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Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) – Med-Surg/PCU/Telemetry Float Pool
Job Location: Moreno Valley, CA
Job Duration: 13 weeks with possibility of extension
Shift: 3x12-hour shifts, 36 hours/week
Pay Rate: $2500/week gross
Job Description:
The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care in an acute care setting. The role requires recent Medical-Surgical (MS) experience and 3 years of recent PCU/Med-Surg Telemetry experience. The RN must be willing to float to other units within the Float Pool, including the Progressive Care Unit (PCU), while maintaining high standards of patient safety and quality care.
Key Responsibilities:
Assess patients upon admission, considering physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs.
Reassess patients at least every shift and as needed based on changes in clinical condition.
Develop, implement, review, and update individualized patient care plans.
Administer oral, topical, and parenteral medications according to the seven rights of medication administration.
Monitor and document the effectiveness of medications and treatments, including adverse effects.
Perform nursing procedures and treatments in accordance with hospital policies, sterile techniques, standard precautions, and patient privacy requirements.
Document patient assessments, interventions, responses to care, pain management, discharge planning, and progress toward goals accurately.
Educate patients and families based on assessed needs and evaluate the effectiveness of patient teaching.
Interpret diagnostic data, recognize changes in patient condition, and promptly communicate concerns to physicians and the healthcare team.
Use SBAR communication during handoffs and participate in multidisciplinary care planning.
Maintain patient rights, confidentiality, safety, and participation in care decisions.
Follow National Patient Safety Goals, two-patient-identifier protocols, infection control practices, hand hygiene standards, and hospital policies.
Demonstrate knowledge of blood transfusion procedures, restraint management, Rapid Response Team activation, emergency codes, and disaster response protocols.
Follow established guidelines for Core Measures and vaccine control.
Float to other assigned units, including PCU, as required by staffing needs.
Required Qualifications:
Current California RN License.
BLS certification.
Recent Medical-Surgical (MS) experience in an acute care facility.
3 years of recent PCU/Med-Surg Telemetry experience in an acute care facility.
Ability and willingness to float to other units, including PCU, within the Float Pool.
NIHSS, as required by the facility.
Preferred Experience:
- ACLS certification.