RN - Acute Rehab Unit - Loan Forgiveness & $20,000 Sign-on Bonus - Full Time, Days (Culver City)
Company: Alta Hospitals
Location: El Monte
Posted on: April 26, 2024
Job Description:
The Acute Rehab Unit Registered Nurse is specially trained to
provide nursing care to patients with medical conditions or
injuries requiring rehabilitative services. - Monitors and utilizes
therapeutic equipment necessary to provide specialized nursing
care. - Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and
implement a plan of care for a specific group of assigned patients,
ensuring the 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/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 plan or make referrals as
necessary. - Acts as a role model and mentor to a variety of new
graduate nurses, orientees and support staff.
- 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.
- 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.
- Collaborates with staff, physicians and members of the
healthcare team, ensuring the coordination of care between other
disciplines and support staff. - Actively participates in Patient
Care Conferences. - 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. - Acts as a source of information and articulately
responds to questions, providing resources, guidance, and education
about treatment plan, plan of care, and medications. Develops and
implements accurate teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
- Empathizes with patient and patient support systems, expresses
compassion and understanding for the situation and demonstrates
care which is appropriate for the age, and cultural, religious,
gender identity, or ethnic background. - Engages in caring
behaviors, taking conscious ownership for work and takes
deliberate/thoughtful actions regarding how to best carry out
interactions with the patient, families, physicians, and
co-workers.Minimum Education: -Graduate of an Accredited School of
Nursing required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.Minimum
Experience: -Ability to read, write and communicate effectively in
English required. Ability to work variable shifts including
evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. Ability to maintain
flexibility and composure in a constantly changing environment.
Recent experience as a Registered Nurse in a Rehabilitative setting
preferred. Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with
patients and families preferred.Req. Certification/Licensure:
-Active, current, and unencumbered Licensure as a Registered Nurse
in the State of California required. Hospital Fire and Life Safety
Card (Los Angeles City Employees only) required. AHA Basic Life
Support required. Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN)
preferred.Sign On Bonus Eligibility: To be eligible for the Sign On
Bonus, you must have one or more years (1+) of acute care RN
hospital experience. Current Alta Hospital employees are not
eligible and former Alta Hospital employees may not be eligible.
The Sign on Bonus Program is only available for full-time RN
positions. Bonus payments are made in increments over the course of
18 or 24 months to active employees in good standing.
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