RN (Med-Surg) - Loan Forgiveness - Full Time, Nights (Culver City) - 10411
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 psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive considerations for patients and their families or significant others. The nurse assesses, plans, intervenes, and advocates throughout the continuum of care; reevaluates patient responses, outcomes, plan effectiveness, and discharge readiness; and revises the plan or makes referrals as necessary. The nurse also serves as a role model and mentor to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff. Responsibilities include delivering safe, effective, age-appropriate care; administering medications and treatments; recognizing and responding to changes in clinical condition; coordinating care and advocating for patients; developing and assessing plans of care; collaborating with and delegating to the healthcare team; supporting patient and family education and discharge planning; and communicating with empathy and respect for patients’ cultural, religious, gender identity, and ethnic backgrounds.
Requirements
- Active, current, 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 experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute care setting.
- Certification in a specialty area of practice.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient care 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 coordinate care, intervene, and advocate for patients.
- Intervene appropriately in cases of abuse, assault, neglect, or inadequate financial or social resources, and make appropriate referrals.
- Develop short- and long-term goals consistent with treatment plans and standards of practice, incorporating patient preferences.
- Assess and document patients’ physical and psychosocial conditions and responses to care.
- Use pain-management resources and other interventions to provide pain relief.
- Review test results, identify critical results, and communicate them promptly in light of the patient’s condition.
- Follow evidence-based nursing practice, scope of licensure, hospital standards, core measures, infection-control procedures, and HIPAA requirements.
- Supervise, monitor, and delegate patient-care activities to appropriate healthcare team members, supporting safe, high-quality care.
- Provide information, guidance, and education about treatment plans, plans of care, and medications.
- Develop and implement accurate patient teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
- Communicate empathetically and demonstrate care appropriate to patients’ age, cultural, religious, gender identity, and ethnic background.
- Serve as a role model and mentor to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.
Benefits
- $20,000 sign-on bonus 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 Alta Hospital employees may be ineligible. Bonus payments are made in increments over 24 months to active employees in good standing.
- Loan forgiveness is referenced in the position title.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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