RN Medical Surgical ICU

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Registered Nurse (RN) you will be a pivotal healthcare professional delivering compassionate high-quality care that truly impacts our patients well-being and recovery.

Every day you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized comprehensive care making critical assessments performing skilled procedures and meticulously implementing patient care plans. Youll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To thrive in this vital role you will possess keen assessment skills acute critical thinking and a patient-first mindset driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Provides effectivecomprehensive evidence based nursing care to achieve desired health outcomes. Organizes and prioritizes patient care activities balanced with the needs and comfort of the patient. Collaborates with other disciplines to insure comprehensive holistic and effective plan of care. Applies knowledge of current practice standards guidelines statutes rules and regulations. Demonstrates accountability for own ethical behavior and supports ethical practice by addressing or escalating issues. Serves as a patient advocate.
• Completes patient assessments competently. Assesses for and identifies needs of unit-specific patient population: Assesses for and identifies any physical emotional psychosocial spiritual educational discharge and cultural needs. Completes an individualized plan of care based on assessment of the patient. Coordinates with other disciplines when indicated. Prioritizes care needs and sets measurable goals and time frames. Includes patient and family in the planning.
• Implements interventions based on nursing and medical plan of care. Manages patient population diagnosis and age specific needs through appropriate adaptation of interventions. Appropriately utilizes equipment and supplies (including following established policies procedures and protocols governing the transport handling and storage of intravenous fluids).
• After implementation reassesses the patient to verify effectiveness of interventions. Updates the plan of care to reflect current care needs.

We are not currently accepting new graduate or new to speciality applications. The most current information for new graduate(<12 months experience as an RN)and fellowship programs(>12 months experience as an RN)can be found at National Nurse Residency Program.

This position is represented by CNA and is covered by the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement

Job Requirements

• 6 months previousacute care experience in same unit.
• Current and Active Registered Nurse: CA
• AHA Basic Life Support / Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Nursing upon hire

Where Youll Work

Founded in 1926 Dignity Health - Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center is a 334-bed acute care nonprofit hospital. Serving over 70000 patients annually the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level III NICU heart care wound care and surgical services. Additionally Glendale Memorial Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and a SRC Center of Excellence for Robotic Surgery and Colorectal Surgery.