Register Nurse (RN)
Job Description
North Kern Tulare Hospital District is looking for a passionate Registered Nurse (RN) to join our dedicated team of nurses offering Skilled Nursing Care to our residents at Delano District Skilled Nursing Hospital.
Duties/ Responsibilities:
- Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to residents, visitors, and staff members.
- Promotes patient’s independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
- Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
- Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
- Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
- Prepare and administer medications as ordered by the physicians.
- Ensure that narcotic records are accurate for your shift.
- Review medications cards for completeness of information, accuracy in transcription of the physician’s order, and adherence to stop order policies.
- Complete and file recordkeeping forms/ charts upon the resident’s admission, transfer and/ or discharge.
- 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
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Clinical Skills
- Bedside Manner
- Infection Control
- Nursing Skills
- Physiological Knowledge
- Administering Medication
- Medical Teamwork
- Health Promotion and Maintenance
- Must be able to read, write and speak and understand the English language.
- Must have excellent work ethic, patience tact, and enthusiasm.
- Must work well with others and also be able to work independently as needed.
- Must have a current and valid RN license and CPR.
- Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including having received the booster.
Education and Experience:
- Must have valid California RN license
- Must have valid CPR license
- 3 Years’ experience as RN preferred.
- Previous Skilled Nursing facility experience preferred.
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Prolonged periods of standing and moving
- Must be able to lift to 50 pounds at times.
Salary:
Salary range commensurate with education and experience
Work Schedule
- 8 Hour Shift
Why join our team?
Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility (“DDSNF”) operates a 141-bed Skilled Nursing Facility which serves the communities of Delano, Richgrove, McFarland, Wasco and Earlimart. We are well known and established in the community with a reputation for providing top notch patient care.
What we offer:
- Competitive compensation
- Paid Time Off
- Attendance bonus program
- CalPERS retirement
- Life and Disability insurance
- Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
- 8-hour shifts