VSP NG MS - Loan Forgiveness - Full Time, Days (East Los Angeles) - 11157
About The Position
The New Grad Registered Nurse collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement a plan of care for assigned patients and coordinate care among other disciplines, physicians, and support staff. The role performs professional nursing duties that incorporate patients’ and families’ psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive needs to assess, plan, intervene, and advocate throughout the continuum of care. The nurse reevaluates patient responses and outcomes, the effectiveness of the care plan, and readiness for discharge, revising plans or making referrals as needed. The position provides safe, effective, and age-appropriate patient care, including reviewing and administering medications, treatments, and procedures. It recognizes and responds to changes in clinical condition, develops and documents plans of care, reviews and communicates test results, and applies evidence-based nursing practice and hospital standards. The nurse collaborates with and supports the healthcare team, delegates and monitors patient-care activities, educates patients and families, and develops discharge plans. Communication should be compassionate and appropriate to patients’ age, culture, religion, gender identity, and ethnic background.
Requirements
- Active, current, and unencumbered Registered Nurse licensure in California.
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- AHA Basic Life Support.
- Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.
- Ability to work variable shifts, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Ability to maintain flexibility and composure in a constantly changing environment.
- Hospital Fire and Life Safety Card for Los Angeles City employees only.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
- Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with patients and families.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient care and safely review and administer medications, treatments, and procedures in accordance with scope of practice and nursing standards.
- Recognize changes in patients’ clinical conditions, take appropriate action, document interventions, collaborate with the healthcare team, and advocate for patients as needed.
- Intervene appropriately in situations involving abuse, assault, neglect, or inadequate financial or social resources, and make referrals to address patient issues.
- Develop short- and long-term goals consistent with treatment plans and standards of practice, incorporating patient preferences and discussing the plan of care with patients.
- Use pain-management resources and other interventions to provide pain relief.
- Assess and document patients’ physical and psychosocial conditions and their responses to care.
- Review patient test results, identify critical results, and communicate them promptly in a manner appropriate to the patient’s condition; incorporate information into the plan of care.
- Maintain evidence-based nursing practice within the scope of licensure and comply with hospital nursing standards, core measures, infection-control procedures, and HIPAA requirements.
- Coordinate care with staff, physicians, other healthcare disciplines, and support staff.
- Supervise, monitor, and delegate patient-care activities to appropriate healthcare team members, supporting safe, high-quality care.
- Provide information, guidance, and education about treatment plans, plans of care, and medications.
- Develop and implement accurate patient teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
- Communicate compassionately with patients, support systems, physicians, and coworkers, with consideration for age and cultural, religious, gender identity, and ethnic backgrounds.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
