Current Department Employees: Staff Nurse - Women & Family - Part Time
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Tahoe Forest Health System
Truckee, CA, US
Summary
The staff nurse performs the nursing process through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of safe therapeutic care for obstetric patients. Responsibilities include scrubbing, circulating, and recovering for cesarean sections as well as coordinating resources for effective patient care.
Job Description
This is a part-time day shift opportunity
Bargaining Unit: EAP
Rate of Pay: $70.17/hour + DOE
Summary
Performs the nursing process through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of safe therapeutic care to patients including patients undergoing obstetric operative or other invasive procedures. Scrubs, circulates and recovers for cesarean sections as needed.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Assesses physical and psychosocial needs of patients.
- Plans individual care of patient and documents care plan.
- Implements and evaluates individual plan of care.
- Identifies and provides education to patient and/or significant other.
- Coordinates resources for complete and effective patient care.
- Possesses effective communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills.
- Utilizes equipment properly.
- Participates in departmental growth and development.
- Pursues professional growth.
- Follows patient care standards.
- Ability to work standby.
- Demonstrates System Values in performance and behavior.
- Complies with System policies and procedures.
- Other duties as may be assigned.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Supervisory Responsibilities
No supervisory responsibilities.
Education and Experience
Associate's Degree - from college or vocational school from a National League of Nursing (NLN), Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or equivalent accredited school of nursing. The nurse shall have completed a nursing education program that included clinical experiences with actual patients under the supervision of qualified faculty.
1-2 years of relevant experience
Licenses, Certifications
California Registered Nurse (RN)
- Upon Hire
Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers
- Upon Hire
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
- Upon Hire
STABLE
- Within 6 months of hire into job
BLS/ACLS: employee will be enrolled in the Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support (ALS). Entry or Prep Curriculum (depending on their previous BLS and ACLS certification).
- Within 6 months of hire
Other Experience, Qualifications:
Required:
- One to two years in labor and delivery unit with adequate number of deliveries to ensure competence in all areas of labor, delivery, postpartum, and new born care.
- Must complete Baby Friendly coursework (Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding) within 6 months of hire.
- Must complete Relias Fetal monitoring within 3 months of hire.
- Additional Coursework: GE Health Systems, AWHONN Basic, Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring.
- If hired without L&D experience, must complete and pass a L&D class approved by the Association of American Women’s Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) within 3 months of hire date.
- Temporary or seasonal staff may be hired with only postpartum experience per management discretion.
Preferred:
- Familiar with fetal monitoring high-risk labor/delivery, neonatal and postpartum management.
Proudly serving the community since 1952, Tahoe Forest Hospital is a not for profit rural health care facility and designated Critical Access Hospital. It is fully accredited by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program and licensed by the State of California Department of Health Services. Tahoe Forest Hospital has 25 acute care beds and 36 long-term care beds.
Our geographic area covers six rural counties, two states and approximately 3,500 square miles with primary services reaching the communities of Truckee, North Lake Tahoe, Donner Summit and the Sierra Valley in California and Incline Village in Nevada. Tahoe Forest Hospital serves a full-time population of approximately 40,000 residents with influxes of up to an additional 30,000 tourists during peak periods.
Founded
1952
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Truckee, California