Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley·Pleasanton, California
The RN provides direct, evidence-based patient care including assessment, planning, and implementation of care plans. They coordinate with other providers and educate patients and families to manage care and prevent complications.
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A Brief Overview The Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct patient care, practicing in an evidence-based manner, within the Scope of Practice of the California Nursing Practice Act, regulatory requirements, standards of care, and hospital policies. The RN performs all the steps of the nursing process including assessing patients, interpreting data, planning, implementing and evaluating care. In addition, the RN coordinates care with other providers and acts as a teacher to the patient and family to provide the knowledge and skills needed to manage their care and prevent complications.
What you will do Assesses patients by collecting and documenting data about patients through interviewing, history taking, personal needs and physical assessment findings.
Obtains accurate and relevant assessment screening data and interprets the data as normal v. abnormal.
Determines nursing diagnosis.
Monitors and evaluates data as frequently as needed based on stability.
Safely performs and documents care plan using the nursing procedures required for the patient assignment consistent with the standards of care.
Evaluates effectiveness of interventions and monitors patient for adverse responses and side effects.
Assesses patient/family level of understanding and documents information on clinical records.
Creates and maintains a climate conducive to healing through being present to patient & family, identifying and managing discomforts and providing emotional support and education.
Teaches needed information for self-care and illness prevention to patient and family members.
Recognizes and communicates to proper authority ethical and legal issues relative to patient care; completes incident report.
Safety performs all provision of care for any age-related needs of the patients served on the unit, including growth and development principles Attends meetings and serves on departmental and/or hospital committees as assigned.
Works to support the achievement of department strategic and organizational goals.
Employee must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the C-I-CARE Standards of the Hospital.
C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford Health Care – Tri-Valley’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions
Education Qualifications Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing Required
Experience Qualifications 3+ years to 5 years prior experience Preferred 1+ year to 2 years of critical care experience Preferred
Strong communication skills - Ability to read, write and understand the English language. Strong attention to detail Ability to problem solve and adapt to a changing environment Ability to use information and keep abreast of developments in technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making in patient care Ability to work as a valued team member, but also autonomously Ability positively influence others to meet patient needs and achieve shared goals Ability to effectively prioritize to provide quality and valued patient care Knowledge of principles, practices and current trends in health care and hospital system organization and administration sufficient to provide clinical management, leadership, coordination, and operational direction for assigned areas of responsibility
Licenses and Certifications Nursing\RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure And/Or Compact State Licensure required . Current American Heart Association Certification for Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers required .
These principles apply to ALL employees: SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience
Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.
Requires a graduate degree from an accredited School of Nursing and a valid RN state license. Preferred experience includes 3-5 years of nursing and 1-2 years of critical care experience, along with BLS certification.
Market context
California nursing roles often draw steady demand, especially for experienced RNs in procedural and critical care settings. Competition is strongest for candidates who already hold a California RN license, current BLS and ACLS, and recent ICU, ER, or PACU experience. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform to save research time, then confirm your certifications and highlight relevant bedside and procedural experience in your application.
