Registered Nurse III - MC​/CHC -Float Pool Division

The County of Riverside's Riverside University Health System's Float Pool Division is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse III - MC/CHC to work at the RUHS Medical Center in Moreno Valley.

The Registered Nurse III - MC/CHC is the advanced journey level classification in the Registered Nurse – MC/CHC series and reports to an appropriate supervisory or manager level position. Incumbents perform nursing duties while applying advanced knowledge and skills in providing care and service to patients with more complex problems and needs within assigned unit(s). Incumbents responsibilities are expanded to include participation in activities relating to quality assurance, policy and procedure review/revision, in-service education, staff development and preceptorship.

The incumbent will float between the Medical Surgical floors and the Progressive Care Unit.

The ideal candidate will possess the ability to be flexible and adapt to different units. Additionally, he/she will have at least two years of experience as a Registered Nurse working in the Medical-Surgical-Telemetry Units and/or the Progressive Care/Intermediate Care Units.

• Current and valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.
• Basic Life Support (BLS), certification issued by the American Heart Association.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), certification issued by the American Heart Association.
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), certification issued by the American Heart Association, Blue Cloud‑National Stroke Association, or Apex.
• Cardiac Arrhythmia certification.

• Schedule:
  
  3/12, Night Shift, 7:00 p.m.
  
  - 7:30 a.m.
• Bilingual is preferred.

• Registered Nurse III - MC/CHC: $51.1284 - $77.1585
• Evening Shift Differential (6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.); $2.50/hour
• Night shift Differential (11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.): $5.00/hour
• Float Pool Differential: $2.50/hour
  • Specialty Care/Critical Care differentials will be applied following completion of required specialty training, attainment of all necessary certifications, and departmental determination that the employee is authorized to work independently.

The Riverside University Health System-Medical Center has six medical surgical units and all applicants which apply to this posting may be considered for all six units depending on department specific requirements.

• 4500 Medical/Surgical (Med/Surg) Unit is composed of 34 private rooms. Unit 4500 provides our nurses a wide range of opportunities such as blood and blood product transfusions, chemotherapy, care of the oncologic patient, wound care and telemetry monitoring as well as overall care of adult medical/surgical patients.
• General Surgery Unit 3500 is composed of 34 private rooms. Our dedicated nursing staff provides a wide range of nursing duties such as pre & post‑op care, chemotherapy, blood and blood product transfusions, care of the oncologic patient, wound management, telemetry monitoring and overall care of adult post‑operative medical/surgical patients.
• Surgical Specialties Unit 3100 is also composed of 34 private rooms one used as a Radiation Therapy room for treatment of patients with I‑131. 3100 nursing staff provides services to various types of musculoskeletal & trauma patients, plastic surgery, ENT, neurology, joint replacements, laminectomy, repairs of tendons and nerves, pre & post‑op care, wound management, blood and blood product transfusions and telemetry monitoring.
• Detention Care Unit 4400 is a 22 bed specialty unit that offers some unique opportunities. We care for a variety of patients from county and State detention facilities that require medical or surgical intervention, including telemetry monitoring. We also care for patients from detention facilities who require psychiatric evaluations. We are fortunate to have an in‑house P.C.L.S. team and psychiatrist who work with our patients daily.
  
  Our unit also occasionally provides care for detention patients who require chemotherapy, I‑131 treatment and postpartum care. We work with a professional group of officers that accompany us…