Rn Jobs in Bay Area

About The Position

Requirements

• Active North Carolina RN license (single-state) or compact license; relocating nurses must update licensure to the new Primary State of Residence before employment begins.
• Basic Life Support certification required within 30 days of hire.
• ACLS and PALS certifications required within six months of hire.
• Experience in critical care, surgery, or an emergency department required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree preferred but not required.
• Two years of experience as a clinical nurse in a hospital environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accurately assess patients, identify their needs, and initiate appropriate nursing interventions.
• Provide care appropriate to each patient's condition, age, and age-specific needs.
• Complete timely and accurate documentation in patient records, including medical necessity, charges, and quality-improvement assessments.
• Complete and revise the Interdisciplinary Care Plan for each patient.
• Support clinic performance goals, including market capture, patient throughput, procedure ratios, time-outs, and chart audits.
• Assist physicians and advanced practice clinicians with patient treatments.
• Support patients and monitor them throughout clinical and procedure visits.
• Perform dressing changes, remove sutures and staples, refill pumps, and reprogram pumps.
• Identify potential risk events, assess risks, and take steps to mitigate them.
• Use clinical judgment in decision-making and respond promptly to emergencies; document and report situations and evaluate outcomes.
• Review and return clinical phone messages about medication refills and questions from physicians and patients, document actions, and follow up with staff and providers.
• Follow surgical, infection-control, isolation-control, and aseptic-technique procedures.
• Address surgical patients' comfort, positioning, and safety needs.
• Use good body mechanics, universal precautions, and supplies appropriately while avoiding waste.
• Verify patient identity using two identifiers and confirm procedural laterality with the patient when appropriate.
• Participate in intradepartmental meetings and in-services and stay informed about departmental changes.
• Follow departmental and management communication lines and authority.
• Follow scheduling expectations and referral-management goals.
• Adapt to changes in workload and assignments and assist others in completing work.
• Participate in ongoing training and required educational programs.
• Stay aware of regulations, legislation, and developments affecting nursing and health care.
• Follow professional and JCAHO standards and recognize personal accountability for those standards.
• Adhere to the attendance policy.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Life, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Paid family leave and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance.
• Loan assistance.
• 401(k) retirement package with company match.
• Wellness programs, including free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services, and discount programs.
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.