Registered Nurse-M/S Cardiac-2N

Kaweah Delta Health Care District•Visalia, CA

21h

About The Position

Kaweah Health seeks a Registered Nurse for its M/S Cardiac-2N department. The role protects and promotes health, prevents illness and injury, and alleviates suffering through nursing diagnosis and treatment. The nurse demonstrates leadership in professional practice 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’s values, maintains confidentiality, respects patient autonomy and rights, and delivers nondiscriminatory care. The role uses the nursing process to assess, diagnose, plan, identify outcomes, implement care, and evaluate results. It also contributes to quality improvement and collaborates with patients, families, and other healthcare providers. As team leader, the nurse serves as a clinical resource and role model for staff, supports orientation and preceptors, and helps manage staff and patient flow. The team leader coordinates assignments, admissions, transfers, staffing needs, equipment checks, and communication during high-risk or emergent situations, while providing patient care as needed.

Requirements

Current California Registered Nurse (RN) license.
BLS certification.
ACLS certification within one year of hire or transfer.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care to protect and promote health, prevent illness and injury, and alleviate suffering through nursing diagnosis and treatment.
Lead and oversee the interdisciplinary healthcare team in providing holistic care and advocating for patients and families.
Follow the nursing Code of Ethics, maintain confidentiality, respect patient autonomy and rights, and provide nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory care.
Use the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, outcome identification, implementation, and evaluation.
Identify high-risk patients and initiate interventions with appropriate ancillary departments.
Collect clinical data, identify quality-monitoring priorities, recommend improvements, participate in quality-improvement studies and interdisciplinary teams, and share study or audit findings.
Collaborate and communicate with patients, families, and healthcare providers; involve patients in care decisions and make referrals to support continuity of care.
Serve as a primary clinical resource and role model for staff; support preceptors and new employees during orientation and provide input on employee evaluations.
Act as the Nurse Manager’s representative in their absence and provide staff leadership, support, problem-solving, and decision-making.
Make and adjust staff assignments according to staff abilities and patient needs; coordinate admissions and transfers; monitor breaks; and communicate next-shift staffing needs.
Ensure timely shift reports and completion of assigned equipment checks, including PCX controls, crash cart, refrigerator temperatures, red books, and narcotic counts.
Coordinate care during high-risk or emergent situations and keep the Nurse Manager, Director, or Nursing Supervisor informed of critical patients and unit issues.
Promote collaboration among staff, physicians, other providers, and departments; document and report patient-care issues; and ensure appropriate completion of Statements of Concern.
Use the Medical Staff and Kaweah Health chain of command and alert the Nurse Manager to employee counseling needs.
Make fiscally responsible staffing and patient-supply decisions and provide patient care as needed.
Provide care appropriate to the population served, considering patients’ and families’ developmental, cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, and age-specific needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.