Clinical Nurse - Cardiothoracic Surgery

Job Details
How many open positions: 1 position
Work Location: Onsite; Palo Alto, CA

• Integrates multiple requests and work expectations by setting priorities, delegating tasks appropriately, and seeking assistance as needed.
• Monitors own practices and assists in monitoring others for practices related to patient and employee safety and compliance to standards and policies. Looks for opportunities for continual improvement in patient care and the work environment.
• Ability to rapidly grasp problem situations and respond quickly and appropriately. Identifies the need for and activates emergency protocols.
• Obtains accurate and relevant assessment data and interprets the data as normal vs abnormal. Determines nursing diagnosis. Monitors and evaluates data as frequently as needed based on stability.
• Assesses a patients and familys learning needs and readiness to learn. Teaches needed information for self-care and illness prevention. Adjusts information and expectations based on responses from patient, developmental levels, physiological and psychological conditions, and cultural variations.
• Collaborates with the patient, family, and members of the health care team to develop an individualized plan of care. Implements nursing and medical interventions safely. Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions and monitors patient for adverse responses and side effects.
• Learns and utilizes the available technology for communication, documentation, and locating information regarding unusual clinical situations, diagnosis, and treatments.
• Creates and maintains a climate conducive to healing through being present to the patient and family, identifying and managing discomforts; providing emotional support and information; guiding the patient and family through phases of illness and recovery/passage to death and in accordance with the patients goals and culture.

Requirements

• California Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for providers issued by the American Heart Association
• ECMO experience strongly preferred
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association
• 24 months of ICU experience

Benefits

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Sick Time Off