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Universal Health Services

Manages hospitals and behavioral health facilities

Registered Nurse ICU

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTemecula, CA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • One year of emergency or critical care experience in an acute care facility.
  • A current California Registered Nurse license.
  • NIHSS certification within three months of hire.
  • Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications from the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

  • Assess patients based on their clinical presentation, diagnosis, care setting, developmental level, and cultural and religious orientation, and document the assessment appropriately.
  • Identify and prioritize the need for further assessment based on patient presentation, desire for care, and response to previous care.
  • Initiate discharge planning upon admission as appropriate.
  • Calculate and titrate vasoactive drugs in response to changing patient conditions.
  • Care for patients receiving mechanical ventilation, including assessing ventilation effectiveness and performing suctioning techniques.
  • Monitor patient hemodynamic status and correctly interpret the results.
  • Interpret cardiac arrhythmias, identify dysrhythmias, and intervene or treat appropriately, including alerting a physician to significant changes.
  • Accurately assign emergency triage categories using the Emergency Severity Index.
  • Assist emergency room physicians with diagnosis and interventional procedures, including central lines, closed reductions, and advanced airway management.
  • Monitor patients undergoing procedural sedation.
  • Perform ACLS and PALS algorithms and protocols.
  • Maintain current competencies on Emergency Department equipment, including defibrillators, pacers, and infusion pumps.

About the Company

Universal Health Services

Manages hospitals and behavioral health facilities

Universal Health Services operates a network of acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and ambulatory centers across the United States. It generates its services by acquiring and managing healthcare facilities, then integrating them under centralized operating practices to deliver patient care. The company’s offering is the management and provision of hospital and behavioral health services, with a focus on standardized clinical operations, economies of scale, and nationwide coverage. What sets UHS apart is its long history of growth through acquisitions, its size and scale in both acute and behavioral health markets, and its ability to integrate new facilities while maintaining consistent care quality. Its goal is to provide high-quality healthcare across a broad network, improve patient outcomes, and sustain long-term value for shareholders by expanding access and efficiency in hospital and behavioral health services.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania
Founded
1978

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