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staff - Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg - $44-67 per hour

staff - Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg - $44-67 per hour

Tenet DesertJoshua Tree, CA, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
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
  • 36 hours per week
  • Shift : 12 hours
  • Employment Type : Staff

Up to $15,000 Sign-On bonus based on experience

Welcome to  Hi-Desert Medical Center , where you’ll benefit from :

  • A 59-bed acute primary care facility offering you and your family first-rate health care close to home
  • A wide range of quality inpatient and outpatient diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation services, home health and hospice services, and a variety of community outreach programs
  • A dedicated team of quality, caring, health care professionals
  • Position Summary

    Provides high quality professional nursing services in a medical and surgical environment.

    Shift : Days-7 : 00AM to 7 : 30PM

    Hours : 12

    Primary Duties

  • 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 responds to basic cardiac arrhythmias.
  • Tenet Desert Job ID #2503028441-0. Posted job title : RN Med Surg Full Time Days

    Benefits

  • Sign-On bonus
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    Registered Nurse Rn Med Surg • Joshua Tree, CA, United States