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University of Southern California

Research university in Los Angeles, CA

Registered Nurse - Med/Surg Telemetry, Union

Full-Time
$47.58 - $76.68/hr
Mid
Bachelor's
Glendale, CA, USA
In Person
Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryNursing & Frontline Patient Care

About the job

Requirements
  • Graduation from a Registered Nurse program.
  • A California Registered Nurse license is required.
  • For 6th Floor Med/Surg employees, two years of experience with orthopedic and medical-surgical nursing is preferred.
  • Certification in medical-surgical, orthopedic, or another specialty is preferred.
  • BLS and ACLS certification are required for ICU/5S, 4th Telemetry, 6th Med Surg, and Float Pool assignments.
  • BLS, ACLS, PALS, and NRP certifications must be American Heart Association certified.
  • All required certifications must be active on the effective date of hire or transfer unless otherwise indicated.
Responsibilities
  • Implement the nursing process, including assessment, nursing diagnosis, care-plan and education-plan development, intervention implementation, evaluation, and plan revision.
  • Provide patient education and advocacy.
  • Practice in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, including CMS Conditions of Participation, Title 22, CDPH regulations, and DNV-GL/NIAHO standards.
  • Support the department manager and director in quality improvement and growth of unit services.
  • Collaborate with coworkers and other departments to lead patient care activities.
  • Manage efficient services with meaningful and valuable outcomes.
  • Make patient-care decisions within the scope of practice.
  • Determine patient acuity using the patient classification decision-making method.
  • Provide a healing environment and safe passage through the hospital episode of care.
  • Prevent harm and educate patients about their conditions, self-care actions, abnormal findings, and when to report concerns to caregivers.
  • Provide comfort and compassionate care.
  • Assist the charge nurse with planning delivery of patient care for the shift.
  • Contribute to overall unit planning and improvement.
  • Precept and validate competencies of new hires and staff learning new procedures.
  • Teach nursing students.
  • Delegate tasks to other Registered Nurses, Licensed Vocational Nurses, and Certified Nursing Assistants when indicated.
  • Coordinate the assigned team.
  • Communicate expectations to assigned staff, improvement opportunities, information through the chain of command, and unusual events.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
  • A Bachelor of Science in Nursing is desired; employees who do not have one upon hire are preferred to obtain it within five years.
  • One year of clinical experience in an acute-care setting is preferred.
  • Experience treating orthopedic and stroke patient populations is preferred.
  • Certification in a clinical specialty or management is desired.
  • For Cardiac Cath Lab Nurses, one year of nursing experience in an acute-care setting such as the ICU, stepdown, or emergency room is preferred.
  • For Cardiac Cath Lab Nurses, one or more years of interventional radiology, electrophysiology, or cardiac catheterization laboratory experience is preferred.
  • For Surgery assignments, BLS and ACLS certification are preferred.
  • For PACU/SDS/GI Lab assignments, BLS, ACLS, and PALS certification are preferred.
  • For Cath Lab assignments, BLS and ACLS certification are preferred.
  • For ED assignments, BLS, ACLS, PALS, AB508, NIHSS, NRP, and ENPC certifications are preferred with the stated post-hire timelines.
  • For Geropsych assignments, BLS and AB508 certification are preferred.
  • For ICU/5S, 4th Telemetry, 6th Med Surg, and Float Pool assignments, NIHSS certification within 30 days of hire is preferred.

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