Registered Nurse - Surgical, Trauma, Transplant Intensive Care Unit - 12-Hour Nights - $5,000 Hiring Incentive!!

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center•Beverly Hills, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Cedars-Sinai has achieved its sixth consecutive Magnet designation for nursing excellence. Nurses in the 24-bed Surgical, Trauma and Transplant Intensive Care Unit (SICU) care for patients with the highest severity of illness. The unit utilizes up-to-date technology, advanced bedside monitoring, computerized documentation, and a team approach to patient-centered care with highly skilled multidisciplinary team members and knowledgeable dedicated nursing staff. The patient population includes critically ill trauma and solid organ transplant patients. As a Registered Nurse (RN) in the SICU, you are responsible and accountable for the application of the nursing process and the delivery of patient care for the specialty patient population.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
Current California State RN License required.
American Red Cross or American Heart Association Advanced Life Support certification (expiration date needs to be 60 days or more from the hire date).
Minimum 1 year recent acute RN experience in specialty.
For RN III: Specialty Certification (external applicants may obtain within one year of hire).
For RN III: 3 or more years recent acute RN experience.
Working knowledge of applicable Standards of Practice.
Demonstrated dedication to customer service and ability to meet the needs and expectations of patients and health care colleagues.

Nice To Haves

BSN or higher preferred.
Cardiac Surgical ICU experience is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide and accurately document direct and indirect patient care services that ensures the safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients in a timely manner.
Provide patient education on disease prevention and restorative measures.
Provide administration of medications and therapeutic agents necessary to implement treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitative plan of care.
Perform skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy and the initiation of peripheral venous access.
Observe and assess signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications/treatments, general behavior, and/or general physical condition to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics and initiate emergency procedures when indicated.
Plan and implement individualized patient care based on observations.
Implement appropriate reporting, referrals and care in accordance with standardized procedures while providing care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds.
Identify patients' readiness for learning and their ability to follow directions/instructions and give consent.
Identify and assess patient safety concerns with respect to age and developmental considerations.
Demonstrate the knowledge and the ability to identify and make special adjustments as required to the specific populations' needs, including cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, education, family and condition needs.