Rn Jobs in San Jose, AZ

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current California nursing licensure in good standing.
• Current CPR certification.
• Maintain current CPR and ACLS status.
• Ability to function independently and demonstrate personal integrity and flexibility.
• Ability to work effectively with other personnel, clients, and support agencies.
• Ability to sit, stand, bend, lift, walk, and move intermittently during working hours.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Conduct individualized patient assessments, prioritize data collection based on immediate condition or needs, and notify the physician of abnormal findings.
• Perform ongoing assessments and prioritize care according to patient condition and facility policies, procedures, or protocols.
• Develop individualized patient care plans in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team.
• Perform physician-ordered treatments accurately and in a timely manner.
• Provide individualized patient and family education.
• Document assessment findings, responses to nursing interventions, progress, medications, and nursing care accurately and promptly.
• Initiate emergency resuscitative measures according to applicable protocols.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding patients, families, and facility staff.
• Provide nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory care that respects patient and family diversity, autonomy, dignity, and rights.
• Report patient condition to appropriate personnel during each shift.
• Follow safety and infection-control standards in patient care.
• Attend departmental and hospital meetings and educational in-services.
• Assist nursing staff in other departments when requested and qualified.
• Maintain current CPR and ACLS status.
• Coordinate patient transfers with other departments for procedures or diagnostic tests.
• Uphold high standards of patient care and raise concerns about appropriate medical or nursing care through the chain of command.
• Follow medication-administration and narcotics-control procedures.
• Ensure required consents are obtained and records are signed and legally complete.
• Supervise LVNs and nonprofessional staff caring for assigned patients, make work assignments, and serve as a resource for less experienced staff.
• Maintain knowledge of basic arrhythmia interpretation.
• Care for outpatients requiring blood transfusions and administer transfusions according to policy and procedures.
• Demonstrate professional conduct, collaboration, communication, organization, and time management.
• Compile and organize data using Microsoft Office applications and maintain organized records for assigned functions.
• Answer phone calls, assist the public, and route inquiries appropriately and professionally.
• Maintain professional dress and identification, meet regulatory and annual education requirements when applicable, attend evaluations and meetings, and report to work as scheduled.
• Be willing to work beyond normal working hours and temporarily in other positions when necessary.