Per Diem RN

OneLegacy • Azusa, CA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Per Diem RN provides professional nursing care to organ donors and their families, supporting OneLegacy’s mission to save lives through organ, eye, and tissue donation. The role involves assessing donor needs, monitoring and supporting organ function, coordinating care with the assigned PTC and intensivist team, and advocating for interventions that preserve the opportunity for donation. The RN also provides family support in coordination with OneLegacy colleagues and completes required clinical documentation.

The position is based in person in Azusa, California. Shifts are 12 hours, either 8 PM–8 AM or 8 AM–8 PM, and may vary based on service-area needs and donor activity. Assigned days or shifts may change according to staffing needs. Nurses must be available for evenings, weekends, and holidays as required, and may work overtime as approved and required. The schedule requires a minimum of two shifts per pay period, with additional shifts as needed. No travel is required, though reliable automotive transportation is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• At least 2 years of experience in emergency department and critical care settings.
• Current nursing license and associated critical care certifications.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification at the time of employment.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification within the employee’s orientation period.
• Maintain a current California driver’s license.
• Ability to assume responsibility without direct supervision and exercise initiative, judgment, and decision-making within assigned authority.
• Ability to keep accurate records, perform statistical analyses, and interpret data.
• Keyboarding skills and ability to use a personal computer.
• Interpersonal skills to work with all levels of management and staff, medical professionals, hospital staff, donor hospitals, transplant centers, eye banks, and tissue banks.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to make public presentations.
• Written and verbal instructional skills.
• Ability to perform patient transfers and lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to function as an effective and competent team member.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information concerning donors, recipients, staff, affiliated hospitals, and processors.
• Ability to work 12-hour shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as required, and overtime as approved and required.
• Availability to work at least two shifts per pay period and additional shifts as needed.
• Ability to use office equipment, including a personal computer, fax machine, calculator, photocopier/scanner, cell phone, and audio/visual equipment.
• Reliable automotive transportation required.

Responsibilities

• Assess donor needs through observation and physical assessment.
• Use relevant equipment, medications, procedures, and educational resources, including CPR, and understand their purposes and expected outcomes.
• Perform hemodynamic monitoring, medication compounding and administration, routine lab draws, point-of-care testing, and general bedside nursing care.
• Build relationships with donor families visiting OneLegacy facilities in coordination with the assigned PTC and Family Support Services.
• Access and review referring-hospital medical records and transcribe relevant information into digitalDONOR fields according to OneLegacy policies and practices.
• Consult with the assigned PTC and intensivist team to evaluate organ function and identify medical derangements.
• Develop a treatment plan with the assigned PTC and under the direction of the Medical Director of Organ Procurement; advocate for interventions to preserve donation opportunities and optimize organ function.
• Complete digitalDONOR charting and other required patient documentation.
• Maintain established policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection-control requirements.
• Maintain proficiency and competency in all organ operations at the OneLegacy Recovery Center.
• Maintain professional conduct and effective working relationships with colleagues, health professionals, physicians, consultants, and donor families.
• Coordinate with relevant medical and organizational personnel concerning donor patient care.
• Share scheduling responsibilities with other assigned Registered Nurses and complete additional shifts as needed to support OneLegacy’s mission.
• Give a verbal report to oncoming OneLegacy staff when an assignment is complete.
• Carry OneLegacy-issued electronic devices and case materials during scheduled shifts, ensure equipment is working, and enable and verify device location services.
• Stay professionally current for assigned job functions, certifications, and licensure; comply with UNOS policies, standards, and requirements.
• Attend staff meetings and scheduled trainings unless on call or post-call.
• Follow OneLegacy’s Standards of Professional Conduct and ethical expectations, including truthfulness, honesty, integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level