RN Hospital, Intermediate Step down - Days

Mercyhealth•Riverside, CA

10d•$34 - $52

About The Position

Provides compassionate, culturally sensitive, holistic nursing care to patients in a clinical setting, supporting Mercyhealth’s nursing mission, practice values, and strategic plan. The role may include variable shifts, weekends, holidays, and/or on-call hours. The nurse may perform other duties as assigned, including floating to various units based on identified needs and clinical competency. The position uses the nursing process and critical thinking in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members to assess patients, plan and deliver care, and evaluate outcomes. It includes administering prescribed medications and treatments; maintaining accurate, comprehensive documentation; developing and executing individualized plans of care; and teaching and supporting patients and families. The nurse contributes to performance improvement, shared governance, peer review, evidence-based practice, and professional development, and helps resolve care-system issues and support patients’ longitudinal plans of care. The role carries out supervisory responsibilities consistent with organizational policies and applicable laws, including training employees, planning and directing work, appraising performance, and addressing complaints and problems. The posting describes physical requirements for hospital RNs, including regular walking and talking or hearing; frequent standing, hand use, and reaching; occasional sitting and stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; and frequent lifting or moving of up to 100 pounds. Required vision abilities include close, distance, and color vision and adjusting focus.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
BSN, or upon hire, an agreement to enroll in an accredited BSN completion program.
Specific applicable experience may be required under department guidelines.
Ability to meet the described physical requirements, with or without reasonable accommodations.

Responsibilities

Use the nursing process and critical thinking in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members to care for patients.
Perform patient assessments, planning, interventions, and evaluation of care.
Administer prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved techniques, policies, procedures, standards of care, and applicable state laws and practice acts.
Ensure accurate and comprehensive documentation in accordance with system and entity standards.
Develop, initiate, and execute individualized patient plans of care as prescribed by physicians and/or hospital policy.
Use available resources to teach and support patient and family education at an appropriate level of understanding.
Participate in department or unit performance improvement activities, which may include shared governance.
Use clinical expertise and guidance to support other units and departments in the patient’s longitudinal plan of care.
Help resolve system breakdowns and engage self and others in developing solutions.
Promote patient safety and a positive patient experience, manage complex situations, delegate appropriately, and escalate concerns through the chain of command as needed.
Positively influence professional and organizational environments and shared governance.
Engage in personal development and support continuous learning and growth, including developing or revising evidence-based practice guidelines.
Participate in peer review and peer feedback opportunities and the professional nursing continuum.
Perform other duties as assigned, including floating to units based on need and clinical competency.
Carry out supervisory responsibilities, including training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; and addressing complaints and resolving problems.