Clinical Nurse RN - Neuroscience ICU - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Night

Position: Clinical Nurse RN - Neuroscience ICU - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Night - Full-time - Eligible for up to $10K in New
** Facility:
** Grossmont Hospital

** City
* * La Mesa

** Department*
* ** Job Status*
* Regular

** Shift*
* Night

** FTE*
* 0.9

** Shift Start Time*
* ** Shift End Time*
* AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association;
California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing; NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) - Various-Employee provides certificate; ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association

** Hours**  **:*
* ** Shift Start Time:*
* 7 PM

** Shift End Time:*
* 7:30 AM

** AWS Hours Requirement:*
* 12/36 - 12 Hour Shift

** Additional Shift Information:*
* ** Weekend Requirements:*
* Every Other

** On-Call

Required:

*
* No

** Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):*
* $56.580 - $70.170 - $83.760

The stated pay scale reflects the range as defined by the collective bargaining agreement between Sharp Health Care and Sharp Professional Nurses Network, United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, NUHHCE, AFSME, AFL-CIO.  Placement within the range is based on years of RN experience.

** Summary*
* Sharp Grossmont Hospital is proud to be Sharp Health Care's only Comprehensive Stroke Center, and East San Diego County's largest healthcare facility. Sharp Grossmont Hospital has also been awarded its fourth Magnet designation for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care.

The Neuroscience program at Sharp Grossmont Hospital offers the most advanced neurological and surgical treatments in the region. Our state-of-the-art neuroscience unit is dedicated to the care of patients with both common and rare neurological conditions. Neuroscience nurses receive a robust, neurology and neurosurgery-specific orientation including didactic, skill, preceptor, and simulation sessions. Initial orientation, combined with annual education, provides nurses with a strong neuroscience foundation, and enables them to provide top tier care for this specialty patient population.

This broad neuroscience foundation of knowledge also supports neuroscience nurses to take the Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse (CNRN) certification exam after 1 year of experience. Professional development and growth opportunities are strongly supported through the Magnet structure, research, conferences, lectures, webinars, certification, and education reimbursement.

We're excited at the prospect of you joining our dynamic team of healthcare professionals. This team is inclusive of, but not limited to, nursing assistants, physical, occupational, speech, and respiratory therapists, phlebotomists, imaging technicians, nurse practitioners, hospitalists, and several other integral roles. After joining our team, you along with many others will be intimately involved in the cutting-edge delivery of specialized neuroscience care at Sharp Grossmont.

** What You Will Do*
* To provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families.

** Required Qualifications*
* + Graduate of nursing school

+ One year (1) clinical experience (RNs with less than 12 months experience will complete the new grad requirements).

+ California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing

+ AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association

+ ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association

+ NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) - Various-Employee provides certificate

** Other Qualification Requirements*
* + NIHSS is required within 90 days of hire.

** Essential Functions*
* + Clinical advancement

Uses systematic planning, appropriate methods and timely exchange of information with multidisciplinary team and patient/family to coordinate care.

Demonstrates ability to focus on and manage multiple patient needs and aspects of care.

Actively communicates with care team to plan patient care.

Utilizes available resources to problem-solve and determine most effective approach to action.

+ Clinical judgment and decision making

Utilizes the nursing process and a critical thinking approach to provide patient care that incorporates the mind, body and spirit; is individualized, goal directed, and consistent with current standards of safety.

Identifies actual/potential problems for which the patient is tinuously evaluates interventions and care, and adjusts the plan as patient and family needs change.

Identifies need for referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation.

Collaborates with patient, family and other team members to develop a comprehensive plan of care.

Prioritizes demand for resources and collaborates with others to meet individualized patient needs.

Acts as preceptor/teacher in guiding other nurses on how to apply the nursing process with a particular unit population.

Makes appropriate referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation.

Implements safe, therapeutic and efficient care for patients with complex needs due to multi-system…