RN (Med-Surg) - Loan Forgiveness - Full Time, Nights (Culver City) - 10411

Southern California Hospitals•Culver City, CA

1d•$50 - $77

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (Med-Surg) 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 nurse performs professional nursing duties that incorporate the psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive needs of patients and their families or significant others to assess, plan, intervene, and advocate throughout the continuum of care. The nurse reevaluates patient responses and outcomes, the effectiveness of the plan of care, and readiness for discharge, revising plans or making referrals as needed. The role also includes serving as a role model and mentor to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff. The position provides safe, effective, age-appropriate patient care, including medication administration, treatments, and procedures. The nurse recognizes changes in clinical condition, takes appropriate action, documents interventions, develops and updates care plans, reviews test results, and communicates critical findings. The nurse collaborates with and provides leadership to the healthcare team, delegates and monitors care activities, educates patients and families, and develops discharge plans. Patient interactions should be compassionate and respectful of age, culture, religion, gender identity, and ethnic background. This is a full-time, 12-hour night-shift position in Culver City. The listed base pay range is $42.68–$65.58 per hour; the listed 12-hour pay range is $49.79–$76.51. A $20,000 sign-on bonus is offered to eligible full-time RN hires. Eligibility requires at least one year of acute-care RN hospital experience; current Alta Hospital employees are not eligible, and former employees may not be eligible. Bonus payments are made in increments over 24 months to active employees in good standing.

Requirements

Active, current, and unencumbered Registered Nurse license 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.

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.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement patient plans of care and coordinate care with physicians, other disciplines, and support staff.
Assess, plan, intervene, and advocate for patients throughout the continuum of care, incorporating psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive needs.
Reevaluate patient responses, outcomes, plan-of-care effectiveness, and discharge readiness; revise plans or make referrals as needed.
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, and document interventions.
Develop short- and long-term goals consistent with treatment plans and patient preferences; discuss the plan of care with patients.
Assess and document patients’ physical and psychosocial conditions and responses to care; use pain-management resources and interventions appropriately.
Review patient test results, identify critical results, and communicate them promptly in accordance with patient condition and incorporate them into the plan of care.
Follow evidence-based nursing practice, scope-of-licensure requirements, hospital nursing standards, core measures, infection-control procedures, and HIPAA requirements.
Collaborate with staff, physicians, and healthcare team members to coordinate care; supervise, monitor, and delegate care activities appropriately.
Provide leadership to support safe, high-quality care and offer information, resources, guidance, and education about treatment plans, care plans, and medications.
Develop and implement accurate patient teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
Intervene appropriately in cases of abuse, assault, neglect, or lack of adequate financial or social resources, and make appropriate referrals.
Communicate compassionately with patients, support systems, physicians, and co-workers, respecting individual age and cultural, religious, gender-identity, and ethnic backgrounds.
Act as a role model and mentor to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.