Per Diem RN - Subacute Care - Sharp Coronado - Evening Shift - 8 hour - Per Diem

Shift: 3 PM – 11:30 PM

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.

• Minimum: $61.740/hour
• Midpoint: $70.170/hour
• Maximum: $90.160/hour

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families.
• Delegate and assign care delivery processes, communicating clear expectations to each team member.
• Analyze situations to determine appropriate levels of supervision for delegated tasks (unsupervised, initial direction and periodic inspection, continuous supervision, or tasks that should not be delegated).
• Assess appropriateness of physician orders and question when necessary.
• Document care per department and entity guidelines, ensuring comprehensive, detailed, and critical-thinking-driven records.
• Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families, addressing spiritual, cultural, language, or communication barriers.
• Act as a patient advocate by removing obstacles, identifying needs, and interpreting for patients and physicians.
• Support coworkers by offering assistance, providing feedback, and improving work processes.
• Provide age-appropriate patient education to facilitate recovery, self-care, health maintenance, and wellness.
• Coordinate transfer and discharge planning in collaboration with the healthcare team.
• Use systematic planning and timely communication to coordinate care with the multidisciplinary team.
• Utilize the nursing process and critical thinking to provide individualized, goal-directed care that incorporates mind, body, and spirit.
• Identify actual or potential patient problems, continuously evaluate interventions, and adjust care plans as needed.
• Make appropriate referrals based on assessments and collaborate with the team to develop comprehensive care plans.
• Prioritize resource demands and act as a preceptor or teacher for other nurses.
• 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 and quickly recognize patient diagnoses even with dissimilar presenting symptoms.

Requirements

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

Skills

• Independently perform the nursing process through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation for patients with overt and subtle needs.
• Provide safe nursing care in complex situations with some assistance and supervision.
• Demonstrate competency in unit-specific skills and some advanced skills; may teach skills competencies.
• Coordinate patient care administered by other team members.
• Assume responsibility as a relief charge nurse and assist with preceptorship or 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.