Job Summary:
• Provides and precisely documents nursing process components and relevant interventions for direct and indirect patient care services that ensures the safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients in a timely manner.
• Provides experienced care and patient education on disease prevention and restorative measures.
• Provides direct and indirect comprehensive care services to complex patients, including, but not limited to, the administration of medications and therapeutic agents necessary to implement treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitative plan of care.
• Performs skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy and the initiation of peripheral venous access.
• Observes, evaluates and expeditiously alters plan of care based on signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications/treatments, general behavior, and/or general physical condition.
• Demonstrates advanced assessment skills, integrating appropriate data sources to assess the signs, symptoms, reactions, behaviors, or general appearance to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics.
• Plans and implements individualized patient care in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams based on observations.
• Implements appropriate reporting, referrals and care in accordance with standardized procedures. Initiates emergency procedures when indicated.
• Provides care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds. Identifies patient’s readiness for learning and ability to follow directions/instructions and give consent.
• Makes special adjustments to patient care to the specific populations needs, including cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, education, family and condition needs.
• Identifies and assesses patient safety concerns with respect to age and developmental considerations. Intervenes to provide a safe environment and evaluates effectiveness of intervention for patient.
• Selects one of the three clinical advancement pathways (Clinical Quality Education, Leadership) where they serve as a mentor/preceptor/educator, leads a clinical quality or nursing research initiative to improve outcomes, or serves as a charge nurse or council chair and other related activities. Supports and/or provides constructive input during unit/department meetings and initiatives focused one improving nursing outcomes and the work environment.
• Provides assistance to co-workers, new staff, temporary staff and students.
• When assigned charge nurse responsibility, coordinates unit activity throughout the shift, including the authorization of incidental overtime, initiates chain of command as appropriate.
• Participates in at least 50% of unit meetings and provides constructive input to assist in unit direction.
• Functions as a change champion and agent and participates in departmental quality improvement activities.
• Participates in the completion of required skills and competencies.
Educational Requirements:
Assoc. Degree/College Diploma, Nursing- minimum
Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (state accredited program)- minimum
Licenses:
RN State License California State RN License required upon hire
Basic Life Support (BLS) Require BLS unless a higher level of certification is required upon hire
ANCC Specialty Certification Specialty Certification within 1 Year
Experience:
3 years Relevant acute care experience in their area of specialty -minimum
1 year Must be a Clinical Nurse II at CSMC for at least one (1) year, to be promoted within the clinical ladder -minimum
Physical Demands:
Constant eye/hand/foot coordination, talking, hearing. Frequent standing, walking, carrying up to 50 lbs, reaching, handling, grasping, feeling. Occasional sitting, lifting up to 50 lbs, pushing/pulling up to 75 lbs, balancing, stooping. Rare climbing, crouching.
Working Title: Registered Nurse III – Float Pool – 8 Hour Days
Department: Ambulatory Division Float Pool
Business Entity: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category: Nursing
Job Specialty: Nursing
Position Type: Full-time
Shift Length: 8 hour shift
Shift Type: Day
Base Pay:$56.14 – $89.82