Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp/PACU Full Time Days

LE0030 Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley; Pleasanton (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide direct patient care in a CA-accredited facility. The RN will perform all steps of the nursing process, coordinate care with other providers, and educate patients and families to promote safe, effective self-care.

The role requires 1+ year nursing experience in acute care, strong communication, and adherence to hospital policies and C-I-CARE standards. California licensure and BLS are required.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Nursing required.
• 1+ year to 2 years of acute care RN experience required.
• Strong communication skills in English; reading, writing, speaking.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced hospital setting.
• Knowledge of California Nursing Practice Act and current standards.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients by collecting and documenting data through interviewing, history taking, and exams.
• Create, implement and evaluate care plans aligned with standards of care.
• Coordinate care with other providers and educate patients and families.
• Monitor patient conditions and respond to changes; document findings.
• Attend department meetings and support hospital goals; uphold C-I-CARE standards.

Skills

Patient assessment

Vital signs monitoring

Care planning

Team collaboration

Clinical documentation

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Tools

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Nursing documentation systems

Job description

Shift & Location

Day - 12 Hour (United States of America) This is a Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley job.

Job Overview

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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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 – Tri‑Valley patient‑experience and represents a framework for patient‑centered interactions.

Education and Qualifications

• Associate's Degree Nursing
• 1+ year to 2 years Prior Acute Care Registered Nursing Required
• Required 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
• Licenses and Certifications:
• Nursing\RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure And/Or Compact State Licensure.
• BLS - Basic Life Support.

Commitment to Patient Experience

These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford 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.

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