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University of Southern California

Research university in Los Angeles, CA

RN Clinical - 7S Neurosciences ICU

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
$45.76 - $98.80/hr
Junior
Bachelor's
Los Angeles, CA, USA
In Person
Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryNursing & Frontline Patient Care

About the job

Requirements
  • A Bachelor’s degree in Nursing is required, except for employees grandfathered from the BSN requirement if hired before December 2019.
  • At least one year of acute inpatient hospital experience as a registered nurse is required.
  • Must speak, read, and write English proficiently.
  • Must know medical procedures and conditions and be able to understand, follow, and perform duties, including whole blood collection and apheresis procedures, according to administrative and clinical policies, regulations, and procedures.
  • Must hold an active Registered Nurse license from the California Board of Registered Nursing.
  • Must hold Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association.
  • Must complete Los Angeles City Fire Life Safety Training; if not held upon hire, it must be obtained within 30 days and maintained through renewal before expiration. This is required within Los Angeles City only.
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association is required for Intensive Care, Step-down, and Telemetry departments. Nurses without prior telemetry or critical care experience must obtain it within 180 days or by the end of orientation, whichever is sooner.
  • Must be able to work independently with minimal direction and supervision.
Responsibilities
  • Use the nursing process to provide therapeutic care to patients and coordinate patient care and education for patients and families in accordance with standards, policies, and practices.
  • Follow policies and procedures and demonstrate the ability to access online manuals.
  • Apply scientific knowledge in practical nursing care.
  • Complete nursing assessments on admission, at each shift, and when the patient’s condition changes; complete daily patient acuity assessments by 0200 or 1400.
  • Interpret assessment information and formulate nursing diagnoses.
  • Develop individualized plans of care, document expected patient outcomes, and review, revise, and update plans daily based on evaluation of outcomes.
  • Administer medications and intravenous therapy at prescribed intervals and perform patient-care procedures according to policy.
  • Delegate tasks according to others’ scope of practice and competency and act as a patient advocate.
  • Manage restraint use according to policy, attempt non-restraint alternatives first, ensure complete physician orders and required assessments and monitoring, and complete restraint audit forms each shift.
  • Complete and maintain required clinical documentation, including admission and pain assessments, daily and restraint flow sheets, diabetes and education flow sheets, Kardex, care plans, fall-risk assessments, medication administration records, equipment and supply records, transfer forms, and belongings tracking forms.
  • Ensure orders are transcribed and signed off before the end of the shift and complete 12-hour and 24-hour chart checks.
  • Educate patients and families as needed about room and unit orientation and plans of care; identify knowledge deficits and use and provide Micromedex information.
  • Coordinate discharge planning with the case manager and/or physician, complete transfer paperwork, and ensure patient belongings accompany the patient.
  • Use patient-care equipment safely according to manufacturer guidelines, including intravenous, feeding, patient-controlled analgesia, and epidural pumps; sequential compression devices; wound vacuum equipment; and heating pads or pumps.
  • Communicate with the healthcare team, patients, and families, including shift reports, physician rounds, handoffs, and interactions with students and employees.
  • Organize and prioritize responsibilities, take meal breaks without incurring overtime, and complete shifts on time.
  • Meet regulatory and safety requirements, including patient identification, approved abbreviations, procedural time-outs, handoffs, medication reconciliation, clinical alarms, hazardous-waste handling, infection control, handwashing, and safe work practices.
  • Manage medical-surgical patients, including patients with total hip or knee arthroplasty, spinal surgery, cystic fibrosis, abdominal organ transplants, and hepatic encephalopathy, as applicable to the unit.
  • Manage complex critically ill intensive-care patients and advanced modalities, including hemodynamic monitoring, continuous renal replacement therapy, ventriculostomy and intracranial pressure monitoring, ventricular assist devices, and balloon pumps.
  • Manage high-acuity step-down and telemetry patients requiring specialized monitoring and care, including patients after cardiac, lung, liver, or kidney transplant; orthopedic, hepatobiliary, general, thoracic, bariatric, neurologic, or neurosurgical procedures; and patients receiving ventilator care, arterial or central venous pressure line care, ventricular assist devices, or lumbar drains.
  • Initiate, perform, and terminate dialysis treatments according to policy and standards of care; review orders and laboratory results; inform patients of treatment plans; document treatments; perform safety checks and machine maintenance; verify orders; contact physicians when treatment orders are missing; and complete medical-surgical dialysis treatments on 3S when more than two such patients are scheduled.
  • Provide therapeutic interactions and maintain a therapeutic milieu for psychiatric patients; assess safety and contraband, participate in treatment planning, monitor unit doors and visitors, verify legal status and communicate with agencies as required, administer psychotropic medications only with proper consent and documentation, and submit firearm reporting forms.
  • Use de-escalation to prevent behavioral restraint or seclusion when possible; apply restraint or seclusion when appropriate; monitor patient safety; ensure physician assessment and orders according to policy; notify the manager of incidents; contact significant others as permitted; and complete debriefing when appropriate.
  • Identify patients meeting core-measure criteria, complete core-measure documentation, and participate in data collection and process improvements related to nurse-sensitive quality indicators.
  • Participate in professional hospital and nursing activities, including relief charge nurse duties, committees and councils, hospital teams, unit-based projects, research, and publication of peer-reviewed articles.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
  • Specialty certification is preferred.

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