RN (Urgent Care) - Loan Forgiveness & $25,000 Sign-on Bonus - Full Time Nights (Hollywood)
Company: Alta Hospitals
Location: Rosemead
Posted on: April 26, 2024
Job Description:
The Urgent Care or EMS Standby Registered Nurse is specially
trained to provide prompt response and treatment for any patient
presenting with any life threatening, emergent, or urgent medical
need. - Provides monitoring and therapeutic equipment necessary to
provide specialized nursing care to acute or complex patients.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement
a plan of care for a specific group of assigned patients, ensuring
the 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. - Will reevaluate patient
response and outcomes, effectiveness of plan of care, and readiness
for discharge and revise plan or make referrals as necessary. -
Acts as a role model and mentor to a variety of new graduate
nurses, orientees and support staff.Southern California Hospital at
Hollywood is a 100-bed acute care facility and 24/7 urgent care
with a mission and vision to provide compassionate healthcare
accessible to everyone. Southern California Hospital at Hollywood
provides comprehensive, high-quality medical care. As an acute care
facility, we have physicians and specialists on staff for the
following: cardiology, pulmonology, internal medicine, psychiatry,
orthopedics, hematology, endocrinology, podiatry, cardiothoracic
vascular surgery, urology, plastic surgery, and more.
Union Pay Info: -
- Provides patient care, reviews and administers patient
medications, including intravenous titrations, invasive lines,
cardiac monitoring, ventilator management, 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. Appropriately
responds to RRT/Code Blues/Code Whites as assigned. 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.
- 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 HIPAA compliance.
- Collaborates with staff, physicians and members of the
healthcare team, ensuring the coordination of care between other
disciplines and support staff, focusing on efficient and effective
emergency/urgent care department throughput. 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 teaching and ongoing
discharge plans.
- Empathizes with patient and patient support systems, expresses
compassion and understanding for the situation and demonstrates
care which is appropriate for the age, and cultural, religious,
gender identity, or ethnic background. Engages in caring behaviors,
taking conscious ownership for work and takes deliberate/thoughtful
actions regarding how to best carry out interactions with the
patient, families, physicians, and co-workers.Required
Qualifications:
- 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)
- AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- One year of previous urgent care or EMS standby nursing
experience or completion of emergency department training course
(to include EMTALA and ESI 5 level triage) -
- De-escalation certification upon hire; Upon recertification,
SAMA Certification requiredPreferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with patients and
families
- SAMA Certification upon hirePay Rate: Min - $49.89 - Max -
$68.47
Keywords: Alta Hospitals, Altadena , RN (Urgent Care) - Loan Forgiveness & $25,000 Sign-on Bonus - Full Time Nights (Hollywood), Healthcare , Rosemead, California
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