RN Med/Surg Tele Float Pool FT $7 Night differential

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Bachelor of Sciences degree preferred
• •Associate in Nursing, Nursing Diploma, or equivalent required
• •Minimum of 12 months of clinical nursing experience
• •Minimum of 12 months of Med/Surg/Telemetry or Critical Care nursing experience preferred
• •Current California Nursing license
• •Basic EKG Competence
• •Current Basic Life Support (BLS)
• •Current Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Desired Qualifications

• •12 hour accountability for organizing, planning, directing, coordinating, and providing high quality, individualized patient/family centered care based on the Watson Model of Care
• •Full understanding and active participation in fulfilling the Mission of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
• •Demonstrate behavior consistent with the Core Values
• •Support Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital's strategic plan and the goals and direction of the quality and performance improvement process activities
• •Flexibility in transfer of location throughout the shift as patient census dictates
• •Use of nursing process as a problem solving model
• •Knowledge and experience to anticipate and plan to meet patient and family needs
• •Nursing assessment focused to target areas most productive for a given patient population or situation
• •Recognizes subtle changes in clinical situation
• •Evaluates and appropriately alters the plan of care
• •Accountable for prioritizing and organizing patient care and ensuring follow through with planned care
• •Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age and needs of the patients served on the assigned unit
• •Consistently applies current literature/research findings and critical thinking skills to make sound clinical decisions
• •Demonstrates the Hospital's Patient Satisfaction effort when interacting with patients, families, and co-workers
• •Develops and maintains a therapeutic nurse/patient relationship throughout the health care continuum
• •Respect for patient's rights
• •Conducts hourly rounding on patients
• •Communicates utilizing the SBAR in all hand-off situations
• •Performs documentation of patient care including: assessment, interdisciplinary plan of care (IPOC), implementation, evaluation, and the Watson Model of Care following unit specific and hospital documentation policies and procedures
• •Anticipates variables affecting patient comfort and alters physical and psychosocial interventions accordingly
• •Assists patient/family to maximize sense of control and actively participate in his/her recovery
• •Demonstrates commitment to meeting the learning needs of patients and families
• •Utilizes appropriate resources to meet those needs and achieve positive patient outcomes
• •Works with Care Managers during the patient's stay and takes a proactive role in coordinating interdisciplinary discharge planning for a specific patient population
• •Reviews all orders on patients and communicates changes in patient condition with physician and other team members
• •Contacts the physician promptly with significant changes in patient's condition
• •Collaborates professionally for required orders and follows-up with revised care
• •Evaluates the effectiveness of nursing interventions and documents outcomes in the IPOC
• •Utilizes patient classification system according to standards
• •Demonstrates ability to plan, supervise, instruct and evaluate ancillary nursing personnel, orientees and registry staff
• •Upholds professional appearance and demonstrates such through adherence to dress code
• •Maintains a safe and clean environment that complies with regulatory standards including Patient Safety Goals
• •Participates in the implementation of the unit specific Quality and Performance Improvement Plan
• •Completes monitoring forms and reports findings to the Clinical Unit Supervisor and Nurse Manager
• •Assist with unit orientation of new employees
• •Assist with unit set-up of equipment, supplies, patient rooms, etc
• •Assist in the Care Collaborative System training for new employees
• •Participate in integrated testing for the Care Collaborative System
• •Provide basic hygiene and ADL's to patients
• •Any other duties as assigned
• •Bachelor of Sciences degree preferred
• •Minimum of 12 months of Med/Surg/Telemetry or Critical Care nursing experience preferred
• •Certification in Progressive Critical Care Nursing preferred
• •Certification in Medical / Surgical Nursing preferred
• •Bilingual skills preferred (Spanish)
• •Basic computer skills
• •Dysrrythmia Course certificate preferred
• •Electronic Medical Record experience preferred