Log In

Don't have an account? Sign up now

Lost Password?

Sign Up

Government Jobs

Clinical Nurse I – Critical Care Government Job Dept-County-Wide Recruitment Full Time

Description

Under close supervision, to apply the theoretical concepts of the nursing profession while providing routine direct patient care within the parameters of established nursing policies and procedures in controlled patient care situations required by the assigned clinical setting; to develop the skills, knowledge, and abilities of nursing.   

Distinguishing Characteristics

The Clinical Nurse I classification is the entry level classification in the Clinical Nurse classification series. The Clinical Nurse I is distinguished from the Clinical Nurse II in that the Clinical Nurse I is a graduate nurse or registered nurse (RN) with limited nursing experience. Incumbents work under close supervision of another registered nurse, providing only routine and general patient care assignments within well-defined guidelines.

 

The Clinical Nurse classification series is distinguished from the Public Health Nurse classification series in that the Clinical Nurse classification series works directly with individual patients or a defined patient assignment, where patients are injured, ill, or in life-threatening situations requiring nursing interventions, whereas the Public Health Nurse works in clinics, homes, and community settings caring for the health of the population to prevent disease and improve population health. 

 

The Clinical Nurse classification series differs from the Psychiatric Nurse classification series in that the Psychiatric Nurse classification series works in mental health hospitals and clinics providing psychiatric and nursing interventions. 

Save The Date 
                Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Interview Event June 29, 2023.  

The Surgical, Trauma, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Care Unit and the Burn Unit at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center will be interviewing candidates for the next training program that will begin in September 2023.  Meet with the hiring managers, talk with members of our Benefits department and prepare for your next professional role.  Nurses must submit an application during this open recruitment as a requirement for the Interview Event.  Invitations will be sent to candidates who meet the employment standard.  

Clinical Nurse I – Critical Care
Positions available in critical care units at each hospital include:

Saint Louise Regional Hospital – Mixed Intensive Care Unit
O’Connor Hospital – Mixed Intensive Care Unit
Valley Medical Center – Medical Intensive Care Unit
Valley Medical Center – Cardiac Care Unit
Valley Medical Center – Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Valley Medical Center – Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Valley Medical Center – Burn Unit
Float Pool 

The eligible list will be used for future openings within this competency area. The competency area includes the units listed above.

Better Health for All!
The County of Santa Clara owns and operates Hospitals and Clinics Delivery System that includes Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, O’Connor Hospital, and St. Louise Regional Hospital.

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center – 731 bed tertiary level acute care hospital provides the highest level of adult and pediatric emergency medical and trauma services, a regional high risk Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, an ACS-verified Burn Trauma Center, a Primary Stroke Center, a CARF-accredited Rehabilitation Center, emergency and acute inpatient psychiatric services, as well as a range of other specialized services – in some cases the only such treatment in the region.

O’Connor Hospital – 358 bed acute care facility offering a full range of inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical and specialty programs to more than 1 million residents of San Jose. O’Connor Hospital was founded in 1889 as one of the first hospitals in Santa Clara County.

St. Louise Regional Hospital – 93 bed acute care facility, affectionately known as South County’s community hospital, is a Designated Primary Stroke Center, and is the only acute care hospital in the area. Located in Gilroy, St. Louise is one of the largest employers in the community.

 

Typical Tasks

The following are the duties performed by employees in this classification. However, employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level. Each individual in the classification does not necessarily perform all duties listed.

 

Assessment

 

  • Obtains data for nursing assessment from patient and/or family;

 

  • Learns to utilize assessment data to formulate nursing diagnosis;

 

  • Observes patient behavior and documents it in a clear, concise manner.

 

Planning

 

  • Identifies obvious patient care problems and establishes priorities for care based on nursing and medical diagnoses;

 

  • Under direction, initiates a patient care plan and collaborates with other staff members when appropriate; may suggest revisions to a patient care plan dependent upon the changing needs of the patient;

 

  • Contributes to the development of unit standards of care;

 

  • Under direction, plans patient teaching activities.

