Job Description

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing and licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of California
• Current American Heart Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification from The American Heart Association or The American Red Cross for Healthcare Providers

Start Date:

Open Until Filled.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing and licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of California
• Experience as a staff nurse for one year preferred
• Current American Heart Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification from The American Heart Association or The American Red Cross for Healthcare Providers
• ACLS preferred
• PALS preferred

Duties & Responsibilities:

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse working in the Medical/Surgical unit is responsible for planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating patient care of patients of all ages pediatric to geriatric. The RN coordinates, delegates, and provides direct nursing care for patients by working cooperatively with patients, family members, and all patient care team members. The RN provides supervision for patient team members in accordance with their level of training and the patient’s acuity.

Duties

• Conducts an initial and ongoing assessment designed to gather data relevant to the patient’s individual needs taking into consideration specific needs for age
• Review of assessments of patients:
• • Respiratory
  • Cardiac
  • Neurologic
  • Renal
  • Multi-System
  • Psychosocial
• In collaboration with the patients family, implements a plan of care
• Implements the plan of care for both medical and surgical patients
• Begins the discharge process
• Provides, delegates and super­vises care for medical and surgical patients
• Evaluates patient’s response to interventions/reassesses and documents on patient's record
• Establishes priorities for patient care activities
• Delegates nursing activities to appropriate staff
• Reports changes in patient's status to charge nurse or physician, and staff caring for patient
• Documents nursing care consistent with hospital charting standards
• Complies with hospital policy for receiving doctor's orders, including verbal and phone
• Orients patients and family to Unit environment as able
• Relates Unit policy regarding visitors to family & friends
• Accurately gives report to oncoming shift
• Reports extraordinary patient problems to supervisor, Vice President of Nursing or Administrator as necessary
• Performs other duties as assigned

Other Info:

Functional Demands

Work area is well lighted and ventilated. Regularly exposed to the risks of blood borne and airborne diseases. Contact with patients in a wide variety of circumstances. Exposed to noise, chemicals, communicable diseases, and hazardous materials. Wears personal protective equipment as required.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands to handle or feel objects, or controls; each with hands and arms; and talk to hear. The employee is frequently required to walk or stand for extended periods, occasionally required to sit, balance; stoop, kneel or crouch.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds with help.

Available Shifts: Unit 1

Full-Time Variable Day Shifts, Full-Time Variable Noc Shifts,  Full-Time Variable Shifts

Available Shifts: Unit 2

Full-Time Variable Day Shifts, Full-Time Variable Noc Shifts, Full-Time Variable Shifts

Available Shifts: Unit 3

 Full-Time Variable Noc Shifts

Contact Name:

Human Resources

Contact Phone:

530-712-2137

Contact Email:

hrrecruiting@orohosp.com