Clinical Nurse -Weekends - Emergency Dept. - Sharp Grossmont Hospital -Nights - FT - May be eli[...]

Hours & Pay 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 Pay Range: $61.740 - $70.170 - $90.160 The stated pay scale reflects the range as defined by the collective bargaining agreement between Sharp HealthCare 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. What You Will Do Provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families. Required Qualifications 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. Essential Functions Delegate/assign and communicate expectations for care delivery processes to each member of the team. Be 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, analyze each situation, determine and consistently apply levels of supervision needed (unsupervised, initial direction and periodic inspection, continuous supervision, or should not be delegated). Assess appropriateness of physician orders and question physician when appropriate. Document per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures, providing a comprehensive, detailed, concise picture of patient’s care. Serve as a resource for other staff in managing unit specific documentation issues, ensuring charting reflects a critical thinking/problem oriented approach to patient issues. Establish a therapeutic relationship with patient and family, anticipating problems and taking actions to enhance quality of nurse/patient/family interaction. Analyze social/cultural variables and adapt nursing interventions to meet diverse needs. Serve as a patient advocate by removing obstacles, supporting needs and wants, and interpreting for patient to physician and vice versa. Help coworkers improve performance, offering assistance, positive feedback, and constructive support. Provide unit specific information to students, floats, travelers/registry personnel and documents appropriately. Provide incidental teaching to members of the team. Look for and apply ways to improve work processes and systems. Accept and offer constructive feedback/criticism in a non-judgmental, positive and confidential manner. Seek out opportunities to assist and support coworkers. Provide age appropriate patient education that facilitates recovery, self-care, end‑of‑life care, health maintenance, health promotion, and wellness. Coordinate transfer and discharge planning and teaching in collaboration with other members of the health care team. Collaborate with other team members to identify, develop and/or revise patient education materials. Demonstrate flexibility to teaching based on assessment of learner's needs and integration of adult learning principles. Use systematic planning, appropriate methods, timely exchange of information with multidisciplinary team and patient/family to coordinate care. Demonstrate ability to focus on and manage multiple patient needs and aspects of care, actively communicating with the care team to plan patient care. Utilize available resources to problem‑solve and determine most effective approach to action. Utilize 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. Identify actual/potential problems for which the patient is at risk, continuously evaluate interventions and care, and adjust the plan as patient and family needs change. Identify need for referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation. Collaborate with patient, family and other team members to develop a comprehensive plan of care, prioritizing demand for resources and collaborating with others to meet individualized patient needs. Act as preceptor/teacher in guiding other nurses on how to apply the nursing process with a particular unit population. Make appropriate referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation. Implement safe, therapeutic and efficient care for patients with complex needs due to multi‑system disease and/or complications of treatment. Demonstrate accountability for achieving patient outcomes and the ability to quickly recognize a patient diagnosis even when presenting symptoms or situations may be dissimilar. Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities Independently perform the nursing process through individualized assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of safe, therapeutic, efficient care for patients with overt and subtle needs throughout the continuum of care, and according to unit's standards of care. Perform safe nursing care for patients in more complex situations with some assistance and supervision. Demonstrate competency in all areas of the unit skills and some advanced skills; may teach some skills competencies. Coordinate patient care administered by other members of the care team; may assume the responsibility of relief charge nurse and assist with preceptorship/professional development of new nurses and students. Use common equipment and medications safely in the practice setting and consult others when unfamiliar. Recognize inconsistencies in patient care and manage potential complications. Demonstrate consistent organization and prioritization of workload; confident management of emergency situations. Participate in quality improvement initiatives. Comply with all regulatory and accreditation standards. Demonstrate professional behavior through participation in unit activities and committees as appropriate. Delegate/assign and communicate expectations for care delivery processes to each member of the team. Teach skills as necessary. Coordinate patient care administered by other members of the nursing staff. Utilize a variety of teaching/coaching strategies to assist family through disease process/experience. Promote clinical effectiveness, efficient use of resources, and quality care in practice setting. Transfer knowledge and mentor others to improve clinical practice. Demonstrate complex problem solving and the use of critical thinking skills. Benefits New Hire Bonus Eligibility. Relocation Assistance: $5000 (must be relocating from 100+ miles outside of San Diego). Employee Referral Bonus: $2500. Relocation Assistance: Must be relocating from 100+ miles outside of San Diego to be eligible. EEO Statement Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class. #J-18808-Ljbffr 300 Sharp HealthCare