RN Specialty (Step Down) - Full Time, Nights (Culver City) - 11250

Southern California Hospitals•Culver City, CA

12d•$51 - $79

About The Position

The Specialty Training Registered Nurse (Step Down) collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement a plan of care for assigned patients, coordinating care among disciplines, physicians, and support staff. The role performs professional nursing duties that account for 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, the effectiveness of the care plan, and readiness for discharge; and revises plans or makes referrals as needed. The nurse provides and documents safe, effective, age-appropriate care, including medication administration, treatments, and procedures. The role involves assessing patient conditions and test results, responding to clinical changes, coordinating with the healthcare team, delegating and monitoring care, educating patients and families, and developing discharge plans. Care must comply with nursing standards, scope of practice, infection control procedures, and HIPAA requirements.

Requirements

Active, current, and unencumbered California Registered Nurse license.
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
AHA Basic Life Support certification.
Six months of nursing experience in an acute care setting and acceptance into a unit-specific hospital training program.
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.

Responsibilities

Provide patient care and review and administer medications, treatments, and procedures safely and in accordance with age-appropriate needs, scope of practice, and nursing standards.
Recognize changes in patients’ clinical conditions, take appropriate action, and document interventions.
Collaborate with the healthcare team to intervene and advocate for patients; make appropriate referrals when needed.
Develop short- and long-term goals consistent with treatment plans and the plan of care, incorporate patient preferences, and discuss the plan 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, and communicate them promptly in line with patient needs; incorporate findings into the plan of care.
Maintain evidence-based nursing practice and comply with licensure scope, hospital nursing standards, core measures, infection-control procedures, and HIPAA requirements.
Coordinate care with staff, physicians, and other healthcare team members; supervise, monitor, and delegate patient-care activities appropriately.
Provide leadership and help ensure safe, high-quality care.
Answer questions and provide information, resources, guidance, and education about treatment plans, care plans, and medications.
Develop and implement accurate patient teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
Communicate with empathy and compassion, taking patients’ age and cultural, religious, gender-identity, and ethnic backgrounds into account.
Take ownership of work and act thoughtfully in interactions with patients, families, physicians, and coworkers.
Intervene appropriately in instances of abuse, assault, or neglect, or when patients lack adequate financial or social resources.