Registered Nurse- Acute Rehab

Kaweah Health•Visalia, CA

1d•$48 - $72

About The Position

Kaweah Health is seeking a Registered Nurse for its Acute Rehab department. The role 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 nurse follows the Code of Ethics and Kaweah Health values, preserves patient confidentiality and autonomy, and delivers respectful, nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory care. The role uses the nursing process, applies quality-improvement findings to nursing practice, contributes to policies and practice guidelines, and collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare providers to plan and coordinate care. The posting also describes team-leader duties and separate responsibilities that apply only if assigned to the Infusion Center or Wound Center. The position is full-time and benefit-eligible, with a variable 12-hour shift. The listed pay range is $48.30–$72.45.

Requirements

Current California Registered Nurse (RN) license.
BLS certification.
Ability to provide care appropriate to the population served and communicate effectively with patients and families.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Follow the nursing Code of Ethics and demonstrate professional, respectful conduct consistent with Kaweah Health values.
Identify high-risk patients and initiate intervention by appropriate ancillary departments.
Protect patient confidentiality and advocate for patients, including helping them develop self-advocacy skills.
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 results to identify changes to nursing practice and improve patient outcomes.
Collect clinical data to monitor the quality and effectiveness of nursing care, identify quality-monitoring needs, and recommend improvements.
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 study and audit 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, including arrangements for continuity of care.
When assigned as team leader, serve as a clinical resource, role model, mentor, and representative of the Nurse Manager when absent.
When assigned as team leader, support staff and preceptors, assist new employees during orientation, provide input on employee evaluations, and ensure float staff are oriented to the unit.
When assigned as team leader, make and adjust staff assignments, coordinate admissions and transfers, ensure timely shift reports, monitor breaks, and communicate staffing needs for the next shift.
When assigned as team leader, assign staff to complete equipment checks and coordinate care during high-risk or emergency situations while informing nursing leadership of critical patients and unit issues.
When assigned as team leader, promote collaboration among staff, physicians, providers, and departments; ensure patient-care issues are documented and reported; and use the appropriate chain of command.
When assigned as team leader, provide employee guidance, alert the Nurse Manager to counseling needs, provide patient care as needed, and make fiscally responsible staffing and supply decisions.
If assigned to the Infusion Center, assign patients to infusion chairs, complete nursing intake, educate patients, establish peripheral or central venous access, administer ordered infusions and medications, and monitor patient status.
If assigned to the Infusion Center, complete medication reconciliation, obtain patient histories, provide hydration, transfusions, and dressing changes, document care, discontinue IVs, and give discharge instructions.
If assigned to the Infusion Center, maintain competency in IV therapy, infusion pumps, and emergency response, and provide telephone triage and patient education.
If assigned to the Wound Center, coordinate care with physicians, nurses, and Wound Center staff, and manage assigned patients’ wound care by planning, implementing, and evaluating care.
If assigned to the Wound Center, educate patients and families, serve as a nursing-practice resource, support staff development, and help maintain department policies and procedures.
If assigned to the Wound Center, meet continuing-education requirements, participate in relevant hyperbaric organizations, complete required Healogics training and competency assessments, and follow Healogics clinical policies, workflows, quality measures, and operational requirements.
Provide care and services appropriate to the population served, taking into account cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, and age-specific needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.