RN Clinical Coach – Medical Oncology – Days
Facility: Scripps La Jolla Hospital
Location: La Jolla, CA
Career Area: RN
Employment Type: Full Time
Shift: Day
Job ID: 252002801
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Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla has served the greater San Diego community since 1924. For more than a century, we continue to provide distinguished care, including several nationally ranked specialty programs. Scripps La Jolla was the first in San Diego to be designated a Magnet Hospital by the American Nursing Association.
Scripps La Jolla shares a campus with the Barbey Family Emergency and Trauma Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and the renowned Prebys Cardiovascular Institute. We’re also home to notable specialty programs, including cancer care, heart surgery, orthopedic surgery, labor and delivery services (including a Level III neonatal intensive care unit) and a nationally designated Comprehensive Stroke Center.
Job Description
Full time 12-hr day shift position located in La Jolla
Elevate your career with Scripps Health, where Compassion Meets Excellence.
Invest, Empower & Belong. At Scripps Health, your potential is limitless. We’re more than a healthcare provider, at Scripps you will join a community where your views, beliefs and values are celebrated. Grow through industry-leading development programs and empower yourself to deliver innovative care. Be a part of an extraordinary team, impacting health in beautiful San Diego.
Why join Scripps Health?
AWARD-WINNING WORKPLACE:
At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered, and your abilities are appreciated:
- Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
- Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025.
- Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
- Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2024 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
- We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
- Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.
Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla has been providing quality clinical and surgical services since 1924. For over 90 years, Scripps Memorial Hospital has been recognized as a premier medical center for quality patient care and a wide array of medical services. An intensive care unit, cancer care, orthopedic services, as well as women’s health care, including OB-GYN and labor and delivery services, are just a portion of what Scripps Memorial has to offer. This nationally recognized Southern California hospital also provides a Level II Trauma center and 24-hour emergency services. As a designated Magnet Hospital, Scripps Memorial was the first San Diego hospital honored by the American Nursing Association for delivering excellence in patient care.
The Medical Oncology unit prides itself on offering excellence in patient care. As a Model Care and designated training unit, you will have the opportunity to positively impact new nurses and be part of fostering new grads to be successful.
As Clinical Coach, you will demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to changes in nursing practice, standards of care, and dynamic situations.
Relief charge nurse, clinical coach and preceptor for new graduate nurses during an intensive 40 week program, demonstrates clinical knowledge and technical expertise.
Promote clinical reasoning, including decision making, critical thinking, and global grasp of the situation. Demonstrate ability to problem-solve and utilize tact and understanding when dealing with patients, team members, members of other disciplines.
Be involved in unit committees: monthly skin rounds, unit practice council, new grad pinning ceremonies, and clinical coach meetings.
Assess patients, identifies needs, and develops care plans accordingly.
Educate patients and families spanning from admission to discharge.
Review all patient orders and labs, collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to ensure positive patient outcomes and treatment plans.
Provide complex medical treatments: blood product transfusion, TPN administration, heparin drip calculation and monitoring, central intravenous line care and medication administration.
Be skilled in post-surgical and wound care: chest tubes, JP drains, IR drains, woundVAC, various wound dressings, pain management.
Experience/Specialized Skills:
· A minimum of two years bedside nursing required.
· Previous experience in a preceptor role preferred.
· Consistently demonstrates advanced skills in each of the following domains. Patient/Family relationship. Compassion.
· Respect for diversity. Rights and dignity. trustworthiness.
· Collaboration with MD/team Interdisciplinary care process.
· Individualized, comprehensive plan of care.
· Patient Advocacy. Critical thinking/Clinical judgment. Competency. Prioritization. Clinical outcomes leadership.
· Influences practice Facilitates the professional development of others.
· Uses participation in professional organizations to impact practice.
· Models professional behavior. Influences the health of the community.
· Shares knowledge gained in professional organizations or programs attended.
· Encourages participation in professional organizations.
· Shapes others clinical understanding through debriefing and role modeling behavior.
Required Certification/Registration:
· National Certification preferred
Required Education/Course(s)/Training:
· RN required. AHA BLS.
· BSN strongly preferred.
In compliance with the California Pay Transparency Act, Scripps Health posts the pay range for all jobs. Please note that actual pay will be determined based on relevant experience and internal equity within the pay range. Please also note this range is applicable for employees who reside in California only. A geographical pay differential may be applied for remote employees who reside out of state. Scripps Health strives to ensure that our employees receive equal pay for equal work in line with our commitment to being an equal opportunity employer.
Scripps Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
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