Rn Jobs in Bay Area

About The Position

Requirements

• Licensed to work as an RN in the state of Missouri
• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration Or Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State Or Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State Or Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

Nice To Haves

• Orients and/or precepts new employees when required.
• Participates in and maintains a collaborative team approach toward work.
• Functions as a resource person to co-workers, patients/families, medical staff and other members of the health care team.
• Effectively assumes and delegates care and other activities to the appropriate team member.
• Redirects clinical staff when the medical plan of care is altered.
• Communicates the plan of care to be followed on each individual patient in a precise and professional manner.
• Responsible for the supervision and teaching of students/new staff nurses.
• Participates in learning experiences that increases professional competence.
• Maintains currency in all hospital/unit information, communication, policies and procedures.
• Attends staff meetings/reviews minutes when absent
• Participates in Committee(s), Shared Governance, Work Team(s), in a leadership and or in membership role
• Reviews Hospital/Nursing publications
• Keeps up to date with policies and procedures
• Participates and or keeps up to date with Shared Governance and Unit Based Practice Council activities and information. Contributes to requests for feedback.
• Responds positively to change
• Provides assistance and support to peers, co-workers and other team members
• Adapts positively to changes in unplanned work load and job demands
• Assists in developing and implementing nursing unit goals.
• Remains current with evidenced based practice initiatives.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement, participates in data collection when requested, suggests solutions, communicates using appropriate lines of authority and works toward problem resolution.
• Participates in the performance/process improvement process.
• Assists in developing unit based Performance Improvement and action plans.
• Leads a performance improvement team when requested
• Contributes to data collection
• Participates in evaluation of Performance Improvement results.
• Participates in nursing research activities.
• Participates in Departmental and Hospital Performance Improvement activities when warranted.
• Participates in occurrence reviews
• Contributes to the maintenance/improvement of all nursing quality indicators.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills of normal growth & development necessary to provide services to the age of the patient served by the department.
• Demonstrates ability to assess and interpret age specific data to identify patient needs.
• Utilizes communication skills necessary to interpret age specific responses to service and interaction.
• Involves family or significant other in decision making related to services provided.
• Demonstrates ability to provide service needed for the age groups routinely served by the department assigned.
• Uses resources efficiently.
• Recommends change in practice that increase efficiency and minimize waste.
• Documents chargeable supplies and equipment used to provide care.
• Prioritizes responsibilities and completes work on time.
• Utilizes non-clinical time in a constructive manner, i.e. completing chart audits, .edu, mandatory education requirements.

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive nursing assessment/reassessment.
• Establishes, coordinates and evaluates a plan of care based on analysis of assessment data, patient diagnosis, lab data, tests, procedures, physician orders, protocols and standards of care and other information as relevant.
• Provides and documents nursing interventions based on assessed patient needs, plan of care, and changes in patient status.
• Documents and or communicates nursing care and or changes in patient condition.
• Provides specialized care to patients at high risk for injury.
• Demonstrates accountability for own professional practice.
• Ability to relate to coworkers in a professional and appropriate manner.
• Safety/Infection Control: Performs job in accordance with safety and infection control policies.
• Service: Provides service excellence to the customers of Saint Louis University Hospital by delivering timely, high quality care in a courteous and respectful manner.
• Incorporates Performance Improvement and Evidenced Based Practice into individual professional practice.
• Age Appropriate Care: Provides age-appropriate care to: Adult, Geriatric.
• Cost Effective Services

Benefits

• one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE)
• instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday
• upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members