RN - Sharp Grossmont Behavioral Health - ITP- Per Diem - Day shift

Hours

Shift Start Time: 7 AM

Shift End Time: 7:30 PM

AWS Hours Requirement: 12/36 - 12 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements: As Needed

On-Call

Required:

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $56.580 - $70.170 - $83.760

The stated pay scale reflects the range as defined by the collective bargaining agreement between Sharp Health Care 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.

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

• 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

• 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 health care team member;
  Responsible for delegation and follows through to ensure 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 to question physician when appropriate.
• Documents per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures;
  Comprehensive; representing 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;
  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 visa/versa.
• Helps coworkers improve performance;
  Offers assistance and support to coworkers;
  Provides positive feedback to others;
  Provides unit specific information to students, floats, travelers/registry personnel and documents appropriately;
  Provides incidental teaching to members of the team;
  Looks for and applies ways to improve work processes and systems;
  Offers and accepts constructive feedback/criticism in a non-judgmental, positive and confidential manner;
  Seeks out opportunities to assist and support coworkers.
• Provides age appropriate patient education that facilitates recovery, self-care, end-of-life care and health maintenance, health promotion, and wellness;
  Coordinates transfer and discharge planning and teaching in collaboration with other members of the health care team;
  Collaborates with other team members to identify, develop and/or revise patient education materials;
  Demonstrates flexibility to teaching based on assessment of learner s needs and the integration of adult learning principles.
• Uses systematic planning, appropriate methods and timely exchange of information with multidisciplinary team and patient/family to coordinate care;
  Demonstrates ability to focus on and manage multiple patient needs and aspects of care;
  Actively communicates with care team to plan patient care;
  Utilizes available resources to problem-solve and determine 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 standards of safety;
  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;
  Identifies need for referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation;
  Collaborates with patient, family and other team members to develop a comprehensive plan of care;
  Prioritizes demand for resources and collaborates with others to meet individualized patient needs;
  Acts as preceptor/teacher in guiding other nurses on how to apply the nursing process with a particular unit population;
  Makes appropriate referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation;
  Implements safe, therapeutic and efficient care for patients with complex needs due to multi-system disease and/or complications of treatment;
  Demonstrates accountability for achieving patient outcomes;
  Demonstrates an ability to quickly recognize a patient diagnosis even though presenting symptoms or…