Registered Nurse (RN) - ER

Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program
• Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status.

Schedule

• Shift: Days, 7:00am to 7:30pm
• Every other weekend is required
• Job Type: Full Time
• Hours: 12

Pay

• Up to $25,000 Sign-On bonus based on experience
• $47.90 - $72.42 hourly (Individual wages are determined based upon qualifications and experience)

Responsibilities

• Completes comprehensive assessment and history on patients’ admission. Reflects sensitivity to different age, cultural and religious backgrounds.
• Initiates effective interventions based on assessed problems. Evaluates, reports and documents patient’s response to care.
• Care is given in collaboration with patient, family and other team members, demonstrating understanding of team approach to patient care.
• All documentation is on correct forms, is complete, legible, correct and current.
• Effectively identifies predictable problems, assesses patient’s response to care and takes appropriate, timely actions.
• Participates in Performance Improvement program meeting deadlines for studies. Verbalizes understanding of department and hospital performance improvement plans and changes practices in response to performance improvement actions.
• Cleans and prepares treatment areas between patients. Supplies and assures equipment is in working order.
• All assessments and interventions reflect knowledge of department policy, procedure and are in tandem with the job description.
• Attends staff meetings, reads email and other key documents. Responds to inquiries promptly.
• Has department project. Gives 2 department specific in-services/year and attends 12.
• Accepts professional responsibility and accountability for professional actions. Uses critical thinking skills in daily practice.
• Promotes teamwork by participating with the health care team. Communicates appropriately and effectively.
• Keeps families informed appropriately. Complaints are investigated and reported.
• The employee strives to exceed customer expectations displaying behavior that exemplifies quality customer service as the number one hospital goal.
• The employee demonstrates the ability to cooperate, and communicate on all levels in a positive, courteous and respectful manner.
• The employee can be relied upon regarding task completion and follow-up.

Requirements

Physical Demands

• Moderate physical effort (lift/carry up to 25 lbs.)
• Occasional prolonged standing/walking
• Assists with lifting and moving patients
• Occasionally lifts supplies/equipment
• Occasional reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching

Working Conditions

• May be exposed to infections and contagious diseases
• Regularly exposed to the risk of blood borne diseases
• Contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances
• Exposed to unpleasant elements (accidents, injuries and illness)
• Handle emergency or crisis situations
• Perform emergency care
• Requires judgment/action which could result in death of patient

Qualifications

Minimum Education/Certification

• Associate’s Degree or diploma from accredited nursing program may be substituted for an AA degree
• Current California Registered Nurse License
• Current BLS and ACLS certification
• PALS Certification within 1 year of hire
• MICN certification - Required within 1 year of hire date
• TNCC certification - Required within 1 year of hire date

Preferred Experience / Certification

• 2-4 years experience as a Registered Nurse in Acute Care
• 1 year experience as a Registered Nurse in an emergency room

Desert Care Network serves the healthcare needs of the Coachella Valley and Morongo Basin regions in Southern California with three hospitals: Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio, and Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree. The hospital network provides advanced care with services such as comprehensive stroke care, a cancer center, a Level 1 Trauma Center, and the only Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the Coachella Valley.