RN (Critical Care) - Loan Forgiveness - Full Time, Nights (East Los Angeles)

Los Angeles Community Hospitals • Los Angeles, CA

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About The Position

The Critical Care Registered Nurse provides specialized medical and/or surgical nursing care to acute or complex, critically ill patients. The role requires hemodynamic monitoring and use of therapeutic equipment. The nurse collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement plans of care for assigned patients, coordinating care among disciplines, physicians, and support staff. The nurse assesses, plans, intervenes, and advocates for patients and their families or significant others, while considering psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive needs. The nurse reevaluates patient responses and outcomes, the effectiveness of care plans, and readiness for discharge, revising plans or making referrals as needed. The role also serves as a model and mentor to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.

The position’s clinical practice includes medication administration, including intravenous titrations; management of invasive and arterial lines, cardiac monitoring, and ventilators; and provision of treatments and procedures. The nurse recognizes changes in clinical condition, responds to assigned emergency events, coordinates care, develops and documents plans of care, communicates test results, supports pain management, and maintains evidence-based practice, infection control, and HIPAA compliance. The role includes supervising and delegating care activities, educating patients and care teams, and developing discharge plans.

The schedule is full time and nights, with the ability to work variable shifts including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. The listed pay range is $51.20–$70.40, described as the calculated average rate for 12 total hours worked and inclusive of overtime; it is not the base rate. A $25,000 sign-on bonus is offered to eligible full-time RN hires with at least one year of acute care RN hospital experience. Current Alta Hospital employees are ineligible, and former employees may not be eligible. Bonus payments are made in increments over 24 months to active employees in good standing.

Requirements

• Current, active, and unencumbered Registered Nurse license in California.
• Graduation from 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.
• AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.
• One year of previous critical care nursing experience or completion of a six-week critical care training course.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with patients and families.
• Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification.
• Hospital Fire and Life Safety Card, for Los Angeles City employees only.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, effective, age-appropriate care to critically ill patients, including medication administration and management of intravenous titrations, invasive and arterial lines, cardiac monitoring, ventilators, treatments, and procedures.
• Recognize changes in patients’ clinical conditions, take appropriate action, and document interventions.
• Respond appropriately to assigned RRT, Code Blue, and Code White events.
• 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 referrals as needed.
• Develop short- and long-term goals consistent with treatment plans and standards of practice, incorporating patient preferences and discussing 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 responses to care.
• Review test results, identify critical results, communicate them promptly, and incorporate relevant information into the plan of care.
• Maintain evidence-based nursing practice within licensure scope and comply with hospital 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 to appropriate healthcare-team members, promoting 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 with empathy and compassion, taking account of patients’ age, cultural, religious, gender-identity, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Mentor new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.

Benefits

• $25,000 sign-on bonus for eligible full-time RN positions; eligibility requires at least one year of acute care RN hospital experience, excludes current Alta Hospital employees, may exclude former Alta Hospital employees, and payments are made in increments over 24 months to active employees in good standing.

What This Job Offers

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