 

Implementation

 

  • Complies with external and internal licensure regulations and accreditation body standards pertaining to nursing practice;

 

  • Recognizes and implements legal and ethical responsibilities and duties of registered nurses;

 

  • Establishes priorities and provides nursing care based on the patient care plan;

 

  • Accepts accountability for all nursing care provided;

 

  • Monitors compliance with safety standards and care protocols for self and others;

 

  • Documents nursing care provided and patient’s response to care;

 

  • Assists in coordinating the activities needed to implement the patient care plan;

 

  • Participates in implementation of patient discharge plan;

 

  • Under direction, teaches patient and families;

 

  • Seeks supervision and guidance in developing nursing skills, in performing procedures not yet mastered, and when functioning in unfamiliar situations.

 

Evaluation

 

  • Evaluates the patient’s response to care provided;

 

  • Communicates evaluation outcomes to appropriate staff;

 

  • Evaluates teaching provided by self and others.

 

  • May be assigned as a Disaster Service Worker (DSW), as required*;

 

  • Performs other related duties, as required.
Employment Standards

Sufficient education, training, and experience to demonstrate the ability to perform the above tasks, plus the possession and direct application of the following knowledge and abilities:

 

Training and Experience Note: The required knowledge and abilities are attained through possession of an active California Registered Nurse License without restrictions; 

OR

Possession of a California Interim Permit issued to a graduate of a California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) approved registered nurse program. 

 

Possession of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.

 

Special Requirements

  • Must possess and maintain the following certification(s) during employment:

o          Basic Life Saving Certification (BLS)

  • For clinical specialty areas, must possess and maintain the following certification(s) during employment: 

o          Advance Cardiovascular Life Saving Certification (ACLS) 

o          Other identified specialty area certification for specialty patient populations at appointment, as required. 

  • Ability to travel to alternate locations in the course of work.  If driving, possession of a valid California driver’s license prior to appointment and the ability to qualify for and maintain a County driver authorization.

 

  • *As a condition of employment, pursuant to California Government Code Sections 3100-3109 and Local Ordinance, all County of Santa Clara employees are designated Disaster Service Workers (DSWs), including extra help.  A DSW is required to complete all assigned DSW-related training, and in the event of an emergency, return to work as ordered.

 

Knowledge of:

  • California Nurse Practice Act;

 

  • American Nursing Association Code of Ethics;

 

  • Nursing Professional Practice Model;

 

  • Federal and State healthcare laws and regulations appropriate to the operation of California hospitals;

 

  • Current nursing and related medical theory necessary to administer nursing care within assigned clinical setting;

 

  • Principles, practices, and methods of acute and primary care clinical nursing, including community aspects and continuity of patient care;

 

  • Diagnosis and treatment of common medical problems as related to a clinical specialty area;

 

  • Clinical systems, supplies, and equipment;

 

  • Safety and Infection Control practices;

 

  • Sciences basic to nursing (anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, microbiology);

 

  • English usage, style, grammar, punctuation, and spelling;

 

  • Common computer systems and charting applications.

 

Ability to:

  • Build effective therapeutic relationships; 

 

  • Assume responsibility and accountability for patients;

 

  • Collaborate with peers to develop and implement individualized teaching plans;

 

  • Utilize educational resources available for promoting self-learning;

 

  • Focus on the whole clinical picture of the patient;

 

  • Integrate input from other disciplines for decision making;

 

  • Respond in a timely manner to changes in patient condition;

 

  • Model professional accountability for clinical practice;

 

  • Respond to patient requests and needs with some ability to shuffle priorities;

 

  • Escalate issues when demands exceed capacity;

 

  • Read and understand material safety data sheets and other safety communications;  

 

  • Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people of diverse backgrounds and cultures; 

 

  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work, at all levels, including colleagues, the public, and representatives of other agencies.
Physical Requirements

 

The physical requirements may include:

 

  • Ability to work alternate work schedules, weekends, and holidays, as necessary;

 

  • Ability to perform physical skills required to deliver patient care;

 

  • Bend, stoop, reach, perform fine motor movements, see, hear, and touch.

