, infusion pumps, and emergency response.
When assigned to the Wound Center, coordinate care with physicians and other staff and manage assigned patients’ care planning, implementation, and evaluation.
When assigned to the Wound Center, educate patients and families, act as a wound-care resource, support staff development, and assist with policies and procedures.
When assigned to the Wound Center, meet continuing-education and training requirements and follow Healogics clinical policies, documentation standards, performance expectations, quality measures, and operational requirements.
Provide care appropriate to the assigned population and its cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, developmental, and age-specific needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.