RN (Sub Acute) Loan Forgiveness - Full Time, Nights (Culver City) - 10416
About The Position
The Sub Acute Registered Nurse provides skilled nursing and supportive care to residents with chronic long-term medical conditions. The nurse monitors and uses therapeutic equipment needed for specialized nursing care and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement plans of care for assigned residents, coordinating care with other disciplines, physicians, and support staff. The role includes assessing, planning, intervening, and advocating for residents throughout the continuum of care, taking into account psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive needs of residents and their families or significant others. The nurse reevaluates resident responses and outcomes, the effectiveness of care plans, and readiness for discharge, revising plans 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 is listed as full-time, nights, in Culver City. Compensation is listed as a base pay rate of $42.68–$65.58 and a 12-hour pay rate of $49.79–$76.51. A $20,000 sign-on bonus is offered to eligible candidates; eligibility requires at least one year of acute-care RN hospital experience, and the bonus is paid in installments over 24 months to active employees in good standing. Current Alta Hospital employees are not eligible, and former employees may not be eligible.
Requirements
- Active, current, and unencumbered Registered Nurse licensure in California.
- Graduation from 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.
- Physical ability to perform the essential job functions, with or without reasonable accommodation, including the listed standing, walking, reaching, climbing or balancing, communication, sensory, repetitive-motion, and lifting/carrying/pushing/pulling activities.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
- Recent Registered Nurse experience in a skilled nursing facility or long-term care setting.
- Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with residents and families.
- AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification for Foothill Campus only.
- Pediatric experience or completion of a pediatric course within one year of employment for Foothill Campus only.
Responsibilities
- Provide resident care and safely review and administer medications, treatments, and procedures in accordance with scope of practice and nursing standards.
- Recognize changes in residents’ clinical conditions, take appropriate action, document interventions, collaborate with the healthcare team, and advocate for residents as needed.
- Intervene appropriately in cases of abuse, assault, neglect, or lack of adequate financial or social resources, and make referrals to address resident issues.
- Develop short- and long-term goals consistent with treatment plans and plans of care, incorporating resident preferences and discussing the plan with residents.
- Use pain-management resources and other interventions to provide pain relief.
- Assess and document residents’ physical and psychosocial condition and responses to care.
- Review test results, identify critical results, communicate them promptly according to the resident’s condition, and incorporate relevant information into the plan of care.
- Provide evidence-based nursing care within licensure scope and comply with hospital standards, core measures, infection-control procedures, and HIPAA requirements.
- Coordinate care with staff, physicians, other disciplines, and support personnel; participate in Interdisciplinary Team Conferences.
- Supervise, monitor, and delegate resident-care activities to appropriate healthcare team members, providing leadership to support safe, high-quality care.
- Provide information, guidance, resources, and education about treatment plans, plans of care, and medications.
- Develop and implement accurate teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
- Communicate compassionately with residents, their support systems, families, physicians, and coworkers, with consideration for age and cultural, religious, gender-identity, and ethnic backgrounds.
- Reevaluate resident outcomes, plan effectiveness, and discharge readiness, revising plans or making referrals as appropriate.
- Mentor and serve as a role model to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.
- Monitor and use therapeutic equipment required for specialized nursing care.
Benefits
- $20,000 sign-on bonus for eligible full-time RN candidates, paid in installments over 24 months to active employees in good standing.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
