RN Med Surg Full Time Nights

Up to $15,000 Sign-On bonus based on experience!

Welcome to Hi-Desert Medical Center , where you’ll benefit from :

A 59-bed acute primary care facility offering you and your family first-rate health care close to home

A wide range of quality inpatient and outpatient diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation services, home health and hospice services, and a variety of community outreach programs

A dedicated team of quality, caring, health care professionals

Position Summary

Provides high quality professional nursing services in a medical and surgical environment.

Shift : Nights

Hours : 7 : 00pm to 7 : 30am

2503021045

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.

, $43.00 - $65.00 hourly

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

Physical Demands

Heavy physical effort (lift / carry up to 50 lbs.)

Prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing / walking

Lifts, positions, pushes and / or transfers patients

Working Conditions

Contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances

May be exposed to infections and contagious diseases

Exposed to hazardous anesthetic agents, body fluids and wastes

Occasional exposure to unpleasant patient or unit elements

Regularly exposed to the risk of blood borne diseases

Requires judgment / action which could result in death of patient

Minimum Education / Certification / Experience

Current CA RN license

Current CPR Certification

ACLS within 90 days of hire

Dysrhythmia interpretation course or demonstrated competency in interpretation of dysrhythmias by the end of orientation.

1 year Acute Care experience preferred

Tenet complies with federal, state, and / or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.

Primary Duties

Maintains knowledge of the nursing process and the path physiology disease. Demonstrates knowledge of the nursing process and utilizes it in assessment of path physiology disease.

Develops a plan of care based on assessments of patient problems with appropriate interventions.

All patients assigned to RN have a plan of care based on assessments and interventions are appropriate.

Ability to organize patient care responsibilities with assignment of ancillary staff based on skills and experience.

Patient care has been organized with appropriate assignment of ancillary staff.

Provides patient education based on disease and discharge of planning needs. All patients assigned to RN have educational needs met and documentation is present on chart.

Administers medications safely. No evidence of serious medication errors or careless practice.

Maintains patient confidentiality and provides information to patients when needed for Informed Consent.

Observes patient’s rights, confidentiality & reports incidents of elder abuse when indicated.

Archives competencies in skills needed for the unit assigned. Competencies are achieved and maintained through annual appraisal.

Completes documentation as required for chart documents and unusual occurrences (Incident Reports). Charting documentation is complete; incident reports are timely and routed appropriately.

Maintains currency in nursing practice by attending seminars, in-services, and journal reading.

Nursing practice reflects currency in theory and adherence to correct principles.

Assists in planning, supervising and instructing LVN’s, CNA’s and students.

Supervises and evaluates RN’s, LVN’s and Patient Care Technicians.

Knowledge of patient’s rights, confidentiality, & Elder Abuse Reporting requirements.

Observes Patients’ Bill of Rights & reports incidents of Elder Abuse, if indicated.

Ability to recognize and appropriately respond to cardiac arrhythmias displayed on a monitor and / or printed strip. Correctly identifies and appropriately responds to basic cardiac arrhythmias.