 

  • Strength to lift, move and transfer most patients; to restrain and carry children; to move and carry equipment; and to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which requires sufficient body weight and adequate lung expansion;

 

  • Mobility: bend, stoop, get down on the floor; combination of strength, dexterity, mobility, and coordination to assist patients; ability to move around physically and adequately in confined spaces (patient rooms, bathrooms, treatment settings, around patient equipment, etc.);

 

  • Fine Motor Movements: manipulate syringes and IVs; assist patients with

feeding and hygiene; write appropriate notations; document in health record; and perform sterile procedures and other skilled procedures;

 

  • Vision: Visualize patients in order to assess and observe their health status; skin tone, color changes, dermatological conditions, non-verbal behaviors, changes in signs and symptoms of illness, health improvement or deterioration, etc.;

 

  • Hearing: Hear and see patients, monitor signs and symptoms, hear alarms, patient voices, call lights, and assess patient conditions, non-verbal behaviors, changes in signs and symptoms of illness, health improvement or deterioration, hear through the stethoscope to discriminate sounds, and accurately hear on the telephone;

 

  • Touch: Ability to palpate both superficially and deeply and to discriminate tactile sensations.
Benefit and Retirement information may vary from bargaining unit to bargaining unit.  Due to changes in State Law, current pension provisions described in the union contracts are not automatically applied.  Specific pension benefits for new hires who start on or after January 1, 2013 may be different than indicated in the union contracts.

Click here to access all Memoranda of Understanding and most recent Summary of Changes.

01

Please answer the following questions. Completion of the following supplemental questions is REQUIRED and is an integral part of the evaluation process. Initially, it will be used to determine minimum qualifications. For those applicants meeting the employment standards, this information will be critical in the subsequent competitive assessment to identify those candidates to be invited to continue in the examination process. Your responses to the questions may also be reviewed and scored in a Competitive Rating evaluation process based on pre-determined rating criteria. Your answers should be as complete as possible, as no additional information will be accepted from applicants once the Competitive Rating evaluation has begun. A response of “see resume” or “see application” will deem your application incomplete. Please include the name of employers, job titles, dates of employment, and hours worked per week for questions asking about work experience.

Do you understand the requirement to provide complete answers in order to determine relevant experience for each area in question?

  • Yes
  • No

02

Do you have an active California Registered Nurse License without restrictions?

  • Yes
  • No

03

If you have an active California RN license, please indicate license number and expiration date.

04

What is your highest level of Nursing Education?

  • AA/ AS/ Diploma, Clinical Practicum concurrent with theory in a non-accreditied Joint Commission acute care hospital
  • BSN, Clinical Practicum concurrent with theory in a non-accreditied Joint Commission acute care hospital
  • AA/ AS/ Diploma, Clinical Practicum concurrent with theory in an accredited Joint Commission acute care hospital
  • MEPN with RN license pursuing MS
  • BSN, Clinical Practicum concurrent with theory in an accredited Joint Commission acute care hospital
  • MSN

05

Is your ACLS certification current?

  • Yes
  • No

06

If you have a current ACLS certification, please indicate the Agency who issued it, the date it was issued and expiration date. If not, enter “N/A”.

07

Is your BLS certification current?

  • Yes
  • No

08

If you have a current BLS certification, please indicate the Agency who issued it, the date it was issued and expiration date. If not, enter “N/A”.

09

Is your PALS current?

  • Yes
  • No

10

If you have a current PALS certification, please indicate the Agency who issued it, the date it was issued and expiration date. If not, enter “N/A”.

11

Indicate which hospital in the County of Santa Clara Health System you are willing to work.

  • O’Connor Hospital
  • Saint Louise Regional Hospital
  • Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

12

Indicate which unit you are willing to work within the Critical Care Competency Area.

  • OCH- Mixed Intensive Care Unit
  • SLRH- Mixed Intensive Care Unit
  • VMC – Trauma Intensive Care Unit (TICU)
  • VMC – Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)
  • VMC – Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)
  • VMC- Cardiac Care Unit
  • VMC- Burn Unit

13

Select all shifts you are willing to work.

  • Day 8 hour shift
  • Day 12 hour shift
  • Evening 8 hour shift
  • Night 8 hour shift
  • Night 12 hour shift
  • Variable

14

Indicate the commitment you are willing to work (Check all that apply).

  • 1.0 FTE, 80 hours in two weeks
  • .9 FTE, 72 hours in two weeks
  • .8 FTE, 64 hours in two weeks
  • .75 FTE, 60 hours in two weeks
  • .7 FTE, 56 hours in two weeks
  • .6 FTE, 48 hours in two weeks
  • .5 FTE, 40 hours in two weeks

15

Are you currently working in an Intensive Care Unit as a RN?

