About The Position
Provides direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families in the Neuroscience PCU at Sharp Grossmont Hospital. The role uses the nursing process to deliver individualized, safe, therapeutic, and efficient care, and coordinates care with patients, families, physicians, and multidisciplinary team members. The nurse assesses patient needs, plans and implements care, evaluates outcomes, identifies risks and complications, makes referrals, and adapts care as patient and family needs change. The nurse also supports unit operations and clinical practice by coordinating and delegating care, guiding coworkers and other team members, providing patient and family education, participating in quality improvement, and complying with regulatory and accreditation standards. The position may include relief charge nurse responsibilities and assisting with preceptorship or professional development of nurses and students. This is a full-time, day-shift position with 12-hour shifts from 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM, on a 12/36 schedule. Weekend work is required every other weekend; on-call is not required. The posted hourly pay range is $64.210–$93.760, with placement based on years of RN experience. Eligible new hires relocating to San Diego may qualify for a $5,000 relocation bonus, subject to stated eligibility requirements.
Requirements
- Graduate of nursing school.
- At least 1 year of clinical experience; RNs with less than 12 months of experience will complete new graduate requirements.
- California Registered Nurse (RN) license from the California Board of Registered Nursing.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professionals (AHA BLS Healthcare) certification.
- NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certificate; certificate provided by employee.
- Ability to independently perform the nursing process through individualized assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.
- Demonstrated competency in all unit skills and some advanced skills.
- Ability to perform safe nursing care in more complex situations with some assistance and supervision.
- Ability to coordinate and delegate care, recognize complications, prioritize workload, and manage emergency situations.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate care using systematic planning, appropriate methods, and timely information exchange with the multidisciplinary team and patient/family.
- Manage multiple patient needs and aspects of care, communicate with the care team, and use available resources to solve problems.
- Apply the nursing process and critical thinking to provide individualized care consistent with safety standards and current practice.
- Identify actual or potential patient problems and risks; evaluate interventions and adjust care plans as patient and family needs change.
- Collaborate with patients, families, and team members to develop comprehensive plans of care and prioritize resources.
- Make appropriate referrals based on initial and ongoing assessments and evaluations.
- Provide safe, therapeutic, efficient care for patients with complex needs due to multi-system disease or treatment complications.
- Document patient care comprehensively according to department/entity guidelines, policies, and procedures, and serve as a resource for unit-specific documentation issues.
- Delegate and assign care, communicate expectations, determine appropriate levels of supervision, and follow up to ensure delegated tasks are completed.
- Assess the appropriateness of physician orders and question physicians when appropriate.
- Support coworkers through assistance, positive feedback, constructive feedback, and performance improvement.
- Provide unit-specific information and incidental teaching to students, float staff, and travelers/registry personnel; document as appropriate.
- Identify and apply opportunities to improve work processes and systems.
- Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families, adapt interventions to social and cultural needs, and act as a patient advocate.
- Provide age-appropriate patient education related to recovery, self-care, end-of-life care, health maintenance, health promotion, and wellness.
- Coordinate transfer, discharge planning, and teaching with the health care team, and help identify or revise patient education materials.
- Use teaching and coaching strategies to support families through a disease process or experience.
- Coordinate patient care administered by other members of the care team and nursing staff.
- Use common equipment and medications safely, consult others when unfamiliar, recognize inconsistencies in care, and manage potential complications.
- Organize and prioritize workload, manage emergency situations, participate in quality improvement initiatives, and comply with regulatory and accreditation standards.
- Participate in unit activities and committees as appropriate, teach skills as necessary, and transfer knowledge to mentor others and improve clinical practice.
Benefits
- $5,000 relocation bonus for eligible new hires moving to San Diego.
- $2,500 referral bonus for eligible external new hires referred by current Sharp employees; the referring employee must be named on the application.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
