Clinical Nurse RN - Skilled Nursing Facility

Hours:

Shift Start Time: 7 AM

Shift End Time: 3:30 PM

AWS Hours Requirement: 8/80 - 8 Hour Shift

Weekend Requirements: Every Other

On-Call Required: No

Hourly Pay Range: $56.580 - $70.170 - $83.760

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

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

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of nursing school.
• 2 Years 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

Essential Functions

• 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 healthcare team member. Responsible for delegation and follows through to ensure the 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 questions physician when appropriate.
• Documents per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures. Comprehensive; representing a 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 vice versa.
• Helps coworkers improve performance. Offers assistance and support to coworkers, provides positive feedback, and unit specific information. Provides incidental teaching to team members. Looks for and applies ways to improve work processes and systems.
• Provides age appropriate patient education that facilitates recovery, self-care, end-of-life care, health maintenance, health promotion, and wellness. Collaborates with other team members to identify, develop, and/or revise patient education materials.
• Uses systematic planning, appropriate methods, and timely exchange of information with multidisciplinary team and patient/family to coordinate care. Actively communicates with care team to plan patient care. Utilizes available resources to problem-solve and determine the most effective approach to action.
• Utilizes 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 safety standards. Identifies actual/potential problems for which the patient is at risk. Continuously evaluates interventions and care, and adjusts the plan as patient and family needs change.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Independently performs the nursing process through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of safe, therapeutic, efficient care for patients. Demonstrates competency in all areas of the unit skills and some advanced skills. May teach some skills competencies, assume responsibility of relief charge nurse, and assist with preceptorship/professional development of new nurses and students. Demonstrates consistent organization and prioritization of workload.

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, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class.