Registered Nurse- Acute Rehab

Kaweah Delta Health Care District•Visalia, CA

14h

About The Position

Kaweah Health is seeking a Registered Nurse for its Acute Rehab department. The position 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, providing holistic care, and advocating for patients and families. The nurse follows the Code of Ethics and Kaweah Health’s values, protects patient confidentiality and autonomy, and delivers respectful, nondiscriminatory care. The role uses the nursing process and quality-improvement findings to assess and improve care, collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare providers, and supports continuity of care through referrals and care planning. As a team leader, the nurse serves as a clinical resource and role model for unit staff, supports orientation and staff development, and may represent the Nurse Manager in their absence. The role also coordinates staff assignments and patient flow, supports safe and effective care, facilitates communication across the care team, and provides patient care as needed. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position on a 12-hour night shift. The listed pay range is $48.30–$72.45.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Follow the nursing Code of Ethics and demonstrate professional behavior and Kaweah Health’s values.
Identify high-risk patients and initiate interventions with ancillary departments.
Protect patient confidentiality and advocate for patients and families, including supporting patients’ ability 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 improve nursing practice and patient outcomes.
Collect clinical data, identify quality-monitoring priorities, and recommend improvements to nursing practice and outcomes.
Assist with developing and implementing policies, procedures, and practice guidelines.
Participate in interdisciplinary teams, quality-improvement studies, task forces, and committees; share findings and implement improvement recommendations.
Collaborate and communicate with patients, families, and healthcare providers; monitor documentation for appropriate referrals and arrange continuity of care as needed.
Formulate care plans and involve patients in decisions about care and service delivery.
Serve as a clinical resource and role model for unit staff and provide leadership, problem-solving support, and decision-making assistance.
Support nurse preceptors and new employees during orientation, provide input on employee evaluations, and help ensure float staff are oriented to the unit.
Make and adjust staff assignments according to staff abilities and patient needs; coordinate admissions, transfers, shift reports, breaks, and next-shift staffing needs.
Assign staff to complete equipment checks, including PCX controls, crash carts, refrigerator temperatures, red books, and narcotic counts.
Coordinate care in high-risk or emergency situations and keep the appropriate leaders informed about critical patients and unit issues.
Promote collaboration and communication among staff, physicians, other providers, and departments; ensure patient care issues are documented and reported.
Use the Medical Staff and Kaweah Health chain of command, guide employees, and alert the Nurse Manager when counseling needs arise.
Make fiscally responsible decisions about staffing and patient supplies, and provide patient care as needed.
Provide care appropriate to the assigned unit’s patient population and account for patients’ and families’ cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, developmental, and age-specific needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.