RN Medical Surgical Acute

CommonSpirit Health • Glendale, CA

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About The Position

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will deliver compassionate, high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to support patients’ well-being and recovery. You will provide individualized, comprehensive care by completing assessments, performing skilled procedures, implementing and updating care plans, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. You will organize and prioritize care in consideration of patients’ needs and comfort, and adapt interventions to patients’ diagnoses, ages, and changing conditions.

You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team and other disciplines to create and coordinate holistic care plans. This includes identifying patients’ physical, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, discharge, and cultural needs; setting measurable goals and time frames; and involving patients and families in care planning. You will apply current practice standards and demonstrate accountability for ethical practice and patient advocacy.

This position is at Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, a 334-bed acute-care nonprofit hospital. The position is represented by CNA and is covered by the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement. The employer is not currently accepting applications from new graduates or nurses new to the specialty.

Requirements

• One year of RN experience.
• Active Registered Nurse license from the State of California.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Nursing degree upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective, comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care to achieve desired health outcomes.
• Organize and prioritize patient care activities while considering patient needs and comfort.
• Collaborate with other disciplines to ensure a comprehensive, holistic, and effective plan of care.
• Apply current practice standards, guidelines, statutes, rules, and regulations.
• Demonstrate accountability for ethical behavior and support ethical practice by addressing or escalating issues.
• Serve as a patient advocate.
• Complete patient assessments competently and identify unit-specific patient needs, including physical, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, discharge, and cultural needs.
• Develop an individualized plan of care based on assessment; coordinate with other disciplines when indicated; prioritize care needs; set measurable goals and time frames; and include the patient and family in planning.
• Implement interventions based on the nursing and medical plan of care, adapting them to the patient population, diagnosis, and age-specific needs.
• Use equipment and supplies appropriately, including following policies, procedures, and protocols for transporting, handling, and storing intravenous fluids.
• Reassess patients after interventions to verify their effectiveness and update care plans to reflect current needs.
• Recognize and respond to changes in a patient’s condition, such as changes in level of consciousness, vital signs, or test results, in a timely and clinically appropriate manner.

What This Job Offers

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