Per Diem Registered Nurse

KPC GLOBAL MEDICAL CENTERS • Hemet, CA

5d

About The Position

Under supervision, the Registered Nurse performs professional nursing duties in the care and service of patients and their families in an ambulatory surgery center. The role assists physicians, carries out their orders, and performs other duties as required. It calls for advanced knowledge and skills to care for patients with more complex problems and needs, depending on training and experience. Responsibilities also include contributing to quality assurance, policy and procedure review and revision, in-service education, and staff development.

The nurse assesses, plans, organizes, and provides patient care; assists with treatments, examinations, diagnostic tests, and surgical operations; administers medications and IV fluids; documents care and patient progress; and coordinates with physicians, specialists, staff, patients, and families. The role may lead a team and orient or train staff. Care is provided to patients from infancy through geriatrics, and the nurse helps maintain a safe, therapeutic environment and established quality, safety, and infection-control standards.

Requirements

• Valid California Registered Nurse license.
• Knowledge of infection-control policies, procedures, and practices; quality assurance programs; safety and environmental controls; nursing practices; and principles, methods, and techniques for the use of restraints or seclusion.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, medical instruments and equipment, the uses and effects of medicines and narcotics, medication documentation, community resources for patient care and follow-up, and federal, state, and local laws governing nursing practice.
• Ability to manage emergency or crisis situations requiring judgment and action.
• Ability to perform the full range of nursing duties and responsibilities in a surgery center environment.
• Ability to plan and organize nursing plans for patients and apply principles and techniques to develop and implement treatment plans, including for the use of restraints or seclusion when indicated.
• Ability to prepare and maintain concise, complete records and reports.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with physicians, patients, fellow employees, and internal and external customers.
• Ability to secure employee cooperation and support effective teamwork.
• Ability to keep abreast of developments in the nursing specialization.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing.

Nice To Haves

• Nursing degree from an accredited school preferred.
• American Heart Association BLS preferred.
• American Heart Association ACLS preferred.
• PALS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, organize, and provide nursing care to assigned patients in accordance with physician instructions; make preliminary observations and prepare patients for medical treatment.
• Assist physicians with treatments, medical examinations, diagnostic tests, and surgical operations.
• Counsel and advise patients, families, and significant others about medical problems and appropriate healthcare methods.
• Prepare and maintain concise, complete records and reports; instruct patients in carrying out physician orders and, as needed, transcribe orders to working records.
• Act as a team leader and provide orientation and training to new staff as needed.
• Participate in quality assurance reviews, data collection, and monitoring.
• Assess and interpret clinical and laboratory data and develop and implement interventions and plans of care, including education, for infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.
• Administer prescribed treatments and medications; chart treatments and report significant changes in patients’ conditions and general progress.
• Provide direct patient care, evaluate outcomes, consult with specialists as required, and adjust nursing care processes to support optimal patient care.
• Write initial nursing histories, assess patients’ conditions, and develop individual standards of care for assigned patients.
• Start, prepare, hang, monitor, and discontinue IV fluids.
• Administer and control narcotics and medications.
• Support professional growth and development by participating in education programs, reviewing current literature, and attending in-service meetings and workshops.
• Ensure high-quality service to patients and maintain department policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance programs, and safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.
• Maintain a safe, comfortable, therapeutic environment for patients and customers in accordance with surgery center standards.
• Communicate effectively with medical staff, the community, supervisors, and staff.
• Identify the learning needs of orientees while training personnel.
• Maintain current knowledge of nursing leadership and clinical practice and use appropriate judgment when delegating staff tasks and activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned or requested.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed