Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Full Time 12 Hour Night Shift (Union)
About The Position
The Registered Nurse is an integral member of the patient care team and supports the Chief Nursing Officer in promoting patient safety, recovery, and comfort. The role implements the nursing process, including patient assessment, nursing diagnosis, care and education planning, interventions, evaluation, and revision of care plans as needed. The nurse also provides patient education and advocacy and practices in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, including CMS Conditions of Participation, Title 22, CDPH regulations, and DNV-GL/NIAHO standards. The Registered Nurse supports the department manager and director in quality improvement and unit-service growth, collaborates with colleagues and other departments, and helps manage efficient services with meaningful outcomes. Within the legal scope of practice and based on education, training, and competency, the nurse makes patient-care judgments and decisions, assesses acuity using the patient-classification method, and acts on assessments. The nurse is accountable for creating a healing environment, supporting safe patient passage through hospital care, preventing harm, educating patients about their conditions and self-care, explaining abnormal findings and when to report them, and providing comfort and compassionate care. Executive functions include assisting the charge nurse with shift-level care planning, contributing to unit planning and improvement, precepting and validating competencies for new hires and new procedures, teaching nursing students, delegating tasks as indicated to RNs, LVNs, and CNAs, coordinating the assigned team, and communicating expectations, improvement opportunities, information through the chain of command, and unusual events. Other duties may be assigned. This is a full-time, 12-hour night-shift, union position in the Emergency Room at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, part of Keck Medicine of USC. The hospital is a community hospital in the Los Angeles Foothills area backed by an academic medical center, providing personalized care, specialized services, research, clinical trials, and 24/7 emergency services.
Requirements
- Graduation from a Registered Nurse program.
- California Registered Nurse License.
- For Emergency Department roles: BLS, ACLS, PALS, AB508 within 30 days of hire, NIHSS within 30 days of hire, NRP within 6 months of hire, and ENPC within 12 months of hire.
- BLS, ACLS, PALS, and NRP must be AHA certified.
- Certifications must be active by the effective date of hire or transfer unless otherwise indicated.
Nice To Haves
- BSN desired; if not held upon hire, obtaining it within 5 years is preferred.
- One year of clinical experience in an acute care setting preferred.
- Experience treating orthopedic and stroke patient populations preferred, if applicable.
- Certification in a clinical specialty or management desired.
Responsibilities
- Implement the nursing process, including assessment, nursing diagnosis, care and education planning, interventions, evaluation, and revision of plans as needed.
- Provide patient education and advocacy, including education about conditions, self-care, abnormal findings, and when and how to report concerns to caregivers.
- Provide safe, compassionate care and comfort, promote recovery, prevent harm, and support patients through their hospital episode of care.
- Practice in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and within the legal scope of practice based on education, training, and competency.
- Make patient-care judgments and decisions, assess patient acuity using the patient-classification method, and act on assessments performed.
- Assist the charge nurse with planning patient care for the shift and contribute to overall unit planning and improvement.
- Support the department manager and director in quality improvement and growth of unit services.
- Collaborate with coworkers and other departments and help manage efficient services with meaningful outcomes.
- Precept and validate competencies for new hires and new procedures.
- Teach nursing students.
- Delegate tasks as indicated to RNs, LVNs, and CNAs.
- Coordinate the assigned team and communicate expectations, improvement opportunities, information through the chain of command, and unusual events.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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