Registered Nurse III - MC/CHC - RUHS - Trauma Services

The County of Riverside - Riverside University Health System-Medical Center (RUHS-MC) is currently seeking candidates for a Registered Nurse III-MC/CHC position in Trauma Services. The most competitive candidates will have at least three (3) years of recent (within the last five years) full-time Registered Nurse (RN) experience in one or more of these specialties: Emergency Rooms (ER), Critical Care Units (including Intensive Care Units - ICU), Surgical Intensive Care Units (SICU), or Critical Care Transport. This posting may also be used to fill future openings that become available within the next 90 days.

Work Schedule: The available work schedule consists of three 12-hour night shifts per week, from 6:00 PM to 6:30 AM, with rotating weekends required.

Additional Differentials:
$4.00/hour Critical Care Differential
$4.00/hour Specialized Team Differential
$2.00/hour Evening Shift Differential
$5.00/hour Night Shift Differential

The Trauma Nurse Essential Duties consist of the following below:
 -Provide direct patient care of trauma patients in coordination with Trauma Surgeons
-Assist with invasive procedures such as rapid infusers, chest tubes, EVDs, arterial lines, and blood transfusions
-Ensure trauma quality measures are met during trauma resuscitations
-Transport of trauma patients for radiology, Interventional Radiology, or operating room
-Comanage Massive Transfusion Protocols with Physicians
-Round on inpatient traumas and assist with throughput
-Resuscitations in OR in cooperation with Anesthesia
-Ensure accuracy and completion of charting for trauma resuscitations
-Provide trauma education throughout facility
-Performance and/or quality improvement of trauma care
-Attend meetings and committees as required
-Keep current on trauma resuscitation literature and knowledge

Meet the Team!
To find out more about Riverside University Health System, please visit:
http://www.ruhealth.org

About RUHS - Medical Center:
Riverside University Health System-Medical Center Riverside University Health System-Medical Center (RUHS-MC) is a Level I Trauma Center that provides high quality adult and pediatric acute care, emergency and trauma medical care, and specialized health services that include the Stroke Center and chronic disease management. RUHS-MC is dedicated to providing contemporary, patient-focused care linked by a robust electronic health record and seamless services in medical, behavioral health and population health management.

Located in Moreno Valley, the 439-bed Medical Center and its 60 hospital-based primary and specialty care clinics have been recognized for the delivery of high-quality care. RUHS-MC was named a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, the nation’s leading independent accreditor of hospitals and health care organizations. We are accredited by American College of Surgeons as a Level I Trauma Center. RUHS-MC is certified by The Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center and received the Get with the Guidelines® Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for the last three consecutive years.



• Assess, plan, organize, and provide nursing care to assigned patients in accordance with physician instructions; make preliminary observations of patients and prepare patients for medical treatment.

• Assist physicians in administering treatments and in performing medical examinations, diagnostic tests and surgical operations.

• Administer prescribed treatment and medications, including dispensing, as ordered to patients; chart treatment of patients; record and report significant changes in condition and general progress of patients.

• Counsel and advise patients, families and significant others regarding special medical problems and/or proper healthcare methods.

• Prepare and maintain concise and complete records and reports; instruct patients in carrying out physician's orders; transcribe physician's orders to working records.

• Provide orientation and training to new staff, residents, medical students, Regional Occupational Program (ROP) participants and nursing students.

• Participate in quality assurance reviews; act as a team leader or relief charge nurse.

• Assign and monitor, the work of subordinate nursing personnel; participate in committee activities; identify staff training needs.

• Triage patients by reviewing admission charts and merging patients into the appropriate patient assignment or clinic flow when appropriate.

• Testify in court as to client's mental and physical condition.

• Coordinate and monitor patients through the hospitalization process utilizing physicians, primary care nurses and third-party payors to maintain quality care and fiscal responsibility.

• Review the post hospital care plan with the patient,/family establishing a contact regarding timeframes and responsibilities; follow care plan through patient discharge.Education: Successful completion of the education required to obtain a valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of California. (A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in nursing or a health-related field may be required for some positions.)

Experience:  This position requires a minimum of three years of recent (within the last five years) full-time Registered Nurse experience in one of the following: Emergency Rooms (ER), Critical Care Units (including Intensive Care Units), Surgical Intensive Care Units, or Critical Care Transport.

License: Must possess and maintain a current valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of California or valid out of state license with authorization to work in California.

Certificate Requirements:

• Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications from the American Heart Association are required and NIHSS.
• Additionally, candidates must hold one of the following trauma care certifications: Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) or Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN).

Knowledge of: Current principles, techniques and procedures used in professional nursing; medical terminology and patient care routine appropriate to clinical setting; medical instruments and equipment; the uses and effects of medicines and narcotics; community resources available to provide patient care and follow-up; federal, state and local laws and regulations governing professional aspects of nursing; identification of potential discharge needs; payor source documentation requirements and governmental regulations affecting reimbursement.

Ability to: Perform the full range of nursing duties and responsibilities in a patient care setting; plan and organize nursing plans for patients; prepare and maintain concise and complete records and reports; establish and maintain effective working relationships with physicians, patients and fellow employees; secure the cooperation of employees to work effectively together; assist in the instruction of entry-level nurses and ancillary personnel; keep abreast of developments in area of nursing specialization; evaluate the medical records of hospital admissions; make recommendations regarding continued stay necessity; identify discharge needs.For further information regarding this posting, contact the recruiter:
Denise Decamp at ddecamp@rivco.org

Salary : $87,984 - $154,315