Pediatrics

Pediatric/Med Surg Registered Nurse - Full Time

Shift: 6:45am - 7:15pm

Location:

Porterville, CA 93257, USA

Hourly Range: $46.47 to $65.05

Position may qualify for employee referral bonus. $10k sign on bonus with 3+ years experience as RN.

Patient Population:
The patient population served can be all patients including geriatric adult, adolescent, pediatric, and newborn. This also includes services which affect facility staff, physicians, visitors, vendors, and the general public. This nurse provides nursing care to those infants, children, and adolescents (from one (1) day to 13 years of age) and adults requiring nursing assessment and intervention for patients in outpatient or observation status to stabilize an illness or injury.

Position Summary:

Under the general direction of the Medical Surgical Leadership and Charge Nurse, the Pediatric Registered Nurse (R.N.) independently provides holistic individualized care using the nursing process for patients routinely seen on the unit. Demonstrates an advanced level of clinical competency, nursing judgment, teaching skills, and a commitment to improving the quality of patient care. Independently performs general and unit-specific clinical skills.

Contributes to the Sierra View Medical Center Department of Patient Care Services and the nursing profession in a positive manner.

Responsibilities and

Essential Functions:

• Is responsible for the assessment, treatment, or care appropriate to the ages of the patients served. Demonstrates the ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of the patients’ needs. Possesses knowledge of growth and development and has an understanding of the range of treatment needed for all patient groups.
• Utilizes holistic assessment skills recognizing subtle covert or abnormal signs and symptoms that include at least one of the following: involvement of patient/significant other, discharge needs, psychosocial needs, biophysical needs, environmental needs, teaching needs.
• Identifies nursing diagnosis and interdependent nursing problems and selects applicable nursing care standards to guide patient care. Recognizes issues/concerns that could impact development of mutual goals.
• Ensures that the Care Plan is specific and unique to the individual patient utilizing Interdependent Nursing Standards and the discharge needs of complex/multi-system patients.
• According to established clinical policy procedure and standards, the R.N. safely performs nursing care including safe administration of medication, troubleshoots equipment, and demonstrates skill in clinical problem solving.
• Ensures that the nursing care provided is consistent with the established Nursing Plan of Care, the Medical Plan of Care, and the ages of the patients served.
• The effectiveness of the Plan of Care is evaluated and communicated through exchange report recommendations are made for future care and are consistent with current documentation.
• Communicates evaluation of or changes in patient status providing supportive data to the physician or health care team as appropriate.
• Demonstrates adherence to the Joint Commission "National Patient Safety Goals for Hospitals" as defined by Scope of Practice.
• Documentation reflects compliance with established Hospital policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates knowledge of role by adherence to NPSGs as it relates to area of practice.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the use, actions, and interactions of drugs used in combination for patients with multi-system problems.
• Demonstrates proper Infection Prevention skills to include Standardized Protocols or procedures related to central lines and indwelling Foley catheters.
• Reports quality or Risk Management issues through appropriate lines of authority i.e., administrative or clinical.
• Maintains current knowledge of health care trends that affect the clinical practice of Nursing on the unit.
• Demonstrates standards of documentation as evidenced by individual chart review and no letters of education in file.
• Upholds all aspects of the Nursing Practice Act as defined by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
• Provides evidence of adherence to all nine (9) ANA Code of Ethics for the Nursing profession.
• Be in attendance on site and arrive to work on time.

Equal Opportunity Employer