Registered Nurse (Rn) Surgery Full Time Days 8S

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Day

• 08 Hour (United States of America)

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct patient care, practicing in an evidence-based manner, within the Scope of Practice of the California Nursing Practice Act, regulatory requirements, standards of care, and hospital policies. The RN performs all the steps of the nursing process including assessing patients, interpreting data, planning, implementing and evaluating care. In addition, the RN coordinates care with other providers and acts as a teacher to the patient and family to provide the knowledge and skills needed to manage their care and prevent complications.

Essential Functions

The essential functions listed below are general examples and not a description of comprehensive duties. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing nature or scope of this position or level of responsibility. May be asked to perform other duties as assigned.

• Assesses patients by collecting and documenting data about patients through interviewing, history taking, personal needs and physical assessment findings.

• Obtains accurate and relevant assessment screening data and interprets the data as normal v. abnormal.

• Determines nursing diagnosis. Monitors and evaluates data as frequently as needed based on stability.

• Safely performs and documents care plan using the nursing procedures required for the patient assignment consistent with the standards of care.

• Evaluates effectiveness of interventions and monitors patient for adverse responses and side effects.

• Assesses patient/family level of understanding and documents information on clinical records.

• Creates and maintains a climate conducive to healing through being present to patient & family, identifying and managing discomforts and providing emotional support and education.

• Teaches needed information for self-care and illness prevention to patient and family members.

• Recognizes and communicates to proper authority ethical and legal issues relative to patient care; completes incident report.

• Safety performs all provision of care for any age-related needs of the patients served on the unit, including growth and development principles

• Attends meetings and serves on departmental and/or hospital committees as assigned.

• Works to support the achievement of department strategic and organizational goals.

• Employee must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the C-I-CARE Standards of the Hospital. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford Healthcare

• ValleyCare's patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions

Job Qualifications

Education

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing

Experience

• Minimum of one year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required

License/Certification

• Current CA R.N. License

• Current American Heart Association BLS Certification

• Relevant departmental certification as required (i.e.: PALS, NRP, ACLS)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong communication skills

• Ability to read, write and understand the English language.

• Strong attention to detail

• Ability to problem solve and adapt to a changing environment

• Ability to use information and keep abreast of developments in technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making in patient care

• Ability to work as a valued team member, but also autonomously

• Ability positively influence others to meet patient needs and achieve shared goals

• Ability to effectively prioritize to provide quality and valued patient care

• Knowledge of principles, practices and current trends in health care and hospital system organization and administration sufficient to provide clinical management, leadership, coordination, and operational direction for assigned areas of responsibility

DEPARTMENT REQUIRED RN II EXPERIENCE

1 WEST - SURGICAL TELEMETRY

Minimum of one-year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required

2 WEST - MEDICAL TELEMETRY

Minimum of one-year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required

3 WEST - MEDICAL TELEMETRY

Minimum of one-year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required

2 NORTH - MEDICAL SURGICAL

Minimum of one-year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required

AMBULATORY SURGERY - TVL

Minimum of one-year prior recent Surgical Registered Nurse experience required

CARDIO STRESS

Minimum of one-year ICU Registered Nurse experience required

CATH LAB

Minimum of one-year recent Cath Lab Registered Nurse experience required

Moderate sedation and pharm. knowledge required

ICU

Minimum of one-year prior acute care ICU Registered Nurse experience required

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Minimum of one-year prior Emergency Department Registered Nurse experience required

GI LAB - PLEASANTON

Minimum of one-year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required

One year interventional GI experience required

One years endoscopy experience required

One year moderate sedation experience required

GI LAB - LIVERMORE

One years endoscopy experience required

One year moderate sedation experience preferred

LABOR AND DELIVERY

Minimum of one-year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required

Minimum of one-year prior Labor and Delivery experience required

NURSERY - LEVEL II

Minimum of one-year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required

Minimum of one-year prior NICU experience required

NURSING ADMIN/FLOAT POOL

Minimum of two years prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required for respective units covered for float

OB ACUTE

Minimum of one-year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required

Minimum of one-year prior OB Acute experience required

PACU - RECOVERY ROOM - LIVERMORE (OUTPATIENT)

Minimum of one-year prior PACU or ICU Registered Nurse experience required

PACU - RECOVERY ROOM - PLEASANTON (INPATIENT)

Minimum of one-year prior Inpatient PACU or ICU Registered Nurse experience required

Minimum of one-year prior post Cath Lab procedure recovery and moderate sedation experience preferred

PEDIATRICS

Minimum of one-year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required

Minimum of one-year prior Pediatrics experience required

PRE-OP (OUTPATIENT) ASC

Minimum of one-year of pre-op/pacu experience.

Prior moderate sedation experience preferred.

Prior preop and recovery of cath lab patients preferred

PRE-OP PLEASANTON (INPATIENT)

Minimum of one-year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required

Prior moderate sedation experience preferred.

Prior preop and recovery of cath lab patients preferred

SPECIAL PROCEDURES

Minimum of one-year prior Special Procedures Registered Nurse experience required

SURGERY (INPATIENT)

Minimum of one-year prior Inpatient Operating Room Registered Nurse experience required

URGENT CARE

Minimum of one-year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required

Minimum of one-year of Urgent Care or Critical Care experience required

Physical Demand and Working Conditions

The Physical Requirements and Working Conditions in which the job is typically performed are available from the Occupational Health Department. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care

• ValleyCare (SHC

• VC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $69.03 - $83.73 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.