Registered Nurse - 5S General Medical - Acuity Adaptable Unit - 12hr Days

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center•Los Angeles, CA

22h

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works on 5S, a 64-bed General Medical–Acuity Adaptable Unit providing clinical expertise, diagnostic services, medical advancements, and rehabilitation therapies. The unit’s acuity-adaptable level of care ranges from non-monitored to PCU-level care. The nurse is responsible and accountable for applying the nursing process and delivering care to the specialty patient population. The role provides and documents direct and indirect patient care, including care that supports patients’ safety, comfort, hygiene, and protection. The nurse provides patient education, administers medications and therapeutic agents, performs skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy, and initiates peripheral venous access. The nurse observes and assesses patients, plans and implements individualized care, and uses appropriate reporting, referrals, and procedures. Care is adapted to patients’ age, development, culture, spirituality, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, educational, family, and condition-related needs. This position is eligible for an Employee Referral Bonus; details are available on the company website.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
Current California State RN License.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association.
For Registered Nurse III: minimum 3 years of recent acute RN experience in the specialty.
For Registered Nurse II: minimum 1 year of recent acute RN experience will be considered.
Proven understanding of applicable Standards of Practice.
Proven dedication to customer service and ability to meet the needs and expectations of patients and health care colleagues.

Nice To Haves

BSN or higher preferred.
For RN III, specialty certification is preferred; external applicants may acquire it within one year of hire.

Responsibilities

Apply the nursing process and deliver patient care for the specialty patient population.
Provide and accurately document direct and indirect patient care that ensures patients’ safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection in a timely manner.
Educate patients on disease prevention and restorative measures.
Administer medications and therapeutic agents to implement treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitation plans of care.
Perform skin tests, immunizations, and phlebotomy, and initiate peripheral venous access.
Observe and assess signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications or treatments, behavior, and physical condition; determine normal versus abnormal characteristics and initiate emergency procedures when indicated.
Plan and implement individualized patient care based on observations.
Implement appropriate reporting, referrals, and care in accordance with standardized procedures, including care for special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds.
Identify patients’ readiness to learn and ability to follow directions or instructions and give consent; assess patient safety concerns with respect to age and developmental considerations.
Identify and make special adjustments to address patients’ cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, educational, family, and condition-related needs.