RN (Med-Surg) - Loan Forgiveness - Full Time, Nights (Culver City) - 10411
About The Position
The Registered Nurse collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement a plan of care for assigned patients, coordinating care with 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 care plans, and readiness for discharge, revising plans or making referrals as needed. The role also serves as a role model and mentor to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff. The nurse provides safe, effective, age-appropriate care, including reviewing and administering medications, treatments, and procedures; recognizing and responding to changes in clinical condition; and documenting interventions. The role develops and updates care plans, conducts ongoing assessments, reviews and communicates test results, follows evidence-based nursing practice and hospital standards, and maintains infection-control and HIPAA compliance. Responsibilities also include coordinating and delegating care, supporting patient and family education, discharge planning, and communicating compassionately with patients, families, physicians, and coworkers. The position is full-time and listed for night shifts in Culver City. Pay is listed as $42.68–$65.58 base rate, or $49.79–$76.51 for 12-hour shifts. A $20,000 sign-on bonus is offered to eligible full-time RN candidates; eligibility requires at least one year of acute-care RN hospital experience, and additional employment conditions apply.
Requirements
- Active, current, and unencumbered Registered Nurse license in California.
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- AHA 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.
- Recent experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute-care setting.
- Certification in a specialty area of practice.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient care, including reviewing and administering medications, treatments, and procedures safely and within nursing scope and standards.
- Recognize changes in patients’ clinical conditions, take appropriate action, document interventions, and collaborate with the healthcare team.
- Intervene and advocate for patients, including responding to abuse, assault, neglect, or inadequate financial or social resources, and make appropriate referrals.
- Develop long- and short-term goals and plans of care that align with treatment plans, standards of practice, and patient preferences.
- 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 test results, identify critical results, communicate them promptly, and incorporate relevant information into the plan of care.
- Follow evidence-based nursing practice, scope-of-licensure requirements, hospital standards, core measures, infection-control procedures, and HIPAA requirements.
- Coordinate care with staff, physicians, other disciplines, and support staff; supervise, monitor, and delegate patient-care activities appropriately.
- Provide leadership and promote safe, high-quality care; offer information, resources, guidance, and education about treatment, care plans, and medications.
- Develop and implement accurate patient teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
- Communicate with empathy and compassion, taking patients’ age and cultural, religious, gender-identity, and ethnic backgrounds into account.
- Act as a role model and mentor to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.
Benefits
- $20,000 sign-on bonus for eligible full-time RN positions; eligibility conditions apply, and payments are made in increments over 24 months to active employees in good standing.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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