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

Southern California Hospitals•Culver City, CA

22h•$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 role performs professional nursing duties that incorporate the psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive needs of patients and their families or significant others. The nurse assesses, plans, intervenes, and advocates throughout the continuum of care, reevaluates patient responses and outcomes, reviews the effectiveness of the care plan and readiness for discharge, and revises plans or makes 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 within the scope of practice and nursing standards. The nurse monitors changes in clinical condition, takes and documents appropriate action, develops and updates patient-centered plans of care, and collaborates with the healthcare team to coordinate care, provide education, and support discharge planning. The role also requires compassionate communication with patients, families, physicians, and coworkers, while respecting individual backgrounds and needs. 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 stated 12-hour pay range is $49.79–$76.51 per hour, calculated by averaging eight hours at the base rate and four hours of overtime. A $20,000 sign-on bonus is listed for eligible full-time RN positions. Eligibility requires at least one year of acute-care RN hospital experience; current Alta Hospital employees are ineligible, and former employees may be ineligible. 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.
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 experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute-care setting.
Certification in the specialty area of practice.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement plans of care for assigned patients and coordinate care across disciplines, physicians, and support staff.
Assess patients and their psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive needs; plan, intervene, advocate, and reevaluate care throughout the continuum.
Provide patient care, review and administer medications, treatments, and procedures safely and appropriately within nursing scope and standards.
Recognize changes in patients’ clinical conditions, take appropriate action, and document interventions.
Develop long- and short-term goals consistent with treatment plans and standards of practice, incorporate patient preferences, and discuss plans of care with patients.
Assess and document patients’ physical and psychosocial conditions and responses to care; review test results, identify critical results, and communicate them promptly.
Use pain-management resources and other interventions to provide pain relief; make appropriate referrals to resolve patient issues.
Ensure nursing practice is evidence-based, within licensure scope, and compliant with hospital standards, core measures, infection-control procedures, and HIPAA requirements.
Collaborate with and provide leadership to the healthcare team; supervise, monitor, and delegate patient-care activities to appropriate team members.
Provide information, resources, guidance, and education about treatment plans, plans of care, and medications.
Develop and implement accurate patient teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
Communicate compassionately and respectfully with patients, support systems, physicians, and coworkers, taking account of age, cultural, religious, gender-identity, and ethnic backgrounds.
Intervene appropriately in instances of abuse, assault, neglect, or inadequate financial or social resources.
Act as a role model and mentor to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.