VSP NG MS - Loan Forgiveness - Full Time, Days (East Los Angeles)

Los Angeles Community Hospitals•Los Angeles, CA

16h

About The Position

The New Grad Registered Nurse collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement plans of care for assigned patients, coordinating care with other disciplines, physicians, and support staff. The role performs professional nursing duties that incorporate the patient’s and family’s 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 care plans, and readiness for discharge, revising plans or making referrals as needed. The nurse provides safe, effective, age-appropriate patient care, including reviewing and administering medications, treatments, and procedures within the scope of practice and standards of nursing practice. The role recognizes and responds to changes in clinical condition, documents interventions, supports pain management, reviews and communicates critical test results, and maintains evidence-based practice, infection-control procedures, and HIPAA compliance. The nurse also collaborates with and delegates to the healthcare team, provides patient and family education, and develops discharge plans. Patient interactions should demonstrate empathy and respect for individual age, cultural, religious, gender identity, and ethnic backgrounds. The listed pay rate is $48.00 minimum and maximum. The posting notes that this is the calculated average rate for 12 total hours worked, includes overtime, and is not the base rate.

Requirements

Active, current, and unencumbered Registered Nurse licensure in California.
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification.
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

Develop and implement plans of care and coordinate care with interdisciplinary team members, physicians, and support staff.
Assess, plan, intervene, and advocate for patients throughout the continuum of care, incorporating psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive needs.
Reevaluate patient responses and outcomes, plan effectiveness, and readiness for discharge; revise plans or make referrals as needed.
Provide safe, effective, age-appropriate nursing care, including reviewing and administering medications, treatments, and procedures within nursing standards and scope of practice.
Recognize changes in patients’ clinical conditions, take appropriate action, and document interventions.
Collaborate with the healthcare team to intervene and advocate for patients; address instances of abuse, assault, neglect, or insufficient financial or social resources, and make appropriate referrals.
Develop short- and long-term goals consistent with treatment plans, standards of practice, and the plan of care, incorporating patient preferences and discussing the plan with patients.
Use pain-management resources and other interventions to provide pain relief.
Assess and document patients’ physical and psychosocial conditions and responses to care.
Review test results, identify critical results, communicate them in a timely manner, and incorporate information into the plan of care.
Maintain evidence-based nursing practice within licensure scope and comply with hospital nursing standards, core measures, infection-control procedures, and HIPAA requirements.
Supervise, monitor, and delegate patient-care activities to appropriate healthcare team members, supporting safe, high-quality care.
Provide information, resources, guidance, and education about treatment plans, care plans, and medications.
Develop and implement accurate patient teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
Communicate with empathy and compassion, demonstrating care appropriate to patients’ age and cultural, religious, gender identity, and ethnic backgrounds.