Registered Nurse - Spine Center - 8 Hour Per Diem Days
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides direct and indirect patient care in the Spine Center, supporting a multidisciplinary Spine Program. The role delivers safe, timely care and patient education, administers medications and therapeutic agents, performs specified clinical procedures, and monitors patients’ conditions and responses to treatment. The nurse assesses and plans individualized care, follows standardized procedures for reporting and referrals, and initiates emergency procedures when indicated. The position also involves caring for patients from diverse backgrounds and special populations. The nurse identifies each patient’s readiness and ability to learn and give consent, adjusts care to individual needs, assesses age- and development-related safety concerns, and evaluates interventions intended to maintain a safe environment.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
- Current, unrestricted California State RN License.
- BLS Certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
- At least 1 year of acute care nursing experience.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
- 2 or more years of ambulatory care experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide and accurately document direct and indirect patient care that supports patients’ safety, comfort, hygiene, and protection in a timely manner.
- Provide care and patient education on disease prevention and restorative measures.
- Administer medications and therapeutic agents needed to implement treatment, disease-prevention, or rehabilitation plans.
- Perform skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy, and initiation of peripheral venous access.
- Observe patients for signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications or treatments, behavior, and general physical condition.
- Use assessment skills and appropriate data sources to distinguish normal from abnormal signs, symptoms, reactions, behaviors, or general appearance.
- Plan and implement individualized patient care based on observations.
- Provide appropriate reporting, referrals, and care in accordance with standardized procedures.
- Initiate emergency procedures when indicated.
- Provide care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Identify patients’ readiness to learn and their ability to understand directions or instructions and give consent.
- Adjust care to meet patients’ cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, educational, family, and condition-related needs.
- Identify and assess patient-safety concerns related to age and development, intervene to provide a safe environment, and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
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What This Job Offers
Education Level
Associate degree
