Clinical Nurse II (RN), Critical Care Transition to Practice Program

The Stanford Health Care (SHC) Critical Care Transition to Practice Program begins on August 18, 2025.

Applicant Timeline / Next Steps: Online applications will be accepted from Monday, April 14th through Sunday, April 20th, 2025.

Join our team of dedicated critical care nurses and transform your nursing practice! Stanford Nurses are recognized as bold leaders, compassionate healers, educators, and mentors, providing the highest standards of excellence in care while generating long-term impressions that continue to set SHC apart as the best place to work and thrive. Stanford Nursing offers a wide array of career advancement opportunities, access to the latest technologies and health care innovations, and boasts a workplace culture that encourages personal growth and work-life balance, while honoring its commitment to delivering evidence-based and patient-centered care.

To foster your growing talents, we invite you to consider the Critical Care Transition to Practice Program. Thoughtfully designed for highly motivated and committed nurses, this is a comprehensive one-year training program, providing bedside care hours with an experienced nurse preceptor, supported with clinical education and immersive training workshops.

Program Requirements:
1) Education Qualifications: Must be a graduate from an accredited ADN, BSN or MSN program. Accredited online programs included.

2) Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Able to communicate effectively in English.
• 2 years, within the last 3 years, of Acute Care or Emergency Department RN experience preferred. Any ICU experience will disqualify you as this is for those with no ICU experience. 

3) Licenses and Certifications:
• California Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for providers issued by the American Heart Association
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association.

Available Units May Include:
• Medical/ Oncology ICU
• Neurosciences ICU
• Medical ICU
• Cardiology/Cardiac Surgery ICU
• Cardiac Surgery ICU
• Surgical, Trauma, and Transplant ICU
• Float Pool ICU

Must submit the following required documents -if documents are not submitted your application will be incomplete:

1) Cover Letter

2) Resume:
• Work Experience: Must provide job title, unit type, responsibilities (patient population served), and time frame for employment

3) Online Electronic Application (external applicants) or Transfer Request (internal applicants-Stanford Health Care - Tri-Valley and LPCH please apply externally)

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
The Clinical Nurse (CN) is an RN who provides hands-on care to patients, 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. Within that role, the CN performs all steps of the nursing process, including assessing patients; interpreting data; planning, implementing, and evaluating care; coordinating care with other providers; and teaching the patient and family the knowledge and skills needed to manage their care and prevent complications. The CN partners with the patient's family wherever possible, considering all aspects of care, to deliver family centered care. As a professional, monitors the quality of nursing care provided.

The Clinical Nurse is responsible for his/her own professional development, including licensure, Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, and maintaining current knowledge regarding the assigned patient population.

As a member of the nursing profession, the Clinical Nurse contributes to the profession of nursing through such activities as teaching others, sharing expertise In unit or hospital.

Please note: A Nurse who voluntarily agrees to work in a "weekends only" position is not eligible for premium pay under Section 17.2.
Our Clinical Nurse (RN) job classification is represented by the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement (CRONA). CRONA is an independent union for Registered Nurses at Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Health Stanford. For more information, please visit the CRONA website at https://www.crona.org/.

NOTE: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification may be required by the cost center in which the position resides. Please check AskHR for a complete listing of those cost centers requiring the ACLS certification.


Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• The Helping Role Establishes Therapeutic Relationships:
• Creates and maintains a climate conducive to healing through being present to the patient and family, identifying and managing discomforts; providing emotional support and information; guiding the patient and family through phases of illness and recovery/passage to death and in accordance with the patient's goals and culture.
• Mobilizes the patient's strengths and abilities towards participation in recovery and control over plan of care.
   
• Diagnostic and Monitoring Functions:
• Obtains accurate and relevant assessment data and interprets the data as normal vs abnormal. Determines nursing diagnosis. Monitors and evaluates data as frequently as needed based on stability.
   
• Plans and Implements Therapeutic Interventions:
• Collaborates with the patient, family and members of health care team to develop an individualized plan of care. Implements nursing and medical interventions safely. Evaluates effectiveness of interventions and monitors patient for adverse responses and side effects.
   
• Teaching and Coaching, Patient and Staff Teaching:
• Assesses a patient's and family's learning needs and readiness to learn. Teaches needed information for self-care and illness prevention. Adjusts information and expectations based on responses from patient, developmental levels, physiological and psychological condition, and cultural variations.
• Teaches other staff members both incidentally and/or through formal roles such as preceptor or super-user.
   
• Effective Management of Rapidly Changing Situations:
• Ability to rapidly grasp problem situations and respond quickly and appropriately. Identifies the need for and activates emergency protocols.
   
• Monitors and Ensures Quality Healthcare Practices:
• Monitors own practices and assists in monitoring others for practices related to patient and employee safety and compliance to standards and policies. Looks for opportunities for continual improvement in patient care and the work environment.
   
• Organization and Work Role Functions:
• Integrates multiple requests and work expectations by setting priorities, delegating tasks appropriately, and seeking assistance as needed.
   
• Priorities:
• Contributes to team building through participation in unit programs and meetings; contributes to positive morale, using constructive and effective conflict resolution skills.
   
• Management and Delegation:
• Learns and utilizes the available technology for communication, documentation, and locating information regarding unusual clinical situations, diagnosis, and treatments.
• Contributes to the knowledge and skill of other members of the nursing staff through one or more activities such as formal or informal teaching, participation on Shared Governance groups, professional publications and/or presentations.
   
• Education:
• Attains knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice. Demonstrates commitment to lifelong learning.
   
• Communication:
• Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
   
• Leadership:
• Demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession.
   
• Professional Practice Evaluation:
• Evaluates own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.
   

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited college or university preferred.