RN - Critical Care

Responsibilities

• Registered Nurse will support the ER initiative and provide quality patient care, managing individualized goal‑directed nursing care using the nursing process and primary nursing principles in accordance with departmental and hospital policies and procedures.
• The RN provides care, treatment, counseling, and health education to hospitalized patients. The RN is responsible for planning and coordination of care across the continuum, ensuring compliance with core measures, reducing length of stay, participating in quality, safety, and performance improvement activities, and collaborating with multidisciplinary team members to deliver outstanding customer service to patients, families, physicians, and the public.
• Assesses the patient and family needs to provide quality care to assigned patients.
• Develops, discusses, and communicates a realistic problem list (plan of care) for each patient, collaborating with each patient, family, or significant other to address all identified needs.
• Demonstrates the skills and judgment necessary to implement medical plan of care, nursing interventions, and procedures as necessary.
• Evaluates identified problems, care provided, and patient’s responses reassessed to meet patient and family needs and assure overall quality of care delivered.
• Maintains up‑to‑date, accurate documentation of nursing care provided to assure integration of information for use by the health‑care team.
• Maintains current knowledge, certification, licensure and pursues professional growth and development.
• Functions as a role model for current and new staff and performs patient/customer initiatives to keep patients and families happy.
• Performs all responsibilities/Duties required by the critical care division, as defined in the scope of service, to assure that the unique nature of the client is addressed, including but not limited to the age of the client served.
• Attends all required safety training programs and can describe responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety, and specific job‑related hazards.
• Responsibly follows the hospital exposure control plans for blood borne and airborne pathogens.
• Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible, and courteous environment.
• Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit team inter‑ and intra‑departmentally to facilitate the department’s/unit’s ability to meet its goals and objectives.
• Assumes all other duties and responsibilities as necessary.

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

BSN Preferred.

Basic computer skills required.

• Current California RN license
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications
• Current MAB Certification
• PALS certification preferred; or within 30 days of hire.
• Basic Dysrhythmia certificate preferred

• Ability to practice leadership, interpersonal skills, communication skills, teamwork, quality improvement, and professionalism.
• Proficiency in both written and oral English.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.

South El Monte community is a vibrant area in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley. For more than 40 years, Greater El Monte Community Hospital has served the region from our 117‑bed facility, which is fully accredited by The Joint Commission and certified by the American Heart Association. We are an approved provider for Medi‑Cal and Medicare and are among the few hospitals to meet the high standards of the General Acute Care Hospital (GACH) relicensing survey.

Our services include critical care, emergency care, diagnostic services, surgery, and rehabilitation, all managed by a highly trained team dedicated to effective treatment. Conveniently located between the 10 and 60 freeways, we provide quality healthcare to this growing community.