Registered Nurse 12HR, Full-Time Days, Critical Care Unit
5 days ago
Pasadena
When you join the Huntington Hospital team, you are aligning yourself with an organization whose values drive our philosophy of compassionate community care. Over the past 129 years, we’ve grown from a small 16-bed hospital to a nationally recognized healthcare leader with 619 beds. As part of our commitment to providing equitable, high-quality care to all members of our community, we embrace differences and work hard to create a place of belonging for our patients and our employees. When you join the Huntington family, you’ll be empowered to enact change that continuously improves our ability to deliver world-class care, with kindness and dignity, to all who need it. Internal Workers – Please log into your Workday account to apply Compensation Range: Anticipated compensation range of $49.31 - $73.35 / Hour depending on qualifications and experience. *12 hour shifts at Huntington Health are overtime-based (not a straight time rate for all 12 hours). Therefore, employees who work a full 12-hour shift will be paid their base rate for 8 hours AND overtime (1.5) for hours up to 12. Department: 601000 Critical Care Unit Expectations: Responsible for coordination of care to meet identified needs of the patient/family. Supervises the management of patient care utilizing critical thinking and nursing process, discharge planning, resource identification, linking and scheduling patients with required services, monitoring care delivery, advocating for the patient, care planning and evaluating outcomes. Coordinates patient care across the health care continuum, and assists other team members with meeting individual patient needs. This position may require flexibility of hours. EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree (BSN) required. Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) will be considered if enrolled in a BSN program with degree completion within 2 years of date of hire or date of transfer to an RN position. Diploma or transcripts on highest degree earned required. EXPERIENCE/TRAINING: Minimum 2 years of current experience in a critical care unit, in an acute mixed unit preferred and 3 years' experience preferred. Surgical, Neuro, Cardiac and Trauma nursing experience also strong preferred. Must challenge and successfully pass the Basic Dysrhythmia course curriculum within 21 days of hire. Basic computer skills/experience with computerized documentation systems required, EPIC experience preferred. LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS: Required: Current unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license issued by California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) Current Basic Life Support Provider (BLS), and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider (ACLS) issued by American Heart Association Current National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) within 30 days of hire/transfer SKILLS: Care of the patient receiving Sedation/Analgesia Care of the patient with Hemodynamic monitoring and/or support Care of the patient with Neurological monitoring Care of the patient with Pulmonary monitoring and/or support, including ventilators Care of the Trauma patient Must be willing and able to work in a face paced, frequently changing environment. Must be willing and able to multi-task effectively to accomplish work assignments. 6. Demonstrates technical skills to safely operate and troubleshoot problems with critical care equipment and diagnostic devices for which they have been trained., 7. Demonstrates proficiency in delivering age specific care to the assigned patient populations: adolescent, adult and geriatric in the critical care setting., 8. Ensures environment safety by maintaining hallways clear, fire doors closed, medication room/supply doors are locked, discarding of outdated nourishment, ensuring documentation of refrigerator temperatures on designated logs, reporting needed equipment repairs to Facilities/Engineering and follows-up on completion of reported need for repair., 9. Provides clerical support by demonstrating proficiency in use of information systems (Meditech, PCS, Acuity, KRONOS and e-mail), consistently makes accurate entries on each system, performing chart assembly and breakdown, ensuring accurate and complete information is recorded in appropriate interventions in PCS and CCU Flow-sheet and maintaining all medical records in the chart stamped with patient identification., 10. Attends Annual Skills Day, and all mandatory classes per hospital policy or unit needs., 11. Is knowledgeable about patient safety, core measures, TJC requirements and Patient Safety Goals, as it pertains to their job., 12. Approves timecard on time, prior to close of payroll, and maintains timecard, completes all required logs, (missed meal/break)., 13. Actively participates in unit cleanliness. Worker Type: Regular Full time Shift: Days Location: 100 W California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91105