Per Diem RN - Outpatient Infusion - Sharp Medical Terraces La Mesa - PD - Days

Hours and Schedule

Shift start time: Variable; shift end time: Variable. AWS Hours Requirement: 10/40 - 10 Hour Shift. Weekend Requirements: Every Other. On‑Call Required: No.

Pay

Hourly pay range: $61.740 – $70.170 – $90.160 (minimum – midpoint – maximum). Placement within the range is based on years of RN experience, per 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families.
• Delegate/assign and communicate expectations for care delivery processes to each team member; know what can and cannot be delegated; analyze situations, determine supervision levels, and follow through to ensure task completion.
• Assess appropriateness of physician orders and question when appropriate.
• Document care per department/entity guidelines; produce comprehensive, concise records reflecting critical thinking/problem‑oriented approach.
• Serve as a resource for unit‑specific documentation issues.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families; anticipate and address barriers (spiritual, cultural, language, communication, illness‑related).
• Analyze social/cultural variables and adapt nursing interventions to meet diverse needs.
• Act as patient advocate: remove obstacles, identify/support needs, interpret for patient‑physician communication.
• Help coworkers improve performance: offer assistance, give positive feedback, provide unit‑specific information to students, floats, travelers/registry, document appropriately, provide incidental teaching.
• Seek and apply ways to improve work processes and systems; offer and accept constructive feedback non‑judgmentally.
• Provide age‑appropriate patient education facilitating recovery, self‑care, end‑of‑life care, health maintenance, promotion, and wellness.
• Coordinate transfer and discharge planning and teaching with the health‑care team.
• Collaborate to identify, develop, and revise patient education materials; adapt teaching based on learner needs and adult learning principles.
• Use systematic planning, appropriate methods, and timely information exchange with multidisciplinary team and patient/family to coordinate care.
• Demonstrate ability to focus on and manage multiple patient needs and aspects of care; actively communicate with care team to plan patient care.
• Utilize resources to problem‑solve and determine most effective approach.
• Implement the nursing process with critical thinking to provide individualized, goal‑directed care incorporating mind, body, and spirit, consistent with safety standards.
• Identify actual/potential patient risks; continuously evaluate interventions and adjust plans as needs change.
• Identify need for referrals based on assessments; collaborate with patient, family, and team to develop comprehensive plan of care.
• Prioritize resource demand and collaborate to meet individualized patient needs.
• Act as preceptor/teacher guiding other nurses in applying the nursing process for the unit population.
• Implement safe, therapeutic, and efficient care for patients with complex needs due to multi‑system disease or treatment complications.
• Demonstrate accountability for achieving patient outcomes.
• Quickly recognize patient diagnoses even when presenting symptoms differ.

Qualifications

• Graduate of nursing school.
• 2 years of clinical experience.
• Current California Registered Nurse (RN) license – CA Board of Registered Nursing.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (AHA BLS Healthcare) certification.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Independently perform 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, according to unit standards.
• Perform safe nursing care for patients in more complex situations with some assistance and supervision.
• Demonstrate competency in all unit skills and some advanced skills; may teach some skill competencies.
• Coordinate patient care administered by other members of the care team.
• May assume responsibility of relief charge nurse and assist with preceptorship/professional development of new nurses and students.
• Use common equipment and medications safely; consult others when unfamiliar.
• Recognize inconsistencies in patient care and manage potential complications.
• Demonstrate consistent organization and prioritization of workload.