Rn Jobs in Bay Area

About The Position

Requirements

• Completion of an accredited or approved school of nursing with required clinical hours.
• Required license: Registered Nurse (single state) or RN multi-state compact license.
• Required certification: BLS, American Red Cross BLS, or BLS Instructor.
• Required certification: PALS, American Red Cross PALS, PALS Instructor, or provisional PALS within 180 days.
• Required certification: TNCC, Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses certification, or provisional TNCC within 18 months.
• Required certification: ACLS, American Red Cross ALS, ACLS Instructor, or provisional ACLS within 180 days.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English.
• Ability to use technology to support clinical care and basic computer skills.
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration, and customer service skills.
• Ability to function in a fast-paced environment and respond to emergencies in a decisive, composed, and respectful manner.
• Excellent time-management skills.
• Use evidence and analytical skills in nursing practice and demonstrate strong critical-thinking skills.

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree or nursing diploma; a Bachelor of Science in Nursing is preferred.
• Experience with direct patient care.

Responsibilities

• Use the nursing process—assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation—to provide individualized clinical care informed by evidence and critical thinking.
• Provide relationship-based, patient-centered care that reflects population-specific characteristics and cultural diversity.
• Partner with patients and significant others, keep them informed, provide patient teaching, and focus the plan of care on patient goals.
• Practice according to current clinical practice standards.
• Coordinate and document safe, quality patient care through interdisciplinary communication and timely documentation, while promoting a respectful and inclusive clinical environment.
• Demonstrate teamwork and collaboration in a fiscally responsible manner and support recruitment and retention of healthcare team members.
• Participate in and support performance improvement, research utilization, shared governance, and initiatives that promote safe, quality patient care.
• Complete initial and ongoing professional competency assessments and required mandatory and population-specific education.
• Serve as a preceptor or mentor for professional nurses and other staff or students, modeling professional nursing practice and supporting a healthy work environment.
• Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement; participate in value analysis when evaluating patient-care products.
• Uphold organizational policies, procedures, clinical competencies, legal and regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, and patient safety goals.
• Participate in data collection, raise relevant clinical questions, consult experts, and use evidence and appropriate resources to address practice questions.
• Plan proactively for patient care across the care continuum.
• Participate in developing protocols and procedures with care managers and other healthcare team members to achieve best-practice outcomes.
• Support efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
• Perform other duties as assigned and comply with Wellstar policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.