Cardiology RN - Heart Transplant - Sharp Memorial Hospital - Per Diem - Days

About the role

As part of welcoming Tri-City Medical Center into the Sharp HealthCare family, our recruitment team will be focused on onboarding more than 1,700 new team members from 6/12-7/13/26. During this time, we’ve temporarily paused new application reviews to ensure every new Sharp caregiver has a positive, seamless onboarding experience. We will resume reviewing applications and connecting with candidates after 7/13/26. In the meantime, we invite you to explore opportunities, submit your application, or join our Talent Community to stay connected.

Job Details

• Hospital: Sharp Memorial Hospital
• Shift Type: Day
• Shift Duration: Per Diem
• Hourly Pay Range: $61.740 - $70.170 - $90.160
• AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift
• Weekend Requirements: As Needed
• On-Call Required: No

Success Profile

• Innovative
• Collaborative
• Resourceful
• Advocate
• Person-centered
• Critical Thinker

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of nursing school
• 3 Years Clinical experience
• California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing - REQUIRED
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association - REQUIRED

Essential Functions

• Delegates/assigns and communicates expectations for care delivery processes to each member of the team
• Documents per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures
• Establishes a therapeutic relationship with patient and family
• Provides age appropriate patient education that facilitates recovery, self-care, end-of-life care and health maintenance, health promotion, and wellness
• Utilizes the nursing process and a critical thinking approach to provide patient care that incorporates the mind, body and spirit; is individualized, goal directed, and consistent with current standards of safety
• Uses systematic planning, appropriate methods and timely exchange of information with multidisciplinary team and patient/family to coordinate care
• Utilizes the nursing process and a critical thinking approach to provide patient care that incorporates the mind, body and spirit; is individualized, goal directed, and consistent with current standards of safety
• Identifies actual/potential problems for which the patient is at risk
• Continuously evaluates interventions and care, and adjusts the plan as patient and family needs change
• Identifies need for referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation
• Collaborates with patient, family and other team members to develop a comprehensive plan of care
• Prioritizes demand for resources and collaborates with others to meet individualized patient needs
• Acts as preceptor/teacher in guiding other nurses on how to apply the nursing process with a particular unit population
• Makes appropriate referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation
• Implements safe, therapeutic and efficient care for patients with complex needs due to multi-system disease and/or complications of treatment
• Demonstrates accountability for achieving patient outcomes
• Demonstrates an ability to quickly recognize a patient diagnosis even though presenting symptoms or situations may be dissimilar

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Independently performs the nursing process through individualized assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of safe, therapeutic, efficient care for patients with overt and subtle needs throughout the continuum of care, and according to unit's standards of care
• Performs safe nursing care for patients in more complex situations with some assistance and supervision
• Demonstrates competency in all areas of the unit skills and some advanced skills
• May teach some skills competencies
• Coordinates patient care administered by other members of the care team
• May assume the responsibility of relief charge nurse and may assist with preceptorship/professional development of new nurses and students
• Uses common equipment and medications safely in the practice setting and consults others when unfamiliar
• Recognizes inconsistencies in patient care and manages potential complications
• Demonstrates consistent organization and prioritization of workload

Benefits

• Medical, vision, dental and more
• Generous vacation, holiday and sick leave
• Wellness programs
• Employee assistance program
• Retail plans
• Discount programs, perks and other benefits