RN Orthopedics Acute
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides compassionate, high-quality, individualized care to support patient well-being and recovery. The role involves making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and implementing patient care plans while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal patient outcomes. The successful candidate demonstrates strong assessment skills, acute critical thinking, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment. The RN follows hospital and departmental policies and procedures, objectives, the Quality Assessment and Improvement Program, legal and safety requirements, environmental and infection-control standards, the Nurse Practice Act, and the Patient’s Bill of Rights. The RN applies clinical knowledge to coordinate patient care, regularly plans and evaluates care, maintains professional and collaborative relationships, and ensures patient confidentiality. The role also includes exercising effective nursing judgment, applying the nursing process, guiding interdisciplinary team members by supervising nursing interventions and assisting with related tasks, and providing leadership through prioritization and coordination of nursing care. The employer is not currently accepting applications from new graduates or nurses new to the specialty. This position is represented by SEIU L121 and is covered by the applicable collective bargaining agreement.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Successful completion of an accredited or approved nursing program.
- At least 1 year of current acute-care registered nursing experience in the specialty area of orthopedics.
- California Registered Nurse license, upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR), upon hire.
- Fire Safety training, within 90 days.
- New graduates and nurses new to the specialty are not currently being considered.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with an electronic health record (EHR), such as Cerner or MediTech.
- Orthopedic Nurse Certified credential, upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Provide individualized, comprehensive nursing care, including assessments, skilled procedures, and implementation of patient care plans.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes.
- Follow hospital and departmental policies, procedures, objectives, quality-improvement requirements, legal and safety requirements, environmental and infection-control standards, the Nurse Practice Act, and the Patient’s Bill of Rights.
- Coordinate patient care by regularly planning and evaluating care.
- Establish and maintain professional, collaborative relationships with staff, physicians, patients, patients’ family members, and the public as appropriate.
- Maintain confidentiality of patient information.
- Apply effective nursing judgment and the nursing process.
- Guide interdisciplinary team members by supervising nursing interventions and assisting with related tasks.
- Set priorities and coordinate nursing care.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
