Current Department Employees: Staff Nurse - Med/Surg

Tahoe Forest Health System•Truckee, CA

About The Position

The Staff Nurse - Med/Surg performs the nursing process through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of safe therapeutic care for hospital patients. The role assesses patients’ physical and psychosocial needs, plans and documents individualized care, implements and evaluates care plans, and evaluates the effectiveness of interventions. The nurse provides patient and family education, coordinates resources, administers prescribed medications and treatments, monitors patient condition and vital signs, and responds to life-saving situations according to nursing standards and protocols. The nurse maintains patient comfort and safety, explains procedures and treatments, assists physicians with examinations and treatments as appropriate, and performs activities such as making beds, bathing, and feeding patients. The position also participates in quality improvement, departmental growth and development, and professional growth; follows patient care standards and System policies; and demonstrates System Values. The role has no supervisory responsibilities and requires the ability to work standby. This is a full-time variable-shift opportunity.

Requirements

Associate's degree.
Graduation from an NLN-, CCNE-, or equivalently accredited school of nursing, with a nursing education program that included clinical experiences with actual patients under the supervision of qualified faculty.
6 months to 1 year of relevant experience.
California Registered Nurse Licensure upon hire.
Nevada Registered Nurse Licensure upon hire, subject to the stated exceptions and transition provisions for temporary or seasonal nurses and certain existing employees.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers Certificate upon hire.
Complete the ACLS Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) Advanced Life Support (ALS) Entry or Prep Curriculum within 3 months of hire, depending on prior ACLS certification.
Complete Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification within 6 months of hire; employees who have never been certified must take a live initial AHA certification class, while employees with recently expired certifications will be enrolled in RQI.
Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily; reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.
Ability to work standby.

Nice To Haves

One year of experience in acute care nursing as a registered nurse.
ICU experience, preferred to provide additional staffing coverage in the ICU as needed.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical and psychosocial needs.
Plan and document individualized patient care.
Implement and evaluate individual plans of care and assess intervention effectiveness.
Identify and provide education to patients and/or significant others, including patient and family instruction.
Coordinate resources to support complete and effective patient care.
Use effective communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.
Use equipment properly.
Participate in departmental growth and development and pursue professional growth.
Follow patient care standards and System policies and procedures; demonstrate System Values in performance and behavior.
Explain procedures and treatments to patients to gain cooperation and understanding and allay apprehension.
Administer prescribed medications and treatments using approved nursing techniques.
Prepare equipment and assist physicians during treatment and examination of patients, as appropriate.
Maintain awareness of patients’ comfort and safety needs.
Observe patients, record significant conditions and reactions, and notify a supervisor or physician of changes, reactions to drugs or treatments, and significant incidents.
Take temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs to detect deviations from normal and assess patient condition.
Respond to life-saving situations in accordance with nursing standards, policies, procedures, and protocols.
Document nursing history and physical assessments for assigned patients.
Initiate patient education plans based on individual needs, physician direction, and/or hospital policy.
Make beds, bathe, and feed patients.
Participate in department or unit quality improvement activities.
Work standby.
Perform other duties as assigned.