Registered Nurse II, NICU FT Days

Stanford Health Care; Pleasanton (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford Health Care – ValleyCare is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide direct patient care in a California acute care setting. You will perform the full nursing process, coordinate with other providers, educate patients and families, and uphold C-I-CARE standards to deliver exceptional care.

Responsibilities include data collection, diagnoses, plans and evaluations, teaching, and ensuring patient safety.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills - read, write and understand English.
• 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 to positively influence others to meet patient needs and achieve shared goals.
• Ability to effectively prioritize to provide quality patient care.
• Knowledge of principles, practices and current trends in health care and hospital system organization and administration.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patients by collecting and documenting data through interviewing, history taking, and physical assessment.
• Obtains accurate and relevant assessment data and interprets it.
• Determines nursing diagnosis.
• Monitors and evaluates data as needed based on stability.
• Performs and documents care plan using nursing procedures for the patient assignment.
• Evaluates effectiveness of interventions and monitors for adverse responses.
• Assesses patient/family understanding and documents information.
• Delivers education for self-care and illness prevention.
• Attends meetings and serves on departmental/hospital committees.
• Supports department goals and adheres to C-I-CARE standards.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Teamwork

Autonomy

Prioritization

Adaptability

Tech literacy

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Job description

If you're ready to be part of our legacy of hope and innovation, we encourage you to take the first step and explore our current job openings. Your best is waiting to be discovered.Day - 12 Hour (United States of America)This is a Stanford Health Care - Valley Care job.Full Time, 12 Hour, Day ShiftA Brief OverviewThe 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.LocationsStanford Health Care - Valley CareWhat you will doAssesses 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 principlesAttends 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 interactionsEducation QualificationsAssociate's Degree Nursing RequiredExperience QualificationsMinimum of one-year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience requiredMinimum of one-year prior NICU experience requiredRequired Knowledge, Skills and AbilitiesStrong communication skills - Ability to read, write and understand the English language.Strong attention to detailAbility to problem solve and adapt to a changing environmentAbility to use information and keep abreast of developments in technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making in patient careAbility to work as a valued team member, but also autonomouslyAbility positively influence others to meet patient needs and achieve shared goalsAbility to effectively prioritize to provide quality and valued patient careKnowledge 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 responsibilityLicenses and CertificationsCA RN LicenseBLS - Basic Life SupportNRPThese principles apply to ALL employees:SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family ExperienceStanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective careShow Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better healthCoordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordinationEqual 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 $80.02 - $98.39 per hourThe 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.