Registered Nurse - SNF

Requirements

Restores and promotes patient’s health by completing the nursing process. Collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary team members. Provides physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families. Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and their families.

Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families. Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and hospital or regulatory standards. Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.

Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations. Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols; medication administration and storage procedures; and controlled substance regulations. Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.

Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs. Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential. Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; calling for repairs; and evaluating new equipment and techniques.

Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information and participating in team problem-solving methods. Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. Qualifications/Skills: Clinical skills Bedside manner Infection control Physiological knowledge Administering medication Medical teamwork Multitasking, listening, and verbal communication Health promotion and maintenance Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements: Registered Nurse (RN) Active California state licensure American Heart Association issued BLS and ACLS