Registered Nurse- Acute Rehab

Kaweah Health•Visalia, CA

1d•$48 - $72

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in Acute Rehab 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 position also includes team-leader duties, such as serving as a clinical resource and role model, supporting staff, coordinating patient and staff flow, and providing patient care as needed. The posting also lists additional responsibilities for nurses assigned to the Infusion Center or Wound Center; these apply only if assigned to those departments.

Requirements

Current California RN license.
Basic Life Support (BLS).
Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and services appropriate to the population served on the assigned unit or work area.
Ability to effectively communicate with and care for patients and families with attention to cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, developmental, and age-specific needs.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Practice according to the nursing Code of Ethics and demonstrate professional, respectful behavior aligned with organizational values.
Identify high-risk patients and initiate interventions involving ancillary departments.
Make ethical decisions on behalf of patients, protect confidentiality, advocate for patients, and support patient autonomy, dignity, and rights.
Use the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, outcome identification, implementation, and evaluation.
Use quality and performance-improvement findings to improve nursing practice and patient outcomes; collect clinical data, recommend improvements, and assist with policies, procedures, and practice guidelines.
Participate in interdisciplinary clinical-practice evaluations and quality-improvement studies, implement improvement suggestions, identify problematic areas, and share study and audit findings.
Collaborate and communicate with patients, families, and healthcare providers; monitor documentation and referrals, formulate plans of care with patient involvement, and arrange referrals and continuity of care.
Serve as a primary clinical resource, role model, and mentor for unit staff; support preceptors and new employees, provide input on employee evaluations, and help orient float staff.
Represent the Nurse Manager in their absence and support staff through problem-solving and decision-making.
Make and adjust staff assignments based on staff abilities and patient needs; coordinate admissions and transfers; ensure shift report starts on time and breaks are covered; and communicate next-shift staffing needs.
Assign staff to complete equipment checks, coordinate care in high-risk or emergent situations, and keep management and supervisors informed of critical patients and unit issues.
Promote collaboration among staff, physicians, other providers, and departments; ensure patient-care issues are documented and reported; use the chain of command; and alert the Nurse Manager to employee counseling needs.
Provide patient care as needed and make fiscally responsible decisions regarding staffing and supplies.
If assigned to the Infusion Center: assign patients to chairs, perform intake and medication reconciliation, educate patients, establish IV access, administer ordered infusions and medications, monitor patients, document care, provide discharge instructions and telephone triage, and maintain relevant competencies.
If assigned to the Wound Center: coordinate and case-manage wound care, educate patients and families, serve as a nursing-practice resource, support staff development, assist with policies and procedures, complete required education and training, and follow Healogics protocols and program requirements.
Provide care appropriate to the assigned population and account for patients’ and families’ cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, developmental, and age-specific needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.