Southern California Hospitals (Culver City & Hollywood) New Grad Fall Cohort

Overview The New Grad Registered Nurse collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement a plan of care for a specific group of assigned patients, ensuring 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, or 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 the plan or make referrals as necessary. Qualifications 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) Preferred Qualifications Bachelor of Science in Nursing Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with patients and families Physical Requirements These are requirements normally expected to perform regular job duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and applicable, state and local law, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Incumbent must be able to successfully perform all of the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Standing - Constantly Walking - Constantly Sitting - Occasionally Reaching with Hands and Arms - Constantly Climb or Balance - Frequently Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, or Crawling - Occasionally Talking - Frequently Hearing - Constantly Seeing - Constantly Performing repetitive motions with arms or hands - Constantly Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling up to 10 lbs - Constantly Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling up to 25 lbs - Frequently Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling up to 50 lbs - Frequently Lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling greater than 50 lbs - Frequently Driving - None Essential Job Functions / Responsibilities PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL PRACTICE: Provides patient care, reviews and administers patient medications, 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. 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. PLAN OF CARE: 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. COLLABORATION: Collaborates with staff, physicians and members of the healthcare team, ensuring the coordination of care between other disciplines and support staff. 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. COMMUNICATION: Empathizes with patient and patient support systems, expresses compassion and understanding for the situation and demonstrates care which is appropriate for the age, culture, religion, gender identity, or ethnic background. Engages in caring behaviors, taking conscious ownership of work and taking deliberate/thoughtful actions regarding how to best carry out interactions with the patient, families, physicians, and co‑workers. Benefits Pay Rate: Min - $49.79 per hour | Max - $52.45 per hour #J-18808-Ljbffr Southern California Hospitals