Registered Nurse-M/S Cardiac-2N
About The Position
Kaweah Health is a publicly owned community healthcare organization serving the greater Visalia area in central California. The Registered Nurse in the M/S Cardiac-2N department protects and promotes health, prevents illness and injury, and alleviates suffering through nursing diagnosis and treatment. The nurse demonstrates professional leadership by overseeing the interdisciplinary healthcare team and providing holistic care while advocating for patients and families. The role includes direct patient care and, as team leader, serving as a clinical resource and role model for unit staff. The team leader supports staff development, coordinates staffing and patient flow, helps manage emergent situations, and promotes collaboration among staff, physicians, providers, and other departments. The position is full-time, benefits-eligible, and works a day 12-hour shift.
Requirements
- Current California RN license.
- BLS certification.
- ACLS certification within one year of hire or transfer.
Nice To Haves
- BSN, MSN, or current enrollment in an RN-BSN program.
Responsibilities
- Practice in accordance with the nursing Code of Ethics and demonstrate professional, respectful, and nondiscriminatory conduct.
- Protect patient confidentiality, advocate for patients, and support patient autonomy, dignity, rights, and self-advocacy.
- Use the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, outcome identification, implementation, and evaluation.
- Collect and use clinical quality data; identify opportunities to improve nursing practice and patient outcomes; and participate in quality improvement studies, teams, and related policy or guideline development.
- Collaborate and communicate with patients, families, and healthcare providers; develop care plans with patient involvement and make referrals to support 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.
- Make and adjust staff assignments based on staff abilities and patient needs; coordinate admissions and transfers; ensure timely shift reports and adequate break coverage; and communicate staffing needs for the next shift.
- Assign staff to complete equipment and safety checks, including PCX controls, crash carts, refrigerator temperatures, red books, and narcotic counts.
- Coordinate care in high-risk or emergent situations and keep the Nurse Manager, Director, or Nursing Supervisor informed about critical patients and unit issues.
- Promote collaboration and open communication among staff, physicians, other providers, and departments involved in patient care.
- Ensure patient care issues are documented and reported, including ensuring the appropriate nurse completes a Statement of Concern.
- Follow the Medical Staff and Kaweah Health chain of command; provide employee guidance and alert the Nurse Manager when counseling is needed.
- Provide patient care as needed and make fiscally responsible staffing and patient-supply decisions.
- Provide care appropriate to the population served, accounting for cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, developmental, and age-specific needs.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
