RN II - Vascular Access Team
Company: Providence Health & Services
Location: Orange
Posted on: August 5, 2022
Job Description:
We are looking for a Registered Nurse II for the Vascular Access
Team at St. Joseph Hospital Orange. Location Orange, CA Work
Schedule: On Call/ Per Diem Shift: 12-hour, Days Job Summary: The
Registered Nurse independently uses the nursing process to safely,
therapeutically and efficiently care for a group of patients. Uses
information from a variety of sources, including Jean Watsons
Theory of Human Science and Caring to assess, plan, implement,
identify outcomes and evaluate patient's plan of care. The
Registered Nurse oversees the duties and competencies of the
healthcare team; these include the performance of nursing assistant
duties, clerical, food service, and environmental services duties
as applicable. The Registered Nurse will practice in accordance
with all regulatory, professional, legal, and hospital policies.
Essential Functions:
- CLINICAL PRACTICE: The practitioner is accountable to recognize
the health and quality of life needs of patients, family and
community and to collaborate with them to achieve mutually agreed
upon goals. The practitioner utilizes his/her specialized skills
and scientific knowledge to design collaborative and integrated
care that binds together all resources in a goal oriented movement
toward health. Components in clinical practice are competence,
evidenced based practice/continuous quality improvement, advanced
practice nursing, and practice standards.
- Utilizes nursing process to perform a comprehensive,
age-specific assessment of patient and family needs.
- Performs a comprehensive patient/family physical assessment on
assigned patients demonstrating the ability to integrate cultural,
psychosocial and spiritual needs of the specific population
served.
- Identifies trends in patients' clinical course, assesses
proactively, when necessary.
- Utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to assessment.
- Serves as a clinical resource in the development of basic
assessment skills interventions.
- Identifies formal teaching needs for specific patients/families
and communities.
- Identifies teaching goals with patient/family and utilizes
resources to develop complex, interdisciplinary teaching
plans.
- Identifies ongoing needs and makes referrals utilizing
community resources.
- Assures that patients/families have acquired all necessary
skills and referrals for post-hospitalization.
- Utilizes nursing process to develop and revise plan of
care.
- Obtains resources and collaborates with other departments
regarding teaching needs.
- Identifies and selects appropriate patients for patient care
conferences.
- Initiates discharge planning upon admission and facilitates the
discharge plan based upon the patient's continuing care needs.
- Plans for interventions that minimize complications and
life-threatening situations.
- Participates in interdisciplinary conferences. Implements safe
and therapeutic care for patients.
- Implements plan of care for patients of moderate
complexity.
- Re-prioritizes as necessary to adapt to changing patient
condition, work environment and patient assignments.
- Responds to individual/cultural differences in patient/family
care.
- Evaluates patient assessment, planning and implementation in
relation to intended goals and progress toward expected
outcomes.
- Involves the interdisciplinary team in evaluating the
patient's/family's progress toward attaining expected
outcomes.
- Utilizes ongoing assessment data to revise the diagnoses,
outcomes, and plan of care as needed.
- Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions and the patient's
response in relation to outcomes.
- COLLABORATION: The process whereby the health care team plan
and practice together as colleagues working interdependently within
the boundaries of their scope of practices using shared values and
mutual respect for each others' contribution to care for
individuals, their families and communities. Major elements include
non-hierarchical relationships and intra-inter-professional
collegiality.
- Participates in Shared Governance/Participative Leadership
- Actively participates in unit/service level committee/task
force.
- Participates with unit manager and fellow associates in
defining, implementing, and evaluating unit goals.
- Promotes changes to meet unit needs.
- Demonstrates awareness of unit/service budget.
- Actively participates in cost effective initiatives, seeks
opportunities to eliminate inappropriate and wasteful use of
resources.
- Articulates fundamental unit budgetary principals, such as
equipment charges and staffing ratios.
- Demonstrates awareness of unit and service guidelines related
to staffing and scheduling.
- Follows scheduling guidelines and demonstrates flexibility in
order to meet unit and patient needs.
- CULTURE AND CARING: The central theme of the SJHS practice
model is the caring relationship that exists between the
patient/family and nurse. Caring practices are activities that are
responsive to the uniqueness of the patient/family and that create
a compassionate and therapeutic environment. Holistic practice
addresses physical, emotional, spiritual, cognitive and
developmental needs of patients and families across the life span.
Care for the body, mind and spirit--from birth to final stage of
life--is a desired characteristic of professional practice. Skills:
- Competent clinician, provides care in a skilled and effective
manner, utilizing appropriate technical and decision making
skills.
- Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal skills with
patients, patients' families, and ancillary departments.
- Good math skills and basic computer data entry skills.
- Basic clinical skills of unit specific type patients.
- Analytical skills necessary in order to organize and prepare
nursing care plans, implement effective nursing care, and develop
solutions to patient care problems.
- Ability to coordinate and delegate team activities.
- Effective skills in communication, problem solving,
interpersonal relationships, and prioritization.
- Flexibility to adapt to new and changing situations.
- Preferred: Bilingual English/Spanish or
English/Vietnamese.
- Vascular Access Team, 787004-J01: Competent in ultrasound
guided Midline and Peripheral IV insertion. Minimum Position
Requirements: Education : Coursework/Training - Graduate of a
school of nursing or enrolled in an accelerated program leading to
BSN or MSN degree. Experience:
- Vascular Access Team, 787004-J01:
- A minimum of 2 years experience as an RN in an acute care
setting.
- Minimum of 6 months of PICC line insertion experience.
Licenses/Certifications:
- Current California Registered Nursing License.
- Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for
Healthcare Provider.
- Current American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life
Support (ACLS). Preferred Position Qualifications: Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing. Licenses/Certifications: Vascular
Access - Board Certified (VA-BC), Certified Registered Nurse
Infusion (CRNI), or related specialty certification. Apply Today!
Applicants that meet qualifications will receive a text message
with additional questions from our Modern Hire system. Compassion.
Dignity. Justice. Excellence. Integrity. These timeless values form
the heart and soul of St. Joseph Hospital. They are the prime
reason that we attract and retain high-caliber employees who
believe in the sanctity of their work in our faith-based setting.
As a result of this affinity, most of our employees have remained
with us for at least five years. Over 40 percent of our new
employees were either referred by friends or applied to work at St.
Joseph based on our reputation. It is little wonder, then, that
retention rate is significantly higher than the average for
healthcare institutions in our community. Clinical Excellence When
you take the latest in medical technology and place it in the hands
of highly skilled clinicians, recognition is sure to follow. In
July 2007, 2008 and 2009, St. Joseph Hospital was named one
"America's Best Hospitals" for Orthopedic Care by U. S. News and
World Report. This highly esteem recognition is testimony to our
unique blend medical science and compassionate, values-based care.
A haven that feels like home. St. Joseph Hospital offers a unique
environment in which healthcare givers who share a kindred spirit
can do important work and grow both spiritually and professionally.
Here, values-based employees view their jobs not simply as careers
but also as callings. Care to get acquainted? Then we warmly invite
you to explore the many career opportunities offered by St. Joseph
Hospital! St. Joseph Hospital provides equal employment
opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age,
disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements,
St. Joseph Hospital complies with applicable state and local laws
governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in
which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms
and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring,
placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves
of absence, compensation and training. Positions specified as "on
call/per diem" refers to employment consisting of shifts scheduled
on as "as needed basis" to fill in for staff vacancies. Company:
St. Joseph Hospital Orange Category: Telemetry Nursing Req ID:
R356443
Keywords: Providence Health & Services, Orange , RN II - Vascular Access Team, Healthcare , Orange, California
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