SGH - RN - Behavioral Health Services - (ITP) - Per Diem - Night Shift

Sharp HealthCare • La Mesa, CA

79d • $56,580 - $83,760

About The Position

To provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families.

Requirements

• Graduate of nursing school.
• 2 Years clinical experience.
• California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing - REQUIRED.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association - REQUIRED.

Responsibilities

• Delegates/assigns and communicates expectations for care delivery processes to each member of the team.
• Knowledgeable about what can and cannot be delegated to each different health care team member.
• Responsible for delegation and follows through to ensure delegated task is complete.
• Before delegating, analyzes each situation, determines and consistently applies levels of supervision needed.
• Assesses appropriateness of physician orders and questions physician when appropriate.
• Documents per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures.
• Serves as a resource for other staff in managing unit specific documentation issues.
• Establishes a therapeutic relationship with patient and family.
• Anticipates problems to establishing/maintaining a therapeutic relationship with a specific patient.
• Analyzes social/cultural variables and adapts nursing interventions to meet diverse needs.
• Serves as a patient advocate through actions such as removing obstacles and interpreting for patient to physician.
• Helps coworkers improve performance and provides positive feedback to others.
• Provides incidental teaching to members of the team.
• Looks for and applies ways to improve work processes and systems.
• Provides age appropriate patient education that facilitates recovery, self-care, end-of-life care and health maintenance.
• Coordinates transfer and discharge planning and teaching in collaboration with other members of the health care team.
• Demonstrates flexibility to teaching based on assessment of learner's needs.
• Uses systematic planning, appropriate methods and timely exchange of information with multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrates ability to focus on and manage multiple patient needs and aspects of care.
• Actively communicates with care team to plan patient care.
• Utilizes available resources to problem-solve and determine most effective approach to action.
• Utilizes the nursing process and a critical thinking approach to provide patient care.
• Identifies actual/potential problems for which the patient is at risk.
• Continuously evaluates interventions and care, and adjusts the plan as patient and family needs change.
• Identifies need for referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments.
• Collaborates with patient, family and other team members to develop a comprehensive plan of care.
• Prioritizes demand for resources and collaborates with others to meet individualized patient needs.
• Acts as preceptor/teacher in guiding other nurses on how to apply the nursing process.
• Implements safe, therapeutic and efficient care for patients with complex needs.
• Demonstrates accountability for achieving patient outcomes.
• Demonstrates an ability to quickly recognize a patient diagnosis.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree