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

Shift: 3 PM – 11:30 PM, 8-hour shift under an 8/80 schedule. Weekend requirement: every other weekend. No on-call duty.

Pay

Hourly pay range: $61.74 – $90.16. The scale is set by the collective bargaining agreement between Sharp HealthCare and Sharp Professional Nurses Network, United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, NUHHCE, AFSCME, AFL-CIO. Placement within the range is based on years of RN experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families.
• Delegate, assign, and communicate expectations for care delivery to each team member; analyze delegation appropriateness and apply consistent supervision levels.
• Assess physician orders, question when appropriate, and document care per department guidelines in a comprehensive, critical-thinking, problem-oriented manner.
• Establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship with patients and families, adapting to spiritual, cultural, language, or illness-related barriers; serve as a patient advocate.
• Support coworkers by offering assistance, providing feedback, sharing unit-specific information, and seeking process improvements.
• Deliver age-appropriate patient education on recovery, self-care, end-of-life care, health maintenance, and wellness; coordinate transfer and discharge planning with the healthcare team.
• Coordinate care through systematic planning, timely communication, and resource management with the multidisciplinary team and patient/family.
• Apply the nursing process and critical thinking to provide individualized, goal-directed care that integrates mind, body, and spirit; continuously evaluate and adjust the plan as patient needs evolve.
• Identify actual or potential problems, prioritize resource demands, and collaborate on a comprehensive care plan; make referrals based on ongoing assessments.
• Implement safe, therapeutic, and efficient care for patients with complex, multi-system needs or treatment complications; act as a preceptor for other nurses.

Requirements

• Graduate of a 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—assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation—for patients with overt and subtle needs across the care continuum.
• Deliver safe nursing care in complex situations with some assistance and supervision; demonstrate competency in unit skills and selected advanced skills.
• Coordinate care administered by other team members; may assume relief charge nurse duties and assist with preceptorship of new nurses and students.
• Use common equipment and medications safely; recognize inconsistencies in patient care and manage potential complications.
• Demonstrate consistent organization and prioritization of workload.