Job DescriptionEssential Functions:
The Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills and competencies as well as attitude.
- Understands own and team members scope of practice and escalates issues as appropriate.
- Demonstrates professional, supportive behavior.
- Champions new ideas.
- Utilizes communication strategies including chain of command and issue escalation, which result in intended outcomes.
- Participates in problem identification and resolution.
- Mentors, new employees and team members.
- Shares responsibility w/subordinates working as a team player.
- Demonstrates ability to problem solve.
- Complies w/ regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, and standards of practice.
- Answers calls and performs pre-placement assessment
- Upholds Costa Colina's Policies and Procedures, Principles of responsibilities, and applicable state, federal and local laws
- Leads and directs others through the change process.
- Knowledge of Bestnotes a plus
Nursing Process:- Develops and/or contributes to the individualized plan of care that reflects assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the outcomes of that plan.
- Perform insurance verification screening on new patients.
- Ensures patient safety related but not limited to, medications and procedures.
- Ensures optimal pain control and patient comfort; identifies and discusses patient anxieties, fears or concerns regarding patient condition and treatment.
- Ensures that patient understands medication purpose, side effects
Documentation:
- Assure charting is accurate, legible, dated, and timed.
- Documentation reflects nursing process and interventions and evaluations taken.
- Utilizes computer systems effectively and efficiently for optimal patient care.
- Discusses patient findings and progress toward outcomes w/ physicians and other members of the health care team.
- Demonstrates competencies during the probationary period and ongoing completion by departmental competency validation.
- Make comprehensive nursing decisions based on interpretation of data, assessments, and evaluations of patient outcomes.
- Adherence to workplace safety principles and practices.
- Participates in departmental performance improvement activities, i.e., planning, measuring/monitoring, assessing, and improving
- Maintains a safe environment for self and others
- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment.
QualificationsQualifications:Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
Minimum of 2 years of Behavioral Health nursing experience preferred
Current California Nursing License
Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support card. (BLS)
Additional InformationNightshifts available full and part-time, 7 days per week: 11 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.
