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 among other disciplines, physicians, and support staff. The role performs professional nursing duties using psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive skills to assess, plan, intervene, and advocate for patients throughout the continuum of care. The nurse reevaluates patient responses and outcomes, the effectiveness of the plan of care, and readiness for discharge, revising the plan or making referrals as needed. The nurse also serves as a role model and mentor to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff. The position provides safe, effective, age-appropriate patient care, including reviewing and administering medications, treatments, and procedures. It requires recognizing and responding to changes in clinical condition, documenting interventions, collaborating with the healthcare team, and advocating for patients. The nurse develops goals and plans of care, performs ongoing assessments, reviews and communicates test results, follows evidence-based practice and hospital standards, and observes infection-control procedures and HIPAA requirements. The role also coordinates and delegates care, provides guidance and education, develops discharge plans, and communicates compassionately with patients, families, physicians, and coworkers.
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 Registered Nurse experience in an acute care setting.
- Certification in the specialty area of practice.
- At least one year of acute care RN hospital experience is required for sign-on bonus eligibility.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient care, including reviewing and administering medications, treatments, and procedures safely and within nursing standards and scope of practice.
- Recognize changes in patients’ clinical conditions, take appropriate action, document interventions, and collaborate with the healthcare team to advocate for patients.
- Intervene and make referrals when patients face abuse, assault, neglect, or inadequate financial or social resources.
- Develop short- and long-term goals and plans of care that follow treatment plans and standards of practice, incorporate patient preferences, and address pain management.
- Assess and document patients’ physical and psychosocial conditions and responses to care.
- Review test results, identify critical results, communicate them promptly, and incorporate findings into the plan of care.
- Follow evidence-based nursing practice, hospital standards and 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 guidance, answer questions, and educate patients and others about treatment plans, medications, and care.
- Develop and implement accurate patient teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
- Communicate with empathy and compassion, taking patients’ age, cultural, religious, gender identity, and ethnic background into account.
- Mentor new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.
Benefits
- $20,000 sign-on bonus for eligible full-time RN employees; paid in increments over 24 months to active employees in good standing. Current Alta Hospital employees are not eligible, and former Alta Hospital employees may not be eligible.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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