Clinical Nurse -Weekends- Emergency Dept. - Grossmont Hospital - Nights - FT - May be eligible for $5k Relocation Assistance

Shift: 7 PM – 7:30 AM, 12-hour weekend-only shifts (no on-call).

Pay

The stated pay scale reflects the range as defined by the collective bargaining agreement between Sharp HealthCare and Sharp Professional Nurses Network, United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, NUHHCE, AFSME, AFL-CIO. Placement within the range is based on years of RN experience.

• Hourly pay range: $61.740 – $70.170 – $90.160

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families.
• Delegate and assign care tasks, communicate expectations, and ensure follow-through; analyze each situation to determine appropriate level of supervision.
• Assess appropriateness of physician orders and question when necessary.
• Document care per department guidelines, ensuring comprehensive, critical-thinking-oriented records.
• Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families, addressing spiritual, cultural, language, or illness-related barriers; serve as a patient advocate.
• Support coworkers by offering assistance, providing feedback, teaching, and improving work processes.
• Provide age-appropriate patient education to facilitate recovery, self-care, health maintenance, and wellness; coordinate transfer and discharge planning.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to plan, coordinate, and communicate patient care using systematic planning and timely information exchange.
• Utilize the nursing process and critical thinking to deliver individualized, goal-directed care that integrates mind, body, and spirit; continuously evaluate and adjust care plans.
• Identify actual or potential problems, risks, and needs for referrals; prioritize resources and manage complex patient needs.
• Act as a preceptor or teacher for other nurses on unit-specific nursing processes.
• Implement safe, therapeutic, and efficient care for patients with multi-system diseases or treatment complications.

Requirements

• Graduate of a nursing school.
• 1 year of clinical experience.
• California Registered Nurse (RN) license – CA Board of Registered Nursing (REQUIRED).
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) – American Heart Association (REQUIRED).
• ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) – American Heart Association (REQUIRED).
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification – employee provides certificate (REQUIRED).
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (REQUIRED).

Skills

• Independently perform the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation) for patients with overt and subtle needs.
• Provide safe nursing care in complex situations with some assistance and supervision; demonstrate competency in unit skills and some advanced skills.
• Coordinate patient care administered by other team members; may assume relief charge nurse responsibilities and assist with preceptorship.
• Use common equipment and medications safely; recognize inconsistencies in patient care and manage potential complications.
• Demonstrate consistent organization, prioritization, and confident management of emergency situations.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and comply with regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Demonstrate professional behavior through participation in unit activities and committees.
• Teach and mentor others to improve clinical practice; utilize a variety of teaching/coaching strategies.
• Promote clinical effectiveness, efficient resource use, and quality care; transfer knowledge to improve practice.
• Demonstrate complex problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Benefits

• New Hire Bonus Eligibility.
• Relocation Assistance: $5,000 (must be relocating from 100+ miles outside of San Diego).
• Employee Referral Bonus: $2,500 (referral must list the referring Sharp employee on the job application; external referrals only; former Sharp employees must be more than 12 months since last date of employment).

The following are not eligible for hiring incentives: current Sharp employees, rehires/reinstates rejoining less than 12 months from last date of employment.