Staff Nurse II
About The Position
Dignity Health - French Hospital Medical Center is a 112-bed acute care, nonprofit hospital in San Luis Obispo, California, serving more than 150,000 patients annually. The hospital provides services including heart care, orthopedics, and a family birthing center. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center and has received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for every reporting period since 2012. The hospital has also been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The Staff Nurse delivers compassionate, high-quality, individualized patient care and contributes to patient well-being and recovery. The role includes making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, implementing patient care plans, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal outcomes. The nurse conducts and documents ongoing assessments of patients’ physical and psychosocial problems, performs age-specific emergency department triage within five minutes of arrival, and records nursing history and physical admission information. Assessments include the patient’s basic physiological condition, mental status, skin signs, pain level, complaint-specific information, psychosocial needs, and the perceptions and expectations of the patient and/or significant others regarding the health problem and hospitalization.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse license: California (RN:CA).
- Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR).
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 90 days.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 90 days.
Nice To Haves
- Previous Emergency Department experience.
Responsibilities
- Conduct initial and ongoing accurate assessments of patients’ physical and psychosocial problems.
- Perform age-specific triage for all patients within five minutes of arrival to the emergency department, documenting the chief complaint, vital signs, time, and signature.
- Assign an appropriate triage level based on a brief history and indicated vital signs.
- Perform and document an appropriate nursing history and physical admission on an ongoing basis.
- Perform and document age-specific assessments of the patient’s basic physiological condition, including mental status, skin signs, pain level, and complaint-specific information.
- Assess and document the patient’s psychosocial needs and the perceptions and expectations of the patient and/or significant others regarding the health problem and hospitalization.
- Provide individualized patient care, perform skilled procedures, and implement patient care plans.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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