Sharp Rees Stealy

[Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - Various-Employee provides certificate; AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association; California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing; Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association; Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
**Hours**:
**Shift Start Time**:
8 AM
**Shift End Time**:
5 PM

**AWS Hours Requirement**:
8/40 - 8 Hour Shift

**Additional Shift Information**:
Hours may vary depending on clinic need

**Weekend Requirements**:
No Weekends

**On-Call Required**:
No

**Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum)**:
$45.812 - $59.112 - $72.412

**What You Will Do**
Utilizes clinical experiences and expertise to assess and facilitate patient access. Assists patients, staff and physicians as needed to maintain a high level of efficiency of operations and customer service while providing quality care to the designated patient population. Serves as technical nursing expert for assigned area.

**Required Qualifications**
- 3 Years RN experience in related clinical area.
- California Registered Nurse (RN) -REQUIRED
- AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) -REQUIRED

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- Triage experience.
- Leadership experience.
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) -PREFERRED
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) -PREFERRED

**Essential Functions**
- Clinical skills
Demonstrates clinical knowledge and skill and technical expertise in assigned area and within scope of practice.
Triages patients, collects pertinent information, recognizes the urgency of the patient's problem and routes to physician as needed. Returns phone calls according to physician instruction. Schedule patient appointments.
Triage and manage all urgent and emergent tasks. Partners with staff and providers to triage urgent MySharp messages.
Uses well developed triage and assessment skills to deliver all nursing care.
Triages walk-in patients.
Fully successful in performing/assisting with all tests and procedures in assigned department.
May act as a clinical resource for assigned area.
Accurately documents patient care per protocol.
Partners with physicians to continuously learn and expand clinical knowledge base.
Uses universal precautions and demonstrates knowledge of infection control policies and procedures.
Participates in clinical projects as directed by the physician or manager.List department specific requirements here.
- Department efficiency and effectiveness
Organizes and completes daily requirements and responsibilities.
Telephone Message Management - Ensures prompt and efficient return of messages according to established policy. Troubleshoots and resolves problem calls.
Daily Organization - Monitors patient flow, physician schedules and completes daily tasks to ensure quality and meet service standards. Follows policy and procedure for entering of OCM. Completes work within assigned hours.
Able to respond to changing circumstances and prioritize patient needs.
Responds to urgent and emergent situations in a calm and capable manner. Utilizes good judgment and problem solving ability.
Ensures readiness of reports and information to maximize patient visit.
Maintains appropriate supply levels. Cost conscious in usage.
Participates in and prepares for site inspections and inventories.
Completes department inventories per guidelines.
Enters authorizations and schedules surgeries and procedures in a timely and accurate manner.
Assists in other departments as assigned to meet staffing needs.
- Leadership
Assists with training and education of new and existing staff.
Consistently pro-active in team development and in problem-solving to meet department goals and support changes.
Acts as a resource and role model for staff.
Facilitates inter-departmental cooperation and teamwork.
Adheres to Sharp HealthCare standards of conduct.
- Medication management
Maintains current knowledge of applicable medications.
Demonstrates safe and accurate administration techniques. No medication errors.
Ensures verification by licensed person and documentation of all medications administered including two (2) patient identifier verification.
Assists with Medical Assistant medication verification in immediate area.
- Nursing Competencies
Successfully completes Nursing Competencies with a score of 90% or greater in each section = Great.
Successfully completes Nursing Competencies with a score of 90% or greater on all but one section. Passed on retesting = Good.
Unsuccessful in passing more than one section of Nursing Competency Testing and/or failed to pass testing on second attempt = Needs Improvement.
- Quality initiatives
Completes Quality Assurance (QA) assignments and ensures overall department compliance with requirements. QA scores: 96-100% = Great; 90-95% = Good; 90% and below = Needs Improvement.
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