Clinical Mentor - RN – ICU Details

Clinical Mentor - RN – ICU

Scripps Health - La Jolla, CA

Employment Type : Full-Time

Scripps Health Administrative Services supports our five hospitals and 19 outpatient facilities, which treat half a million patients annually through 2,600 affiliated physicians.

At Scripps Health, you will experience the pride, support, respect that has been repeatedly recognized as one of the nation’s Top 100 Places to Work.

You’ll be surrounded by people committed to making a difference in the lives of their patients and their teammates. So if you’re open to change, go ahead and unlock your potential.

Scripps Green Hospital is a 173-bed facility that has served the La Jolla and greater San Diego communities with distinction since 1977. We are the only transplant hospital for the Scripps system, transplanting liver, kidney and pancreas. Our 24 bed mixed ICU poses a great challenge to make sure you keep yourself updated on best practices and different patient populations. We are a teaching facility with in-house Intensive Care Pulmonologist that manage our patients closely with nursing collaboration. If you want to be part of a team that cares for you as an individual and helps promote growth and knowledge, than you have the right place. Our staff are friendly, caring and compassionate that not only cares for our patients/families but for each other as well. We have shared leadership in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Join us at Scripps Green Hospital ICU, where you will be amongst a team that is dedicated to creating an environment that is focused on restoring function and optimizing care, while maintaining the respect, autonomy and individuality of every patient. As an RN Clinical Mentor, you will function primarily as an RN with additional mentor responsibilities. You will take responsibility for assigned patients during RN relief periods and work collaboratively and educationally with other members of the patient care team to ensure optimal patient care. You will also be an educational resource and guide for the team of Registered Nurses regarding the nursing process, critical thinking, accountability for the plan of care and it's relation to patient outcomes, and communication/collaboration with all team members. The RN Clinical Mentor functions as a clinical expert, role model, mentor and resource for in the designated practice area. You will work collaboratively with the Charge Nurse, Educator and Manager to develop a learning environment for the caregivers, as well as a service, outcome and care oriented environment for the patients.

This is a Full Time, 12-hour Night Shift, position located at our Scripps Green Hospital in the Torrey Pines/La Jolla area.

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or the equivalent
• Current California RN license
• Minimum two years of experience in Adult ICU Acute Care
• Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS and ACLS certification
• NIHHS Stroke Certification within first six months of employment
• Must be able to speak, read and follow instructions in English
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum three years of experience in an acute care setting
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• AACN Certification

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.