Job Details
- Shift: Rotating Days 10 hours Rotating MondayFriday 36hrs
- Work Location: Onsite; Redwood City CA
Duties and Responsibilities
- Creates and maintains a climate conducive to healing through being present to the patient and family identifying and managing discomforts; providing emotional support and information; guiding the patient and family through phases of illness and recovery/passage to death and in accordance with the patients goals and culture.
- Mobilizes the patients strengths and abilities towards participation in recovery and control over plan of care.
- Obtains accurate and relevant assessment data and interprets the data as normal vs abnormal. Determines nursing diagnosis. Monitors and evaluates data as frequently as needed based on stability.
- Collaborates with the patient family and members of health care team to develop an individualized plan of care. Implements nursing and medical interventions safely. Evaluates effectiveness of interventions and monitors patient for adverse responses and side effects.
- Assesses a patients and familys learning needs and readiness to learn. Teaches needed information for selfcare and illness prevention. Adjusts information and expectations based on responses from patient developmental levels physiological and psychological condition and cultural variations.
- Teaches other staff members both incidentally and/or through formal roles such as preceptor or superuser.
- Ability to rapidly grasp problem situations and respond quickly and appropriately. Identifies the need for and activates emergency protocols.
- Monitors own practices and assists in monitoring others for practices related to patient and employee safety and compliance to standards and policies. Looks for opportunities for continual improvement in patient care and the work environment.
Requirements
Education Qualifications
- Bachelor s Degree or higher in Nursing from an accredited academic institution. (preferred)
Licenses and Certifications
- RN Registered Nurse
- BLS Basic Life Support
- ACLS
Experience
- Two (2) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience
- Endo pre/intra/post experience required
- ECT procedure experience a plus
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- 401k
Education Qualifications Bachelor s Degree or higher in Nursing from an accredited academic institution. (preferred) Licenses and Certifications RN - Registered Nurse BLS - Basic Life Support ACLS Experience Two (2) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience Endo pre/intra/post experience required ECT procedure experience a plus