  • Yes
  • No

16

Indicate the location of your current RN role:

  • Inpatient Acute Care Hospital
  • Ambulatory Care Clinic
  • Sub Acute Care Hospital
  • Surgery Center
  • Long Term Care
  • Home Care
  • Hospice
  • Dialysis Center
  • Not currently employed as RN
  • Other

17

Indicate the number of months you’ve worked as a RN in a Joint Commission Accredited Acute Care hospital. Do not include years while in nursing school.

  • No Acute Care experience
  • 1-3 months
  • 3-6 months
  • 6-9 months
  • 9-12 months
  • 12-18 months
  • 18+ months

18

Are you currently enrolled in a Critical Care Training Program at a Joint Commission Accredited Hospital? (The question does not refer to time in nursing school.)

  • Yes
  • No

19

If you are currently enrolled in a Critical Care Training Program at Joint Commission Accredited Hospital, please indicate location, start date and estimated completion date. (The question does not refer to time in nursing school.)

20

Have you completed a Critical Care Training Program within the past year at a Joint Commission Accredited Hospital? (The question does not refer to time in nursing school.)

  • Yes
  • No

21

If you have completed a Critical Care Training Program in the past (less than 1 year ago) in a Joint Commission Accredited Hospital, state the dates you completed your training, the sponsoring acute care hospital and the length of the program. (The question does not refer to time in nursing school.)

22

Indicate which areas/units where you completed the precepted orientation as part of your Critical Care Training Program at Joint Commission Accredited Hospital.

  • Mixed ICU (Medical, Surgical, Neuro and Cardiac)
  • Cardiac Care Unit
  • Medical Intensive Care Unit
  • Surgical Intensive Care Unit
  • Burn Unit
  • Med/Surg Intensive Care Unit
  • Neuro Intensive Care Unit
  • Trauma Intensive Care Unit
  • No precepted orientation

23

Indicate the number of months you’ve worked, including time in a Critical Care Training Program as a Intensive Care Nurse at at Joint Commission Accredited Hospital.

  • No experience
  • 1-3 months
  • 3-6 months
  • 6-9 months
  • 9-12 months
  • 12-18 months
  • 18+ months

24

Have you completed an EKG certification course or cardiac arrhythmia course?

  • Yes
  • No

25

Indicate the date and location of EKG certification course or cardiac arrhythmia course?

26

Have you completed a Stroke course?

  • Yes
  • No

27

If you have you completed a Stroke course, please indicate when and where the course was completed.

28

Do you have recent Burn experience, within the last 6 months?

  • Yes
  • No

29

Do you have recent experience with Bispectral Index Monitoring (BIS Monitoring)?

  • Yes
  • No

30

Do you have recent experience, training or in-service with Hill Rom Progressa ICU bed?

31

Describe the patient population you are currently involved in providing care.

32

Do you have experience with an electronic health records system?

  • Yes
  • No

33

Indicate type of electronic health record software you have experience using

  • All Scripts
  • ARCIS
  • Care360
  • Cerner
  • e Clinical Works
  • EPIC
  • Essentris
  • GE EMR
  • Meditech
  • Intergy
  • Next Gen
  • Other
  • No exp with electronic
    health record software

34

Do you have experience working in a County Health Care System?

  • Yes
  • No

35

How did you find out about this job?

  • Contacted by County Recruiter
  • Contacted by a Recruitment Firm
  • County Employee Referral
  • County of Santa Clara Career Website
  • County of Santa Clara Job Interests Email Notification
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Indeed
  • Virtual Job Fair
  • In Person Job Fair
  • In-Person Networking Professional Event
  • Virtual Networking Event
  • Community Event
  • Glassdoor
  • Governmentjobs.com
  • Professional Association
  • Search Engine (Google, Bing, online search, etc.)
  • Hospital Website: SCVMC, O’Connor Hospital, St. Louise Regional Hospital Website
  • Handshake
  • Student Career Center
  • County Text Message
  • Other (Specify in the next question)

36

If you selected an event/fair or other in the question above, please specify. If not, type n/a.

* Required Question

Job Overview

  • Date Posted:
  • Job Title: Clinical Nurse I – Critical Care Government Job Dept-County-Wide Recruitment
    • Apply for job

    Apply For This Job

    • Send Application
    • Apply with Resume
    Upload your CV/resume or any other relevant file. Max. file size: 128 MB.

    You can apply to this job and others using your online resume. Click the link below to submit your online resume and email your application to this employer.