Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg - $48-72 per hour

Tenet Desert; Joshua Tree (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-On bonus

Job summary

Tenet Desert in Joshua Tree, California is seeking a registered nurse (RN) for Med Surg to deliver high-quality professional care in a demanding medical-surgical environment. You will assess, plan, and implement nursing care tailored to each patient’s needs, while collaborating with the care team to optimize outcomes.

The role is full-time day shift, 7:00am to 7:30pm, with every-other-weekend requirements and a sign-on bonus up to $15,000 based on experience.

Qualifications

• CA RN license is required.
• CPR certification is required.
• ACLS within 90 days of hire is required.
• Dysrhythmia interpretation course or demonstrated competency required by end of orientation.
• 1 year acute care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides high quality professional nursing services in a medical and surgical environment.
• Maintains knowledge of the nursing process and path physiology disease; applies nursing process in assessment.
• Develops a plan of care based on assessments with appropriate interventions.
• Ensures each patient has a care plan with interventions aligned to assessment findings.
• Organizes patient care responsibilities and assigns ancillary staff by skill and experience.
• Educates patients and plans discharge needs; documents education in chart.
• Administers medications safely and adheres to safety protocols.
• Maintains patient confidentiality and informs on informed consent as needed.
• Observes patient rights and elder abuse reporting requirements.
• Oversees competency development and annual re-appraisals for staff.

Education

CA RN license

CPR Certification

ACLS within 90 days of hire

Dysrhythmia interpretation course

1 year Acute Care experience preferred

Job description

Tenet Desert is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Med Surg for a nursing job in Joshua Tree, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff
• Job Shift: Days, 7:00am to 7:30pm, every other weekend is required
• Hours: 12
• Job Type: Full Time
• Up to $15,000 Sign-On bonus based on experience

Responsibilities

• Provides high quality professional nursing services in a medical and surgical environment.
• Maintains knowledge of the nursing process and the path physiology disease. Demonstrates knowledge of the nursing process and utilizes it in assessment of path physiology disease.
• Develops a plan of care based on assessments of patient problems with appropriate interventions.
• All patients assigned to RN have a plan of care based on assessments and interventions are appropriate.
• Ability to organize patient care responsibilities with assignment of ancillary staff based on skills and experience.
• Patient care has been organized with appropriate assignment of ancillary staff.
• Provides patient education based on disease and discharge of planning needs. All patients assigned to RN have educational needs met and documentation is present on chart.
• Administers medications safely. No evidence of serious medication errors or careless practice.
• Maintains patient confidentiality and provides information to patients when needed for Informed Consent.
• Observes patient’s rights, confidentiality & reports incidents of elder abuse when indicated.
• Archives competencies in skills needed for the unit assigned. Competencies are achieved and maintained through annual appraisal.
• Completes documentation as required for chart documents and unusual occurrences (Incident Reports). Charting documentation is complete; incident reports are timely and routed appropriately.
• Maintains currency in nursing practice by attending seminars, in-services, and journal reading.
• Nursing practice reflects currency in theory and adherence to correct principles.
• Assists in planning, supervising and instructing LVN’s, CNA’s and students.
• Supervises and evaluates RN’s, LVN’s and Patient Care Technicians.
• Knowledge of patient’s rights, confidentiality, & Elder Abuse Reporting requirements.
• Observes Patients’ Bill of Rights & reports incidents of Elder Abuse, if indicated.
• Ability to recognize and appropriately respond to cardiac arrhythmias displayed on a monitor and/or printed strip. Correctly identifies and appropriately respond to basic cardiac arrhythmias.

Minimum Education/Certification/Experience

• Current CA RN license
• Current CPR Certification
• ACLS within 90 days of hire
• Dysrhythmia interpretation course or demonstrated competency in interpretation of dysrhythmias by the end of orientation.
• 1 year Acute Care experience preferred

Physical Demands

• Heavy physical effort (lift/carry up to 50 lbs.)
• Prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing/walking
• Lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfers patients

Working Conditions

• Contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances
• May be exposed to infections and contagious diseases
• Exposed to hazardous anesthetic agents, body fluids and wastes
• Occasional exposure to unpleasant patient or unit elements
• Regularly exposed to the risk of blood borne diseases
• Requires judgment/action which could result in death of patient

Job ID

Tenet Desert Job ID #2603025070. Posted job title: Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg

Benefits

• Sign-On bonus