RN; Med-Surg - Loan Forgiveness Culver

Position Summary

The Registered Nurse collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement a plan of care for a specific group of assigned patients, ensuring coordination of care between other disciplines, physicians, and support staff. Performs professional nursing duties that incorporate the psychosocial, psychomotor and age appropriate cognitive skills of the patient/family/significant other to assess, plan, intervene and advocate for the patient on an ongoing basis throughout the continuum of care.

Re‑evaluates patient response and outcomes, effectiveness of plan of care, and readiness for discharge and revises the plan or makes referrals as necessary. Acts as a role model and mentor to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.

• Active, current, and unencumbered Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California
• Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing
• AHA Basic Life Support
• 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 (Los Angeles City Employees only)

• 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 specialty area of Practice

• Standing – Constantly
• Walking – Constantly Sitting – Occasionally
• Reaching with Hands and Arms – Constantly
• Climb or Balance – Frequently
• Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, or Crawling – Occasionally
• Talking – Frequently
• Hearing – Constantly
• Seeing – Constantly
• Performing repetitive motions with arms or hands – Constantly
• Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling up to 10 lbs – Constantly
• Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling up to 25 lbs – Frequently
• Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling up to 50 lbs – Frequently
• Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling greater than 50 lbs – Frequently
• Driving – None

• Professional Clinical Practice: Provides patient care, reviews and administers patient medications, treatments and procedures in a safe, effective and age appropriate manner that meets scope of practice and standards of nursing practice. Recognizes change in patient's clinical conditions, taking appropriate action and documenting intervention. Effectively collaborates with the health care team to intervene, and advocate as necessary. Intervenes appropriately in instances of abuse, assault or neglect, or when adequate financial or social resources are not available.
  
  Makes appropriate referrals to resolve patient issues effectively.
• Plan of Care: Develops long and short-term goals consistent with treatment plans, standards of practice, and the plan of care, incorporating patient preference and discussing plan of care with patient. Appropriately utilizes pain management resources and other interventions to provide pain relief. Provides ongoing assessments and documents the patient's physical and psychosocial condition, as well as response to care. Reviews patient test results, identifies critical results, and communicates in a timely manner consistent with the condition of the patient and correlates information into the plan of care.
  
  Consistently ensures nursing practice is evidence based, within scope of licensure and compliant with hospital wide standards of nursing care, including core measures. Ensures Infection Control procedures and HIPPA compliance.
• Collaboration: Collaborates with staff, physicians and members of the healthcare team, ensuring the coordination of care between other disciplines and support staff. Supervises, monitors and delegates patient care activities to appropriate members of the health care team, provides effective leadership and ensures that care is safe and of high quality. Acts as a source of information and articulately responds to questions, providing resources, guidance, and education about treatment plan, plan of care, and medications.
  
  Develops and implements accurate…