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

Southern California Hospitals • Culver City, CA

7d • $50 - $77

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (Med-Surg) collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement plans of care for assigned patients, coordinating care among other disciplines, physicians, and support staff. The role includes professional nursing duties that account for patients’ and families’ psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive needs. The nurse assesses, plans, intervenes, and advocates for patients throughout the continuum of care, reevaluates responses and outcomes, assesses the effectiveness of care 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. The nurse monitors clinical changes, takes and documents appropriate action, develops and updates plans of care, communicates critical test results, and follows evidence-based nursing practices, infection control procedures, and HIPAA requirements. The role involves collaborating with and providing leadership to the healthcare team, delegating and supervising care activities, educating patients and families, and developing discharge plans. Communication should demonstrate empathy and respect for patients’ age, cultural, religious, gender identity, and ethnic backgrounds.

This is a full-time, day-shift position. The listed base pay range is $42.68–$65.58 per hour; the listed 12-hour rate range is $49.79–$76.51. A $20,000 sign-on bonus is available to eligible candidates. 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 licensure 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 Registered Nurse experience in an acute-care setting.
• Certification in the specialty area of practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, effective, age-appropriate patient care, including reviewing and administering medications, treatments, and procedures within nursing scope and standards.
• Recognize changes in patients’ clinical conditions, take appropriate action, document interventions, collaborate with the healthcare team, and advocate for patients.
• Intervene appropriately in cases of abuse, assault, or neglect, or when patients lack adequate financial or social resources; make appropriate referrals.
• Develop short- and long-term goals consistent with treatment plans and standards of practice, incorporate patient preferences, and discuss the plan of care with patients.
• Use pain-management resources and other interventions to provide pain relief.
• Assess and document patients’ physical and psychosocial conditions and their responses to care.
• Review test results, identify critical results, communicate them promptly, and incorporate relevant information 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.
• Coordinate care with staff, physicians, other disciplines, and support staff; supervise, monitor, and delegate patient-care activities appropriately.
• Provide leadership to support safe, high-quality care and offer information, guidance, resources, and education about treatment plans, care plans, and medications.
• Develop and implement accurate patient teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
• Communicate empathetically and compassionately with patients, families, physicians, and coworkers, respecting patients’ backgrounds and identities.
• Mentor new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.

Benefits

• $20,000 sign-on bonus for eligible full-time RN candidates, subject to stated experience and employment eligibility requirements; paid in increments over 24 months to active employees in good standing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed