What are the responsibilities and job description for the Charge RN Surgery position at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital?
Job Summary and Responsibilities
The registered nurse is responsible to take primary responsibility to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care of each assigned patient. Provide direct patient care. Supervise the activities of nursing staff members.
Follow-up on all care related activities and assure all physician orders are accurately transcribed and carried out in a timely manner.
Collaborate with other nursing and ancillary services to assure seamless communication and uninterrupted patient care.
Coordinate the plan of care. Conduct patient teaching specific to disease entity and home management. Actively participate in assuring care continuum.
Key Skills:
Model leadership behaviors
Foster a spirit of collaboration and teamwork
Mentor peers and colleagues
Anticipate patient’s needs
Read, analyze, and interpret hospital policies and procedures, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
Apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
Must have ability to critically think and problem solve
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Job Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- CA RN
- BLS (AHA)
- ACLS
- 1 year operating room/surgical experience required; if operational conditions permit, training a candidate without the required experience may be considered
- ACLS (required within one year for new grad)
- Education level necessary to obtain required licensure and certifications
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree - BSN
- PALS
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds, 48 licensed critical care beds, 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites, and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition, we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center, the Lauren Small Children's Center including the area's only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Family Care Center, a Level II NICU, the Sarvanand Heart, and Brain Center with Kern County's first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite, the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics, and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner, serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality, compassionate care since 1956. Click here to learn more about Bakersfield Memorial Hospital.
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Salary : $44 - $77