Nurse Residency Program- New Grad

Kern Medical has been a community cornerstone since its founding in 1867. Today, we are an acute care teaching center with 222 beds, offering the only advanced trauma care between Fresno and Los Angeles. Kern Medical offers a range of primary, specialty, and multi-specialty services including high-risk pregnancy care, inpatient psychiatric services integrated with county mental health programs, and a growing network of outpatient clinics providing personalized patient-centered wellness care.

Kern Medical cares for 15,500 inpatients and 125,000 clinic patients a year.

Career Opportunities within Kern Medical include many benefits such as:

• New Hire Premium: +6% of base rate of pay, matched up to 6% if contributed to Deferred Compensation Plan.
• Shift Differential Pay: P.M. shift (7:00 PM - 7:30 AM) = 10% of base pay.
• A Comprehensive Benefits Package: includes Holidays, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance.

Position:
Hospital Staff Nurse – Pre-Licensed

Job Description

Under close supervision, learns the nursing process through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of safe, therapeutic care.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

The Hospital Staff Nurse - Pre-Licensed is the trainee-level classification in the Hospital Staff Nurse flexible classification series. This classification is for inexperienced nursing candidates participating in ongoing education and orientation in preparation for successful graduation and completion of an accredited nursing program and licensure examination. Work is performed in accordance with the scope of a pre-licensed nurse according to the Board of Registered Nursing.

All nursing clinical practice shall be evaluated and governed through the Chief Nursing Officer and/or their Registered Nurse designee. Continued employment is dependent upon the employee’s ability to successfully meet the California Licensure requirements within six months of initial employment or be terminated. Promotion to Hospital Staff Nurse will be considered upon completion of State licensure requirements, licensure has been obtained and the candidate is meeting performance expectations, subject to recommendation of the Kern Medical Chief Executive Officer and approval of the Director of Personnel.

Eligibility to participate in Nursing orientation is predicated upon obtaining an interim permit or licensure.

Essential Functions:

In a learning capacity, observes:

• Collection and documentation of data about patients commonly seen on the unit according to prescribed methods.
• Interpretation of assessment data in the determination of whether a patient has physiological and/or psycho social risk factors; observes documentation process of recording and reporting assessment data.
• Development and observation of a plan of nursing action based on existing and potential patient problems and observable patient responses and the medical plan of care.
• Establishment of nursing diagnoses and initiates appropriate interventions; uses appropriate resources to formulate a written plan of care; evaluation of the effectiveness of nursing intervention and revises patient care plans as necessary.
• Implementation of and therapeutic care for patients responding to the needs due to multi-system disease or complications of treatment; learns the collaborative process between nursing and physician staff in setting priorities for care of patients.
• Performs tasks described in the unit specific components of nursing attendant practice for the unit to which assigned.
• Observes and learns the stressful situations experienced by patients/families and learns techniques in dealing with illness and hospitalization.
• Performs basic levels of quality assurance monitoring.
• Completes all competencies, mandatory classes and educational coursework as required by the hospital.

Other Functions:

Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Employment Standards:

Pre-licensed:

Current enrollment in their final semester and/or quarter of an accredited nursing program, in good standing, and obtain a license to practice as a Registered Nurse within six months of employment.

OR

Possess and maintain an Interim Permit to practice as a…