Registered Nurse-ED and Assistance Availab

Kaweah Health is a publicly owned, community healthcare organization that provides comprehensive health services to the greater Visalia area in central California. With more than 5,000 employees, Kaweah Health provides state‑of‑the‑art medicine and high‑quality preventive services in our acute care hospital, specialized health centers and clinics. Our eight‑campus healthcare district has 613 beds and offers comprehensive health services across a broad continuum of care.

It takes a special person to work for Kaweah Health. We serve a region where the needs are great, which makes the rewards even greater. Every day, we care for people facing unique challenges and in need of healing. Throughout it all, our focus is to make a difference, and we do — in the health of our patients, our loved ones, and our community.

• Full‑time benefit eligible
• Work Shift:
  
  Variable - 12 Hour Shift (United States of America)

7010 Emergency‑ED

• Day: 0600‑1830, 0800‑2030, 1000‑2230
• Evening: 1200‑0030, 1500‑0330
• Night: 1800‑0630

• License / Certification
  
  Required:
  
  CA RN license, BLS, Kaweah Health approved crisis intervention training within 60 days of hire/transfer, ACLS within nine months of hire/transfer, PALS within one year of hire/transfer, Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) provider card within 18 months of hire/transfer, Mobile Intensive Care Nurse (MICN) within three years of hire/transfer.
• Education Preferred: BSN, MSN, or currently enrolled in RN‑BSN program.

• Practice guided by the Code of Ethics and professional behavior, interacting respectfully with co‑workers and patients.
• Identify high‑risk patients and initiate interventions with ancillary departments, making decisions in an ethical manner while maintaining confidentiality.
• Advocate for patients and assist them in developing self‑advocacy skills.
• Deliver care in a non‑judgmental and nondiscriminatory manner that preserves patient autonomy, dignity, and rights.
• Utilize nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation) and collect clinical data to monitor quality and effectiveness of nursing care.
• Identify aspects of care important for quality monitoring, formulate recommendations, and support the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and practice guidelines.
• Participate in interdisciplinary teams evaluating clinical practice or health services; engage in quality improvement studies and implement recommendations.
• Act independently in problem identification, provide suggestions for improvement, and share findings with colleagues.
• Collaborate and communicate with patients, families, and other healthcare providers, utilizing peer review and observation.
• Monitor documentation for appropriate referrals and involve patients in care decisions.
• Formulate plans of care, ensure continuity of care, and make referrals as necessary.

• Primary clinical resource for staff on assigned unit, role model and mentor.
• Act as Nurse Manager Representative in absence, provide leadership and support through problem solving and decision making.
• Support new employees during orientation, provide input on employee evaluations, and ensure float staff receive orientation and feel welcome.
• Manage staff and patient flow, make and adjust staff assignments, coordinate admissions and transfers, and monitor breaks to maintain adequate staffing.
• Determine staffing needs for next shift, communicate needs to Staff Facilitator or Nursing Supervisor, and ensure equipment checks are completed.
• Coordinate care in high‑risk/emergent situations, keep leadership aware of critical patients and unit issues, and ensure collaboration with physicians and other providers.
• Maintain open lines of communication, document and report patient care issues, and facilitate the completion of Statements of Concern.
• Provide employee guidance and alert Nurse Manager to counseling needs; initially provide patient care as needed.
• Make fiscally responsible decisions regarding staffing and use of patient supplies.

$46.44 – $69.66