Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg ICU

Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse, 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 including 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: Rotating
• Job Type: Per Diem

Responsibilities

• Assumes principal responsibility for the total nursing care, assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of each assigned patient.
• Initiates teaching and educates the patient and family/significant other to attain optimal health.
• Obtains and interprets information in terms of the patient’s needs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development.
• Understands the range of treatment needed as appropriate to the ages of the patients served.
• Independently cares for two critically ill patients.
• Assesses and recognizes changes in condition, notifies the physician appropriately, and documents completely including reassessments.
• Provides head-to-toe critical assessment and reports utilizing critical thinking skills, including changes in condition, treatment rendered, and vasoactive medication dosages.
• Manages multiple drips and sedation.
• Assesses and cares for patients on ventilators, understands alarms and parameters.
• Understands hemodynamic status of the patient; correlates Swan readings, BP, and UO to assess appropriately.
• Assists with bedside procedures such as arterial lines.
• Initiates interdisciplinary communications and incorporates recommendations.
• Consistently demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the ages of the patients served on the assigned unit.
• Acts as a liaison between patient, physicians, family/significant other, and other health disciplines.
• Develops, implements, and updates an individualized teaching and discharge plan.
• Initiates and documents progressive patient and family/significant other teaching.
• Facilitates the discharge process ensuring all goals are addressed prior to discharge.
• Utilizes current theories and knowledge for accurate assessments and evaluations.
• Completes acuity evaluation on all assigned patients according to unit protocol.
• Manages an average caseload specific to unit, adapts to altered work patterns, sets priorities, and modifies assignments to meet patient needs utilizing available resources and staff ability/availability.
• Administers medications prescribed by physicians according to policy, including IVs, blood, and blood products.
• Verifies medication administration records (MAR) for accuracy on an ongoing basis.
• Consistently recognizes, evaluates, and intervenes appropriately in life-threatening situations.
• Checks for new patient orders throughout the shift and implements them in an appropriate timeframe.
• Completes an end-of-shift review of physician orders.
• Recognizes variances of diagnostic tests, vital signs, and assessments, and notifies the physician in a timely manner.
• Functions as a charge nurse as assigned.
• Supports changes in clinical practice as evidenced by the plan of care for the patient and subsequent documentation.
• Functions as a resource to co-workers, acts as preceptor, and performs other duties as assigned.
• Ensures compliance with departmental policies and procedures, assumes responsibility for knowledge and implementation of policy, procedure, practice, and CPG changes.
• Maintains competence in nursing practice through in-services and participation in ongoing continuing education per year.
• Participates in the Quality Improvement Program.
• Follows appropriate chain of command for problem resolution, approaching problem-solving with a positive attitude and suggestions.
• Demonstrates accountability for supervision and communication when assigned with students/orientees and float personnel.
• Reports, documents, and takes appropriate action (by the end of shift) for incidents and/or quality care issues that may affect the patient’s or staff well-being.
• Consistently assesses patients for risk of injury and takes appropriate action to reduce risk and promote safety.
• Uses restraints according to policy and consistently explores other options less restrictive.
• Accurate documentation demonstrated in the medical record.
• Serves as an advocate for patient/family by providing information and assists in utilization of available resources and/or alternatives for making healthcare decisions (e.g., advanced directives, ethics consult).
• Handles and disposes of hazardous waste safely and appropriately.
• Consistently handles oxygen safely.
• Consistently practices handwashing and use of protective wear.
• Establishes or assesses proper identification prior to delivery of care.
• Requests clarification of physician orders as necessary.

Requirements

• Current or 1+ year of ICU experience
• Current CA Registered Nurse License
• Associate Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing (ADN for Job Code G70AK only)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing (BSN for Job Code G70AD only)
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification (maintain current at all times)
• Current American Heart Association ACLS certification (maintain current at all times)
• Effective verbal and written skills to communicate with people on all levels and maintain positive working relationships with parents, families, and co-workers
• Active listening skills
• Compassionate and non-judgmental caregiver and advocate
• Able to independently manage multiple priorities
• Must comply with Respiratory Fit Testing Protection Policy
• Must successfully complete EKG test within the first 30 days of entry into this position
• NIHSS within the first 30 days of entry into this position

Pay

$67.1144 hourly. Individual wages are determined based upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, an individual’s qualifications and experience.

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.