Registered Nurse (RN)

Positions Available in all disciplines : Medical / Surgical, Behavioral Health, Intensive Care, Emergency and Subacute Full-Time and Part Time Positions Available New Graduates Encouraged to Apply Job Purpose : Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; supervising assigned team members. Duties :

• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. Skills / Qualifications : Valid CA Registered Nurse License BCLS and ACLS Certification Clinical Skills, Bedside Manner, Infection Control, Nursing Skills, Physiological Knowledge, Administering Medication, Medical Teamwork, Multi-tasking, Listening, Verbal Communication, Health Promotion and Maintenance. Pacific Hospital of the Valley : Where You Make A Difference Pacifica Hospital of the Valley, a 231-bed hospital, is transforming health care in the San Fernando Valley and beyond. When you work with our highly respected physicians who provide life-saving treatment, or when you support medical staff members to help find cures and treatments, you become part of an exciting organization. Working together, we are making the San Fernando Valley a destination for health care. Our H.E.A.R.T Cares Values shape everything that we do, every single day. They are visible in the interactions we have with our patients, their families, and our partners and one another. We will achieve our ambitions to provide the best service through Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect and Trust. From nurses to dietitians and lab technicians, receptionist to assistants, food service worker to pharmacy staff, Pacific Hospital of the Valley is the place for you and your career ambitions. As a leader in providing medical care in Sun Valley, we offer unique careers throughout our hospital facility. Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Offers : Competitive Salaries Paid Time Off (Vacation, Holidays and Sick Leave) 401(k) Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage Work / Life Balance Full-Time, Part-Time and Per-Diem positions Join our Team – Give your Career the Best Treatment