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OverviewAbout Sequoia Hospital – Hello HumankindnessDignity Health Sequoia Hospital is an accredited, not-for-profit community hospital providing innovative and exceptional health care for generations of Bay Area residents. Sequoia’s Heart and Vascular Institute (https://www.dignityhealth.org/bayarea/locations/sequoia/services/heart-and-vascular-institute) is a nationally known pioneer in advanced cardiac care, affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute. Sequoia has received national recognition from Healthgrades for superior patient safety and was named as one of America’s top 100 hospitals for cardiac care. Our Total Joint Replacement (https://dignityhealth.org/Service%20Areas/bayarea/locations/sequoia/services/orthopedics) program is a designated Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement. Our Birth Center (https://dignityhealth.org/Service%20Areas/bayarea/locations/sequoia/services/birth-center) is consistently ranked as a favorite among Peninsula families. We are also known for our comprehensive emergency care and leading-edge tomosynthesis 3-D mammogram technology (https://dignityhealth.org/Service%20Areas/bayarea/locations/sequoia/services/breast-and-diagnostic-center) . Our Pavilion combines the most advanced medical and surgical services with a unique healing environment, including private, spacious rooms and inviting garden areas.Learn more about us (https://dignityhealth.org/Service%20Areas/bayarea/locations/sequoia/about-us) , our awards (https://dignityhealth.org/Service%20Areas/bayarea/locations/sequoia/about-us/quality-awards) , and some of our services:
Heart Surgery (https://dignityhealth.org/Service%20Areas/bayarea/locations/sequoia/services/heart-and-vascular-institute/heart-surgery)
Maternity
Orthopedics (https://dignityhealth.org/Service%20Areas/bayarea/locations/sequoia/services/orthopedics)
dignityhealth.org/sequoiaResponsibilitiesA CommonSpirit Health Nurse Resident is a new graduate direct clinical care registered nurse (RN) who continues to develop nursing knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors introduced in formal education as they transition into practice. They are expected to demonstrate the appropriate competency in both core and functional areas, listed below.Progression is expected in the areas of leading through mission vision and values, patient/customer focus, taking ownership, health care knowledge, teamwork, clinical performance improvement, service excellence, decision making and critical thinking, and patient safety.ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Evidence-based Practice (EBP) and Patient Care: Builds skills to utilize current evidence based practiceknowledge, the nursing process, critical thinking and problem solving skills to provide holistic care to individuals across the lifespan and care continuum.
Interprofessional Collaboration and Communication: Learns to collaborate and communicate with theinterprofessional team to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes.
Leadership: Develops accountability for own practice, delegated care, and the coordination of care delivery.
Behaves in a manner that supports colleagues, and maintains respect, trust and dignity.
Professionalism: Acquires and maintains knowledge in nursing practice and assumes responsibility for the professional development of self.
Attainment of Core Competencies:a. Taking Ownership: Has a basic understanding and knowledge of the current situation or issue at hand;ability to take full personal responsibility or ownership for assignments, activities, decisions and results.
Teamwork: Basic understanding and knowledge of the necessity and value of teamwork; participateseffectively as part of a team.
Patient / Customer Focus: Basic understanding ensuring that the patient/customer perspective is adriving force behind our actions and business decisions; crafting and implementing service practices that
meet patients'/customers’ and own organization’s needs. (Focus also includes internal and externalcustomers.)
Leading through Mission, Vision and Values: Basic understanding keeping the organization’s mission,vision and values at the forefront of associate decision making and action.
Effective communication: Basic understanding of effective communication concepts, tools andtechniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, andneeds through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Patient Safety: Basic understanding and knowledge of the risks faced by patients in a healthcareenvironment, and the ability to take steps to reduce these risks.
Clinical Performance Improvement: Basic understanding and knowledge of the factors contributing to quality patient care, and the ability to influence these factors in a positive way.
Continuous Learning: Basic understanding of the rationale behind the necessity to continually learn and grow and the ability to seek performance feedback and identify approaches to improve one's own performance and that of others.
Followership: Basic understanding of and ability to carry out strategies and tasks that support themission and goals of the leader and the organization.
Service Excellence: Basic understanding and knowledge of customer service concepts and techniques;ability to meet or exceed customer needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner.
Healthcare Knowledge: Basic understanding and knowledge of the operating principles, major issues,governmental regulations, and code of ethics for the healthcare industry; ability to apply thisunderstanding appropriately to healthcare related situations.
Nursing Assessment and Care: Basic understanding of and ability to assess ailments and injuries ofpatients and implement a treatment plan.
Decision-Making and Critical Thinking: Basic understanding and knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Clinical Skills: Basic understanding of and ability to provide clinical skills necessary for patient care, e.g.history taking, therapeutic planning and monitoring, etc., to achieve optimized outcomes in medicationtherapy and clinical treatment.
QualificationsRequired Education and Experience:
Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing with aminimum of an Associate’s Degree in Nursingrequired
0-12 months of professional nursing (RN) experience
Preferred:
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN)preferred
Required Licensure and Certifications:
Active License as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State inwhich s/he will be practicing or the state of primaryresidency if the state is a Nurse Licensure Compact state
BLS certification - American Heart Association
Additional certifications may be required based onpopulation(s) served and services provided
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training:
Ability to deliver excellence in patient care through assessing,formulating nursing diagnoses and establishinggoals, planning and implementing intervention,and evaluating patient care outcomes.
Read, analyze, and interpret hospital policies andprocedures, professional journals, technicalprocedures, or governmental regulations.
Write reports and procedures, and document in themedical record.
Effectively present information and respond toquestions from co-workers, managers,patients,physicians, family members and the generalpublic.
Calculate figures and amounts such asweights, dosages, flow rates, proportions,percentages and volume.
Apply concepts such as fractions, percentages,ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Define problems, collect data, establish facts, anddraw valid conclusions.
Interpret an extensive variety of technicalinstructions in mathematical or diagram formand deal with several abstract and concretevariables.
Critically think and problem solve.
Read, write and speak English.
Must be able to complete entire program with a perfectattendance record
Must be able to work 3 days per week after completingfirst 12 weeks
Must be able to work and train on either night or day shiftsincluding holidays
Must agree to terms and conditions of the program
Pay Range$66.76 - $86.73 /hourWe are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
