Clinical Nurse -Weekends- Emergency Dept. - Grossmont Hospital - Nights - FT - May be eligible

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:
Weekends Only On-Call

Required:

No Hourly Pay Range (Minimum
- Midpoint
- Maximum): $61.740 - $70.170 - $90.160 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.

To provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families.

• Graduate of nursing school.
• 1 Year Clinical experience.
• California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing
  -REQUIRED
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association
  -REQUIRED
• ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association
  -REQUIRED
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) - Various-Employee provides certificate
  -REQUIRED
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association
  -REQUIRED

• Delegates/assigns and communicates expectations for care delivery processes to each member of the team
• Knowledgeable about what can and cannot be delegated to each different health care team member
• Responsible for delegation and follows through to ensure delegated task is complete
• Before delegating, analyzes each situation, determines and consistently applies levels of supervision needed (unsupervised, initial direction and periodic inspection, continuous supervision, or should not be delegated)
• Assesses appropriateness of physician orders and to question physician when appropriate
• Documents per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures. Comprehensive; representing detailed, concise picture of patient's care
• Serves as a resource for other staff in managing unit specific documentation issues
• Charting reflects a critical thinking/problem oriented approach to patient issues
• Establishes a therapeutic relationship with patient and family
• Anticipates problems to establishing/maintaining a therapeutic relationship with a specific patient and takes actions to enhance quality of nurse/patient/family interaction (problems may include: spiritual, cultural, language or other communication barriers; those imposed by nature of illness or health issue)
• Analyzes social/cultural variables and adapts nursing interventions to meet diverse needs
• Serves as a patient advocate through actions such as: removing obstacles, identifying and supporting appropriate needs and wants; interpreting for patient to physician and visa/versa
• Helps coworkers improve performance
• Offers assistance and support to coworkers
• Provides positive feedback to others
• Provides unit specific information to students, floats, travelers/registry personnel and documents appropriately
• Provides incidental teaching to members of the team
• Looks for and applies ways to improve work processes and systems
• Offers and accepts constructive feedback/criticism in a non-judgmental, positive and confidential manner
• Seeks out opportunities to assist and support coworkers
• Provides age appropriate patient education that facilitates recovery, self-care, end-of-life care and health maintenance, health promotion, and wellness
• Coordinates transfer and discharge planning and teaching in collaboration with other members of the health care team
• Collaborates with other team members to identify, develop and/or revise patient education materials
• Demonstrates flexibility to teaching based on assessment of learner's needs and the integration of adult learning principles
• 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
• Utilizes the nursing process and a critical thinking approach to…