Huntington Hospital
Registered Nurse 12HR Full Time Days - Critical Care Unit
Huntington Hospital, Pasadena, California, United States, 91122
Department: Critical Care UnitWhen 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 applyCompensation Range:
Anticipated Base compensation rate is in the range of $45.60 - $67.83 / 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.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 1 year of current experience in acute care area of expertise/equivalent service area, 2 years preferred. Critical Care unit and Trauma nursing experience preferred. Must challenge and successfully pass the Basic Dysrhythmia course curriculum within 21 days of hire. If new to critical care, must successfully pass the Critical Care Core Curriculum and complete required on-unit preceptorship. Basic computer skills/experience with computerized documentation systems required.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 fast-paced, frequently changing environment. Must be willing and able to multi-task effectively to accomplish work assignments.Demonstrates competent knowledge base in pathophysiology of the cardiovascular patient; through appropriate assessment, critical thinking skills, and plan of care.Demonstrates competent knowledge base in the pathophysiology of the neuro patient; through appropriate assessment and critical thinking skills.Demonstrates competent knowledge base in the pathophysiology of the respiratory patient; through appropriate assessment and critical thinking skills.Demonstrates competent knowledge base in the pathophysiology of the metabolic patient; through appropriate assessment and critical thinking skills.Demonstrates competent knowledge base for all current and future unit and hospital specific core measures implemented to improve patient outcomes.Demonstrates technical skills to safely operate and troubleshoot problems with critical care equipment and diagnostic devices.Demonstrates proficiency in delivering age specific care to the assigned patient populations: adolescent, adult and geriatric in the critical care setting.Ensures environment safety by maintaining hallways clear, fire doors closed, medication room/supply doors are locked, and reporting needed equipment repairs.Provides clerical support by demonstrating proficiency in use of information systems, consistently making accurate entries on each system.Attends Annual Skills Day, and all mandatory classes per hospital policy or unit needs.Is knowledgeable about patient safety, core measures, TJC requirements and Patient Safety Goals, as it pertains to their job.Approves timecard on time, prior to close of payroll, and maintains timecard, completes all required logs.Actively participates in unit cleanliness.Worker Type:
Regular Full timeShift:
Days
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Internal Workers - Please log into your Workday account to applyCompensation Range:
Anticipated Base compensation rate is in the range of $45.60 - $67.83 / 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.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 1 year of current experience in acute care area of expertise/equivalent service area, 2 years preferred. Critical Care unit and Trauma nursing experience preferred. Must challenge and successfully pass the Basic Dysrhythmia course curriculum within 21 days of hire. If new to critical care, must successfully pass the Critical Care Core Curriculum and complete required on-unit preceptorship. Basic computer skills/experience with computerized documentation systems required.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 fast-paced, frequently changing environment. Must be willing and able to multi-task effectively to accomplish work assignments.Demonstrates competent knowledge base in pathophysiology of the cardiovascular patient; through appropriate assessment, critical thinking skills, and plan of care.Demonstrates competent knowledge base in the pathophysiology of the neuro patient; through appropriate assessment and critical thinking skills.Demonstrates competent knowledge base in the pathophysiology of the respiratory patient; through appropriate assessment and critical thinking skills.Demonstrates competent knowledge base in the pathophysiology of the metabolic patient; through appropriate assessment and critical thinking skills.Demonstrates competent knowledge base for all current and future unit and hospital specific core measures implemented to improve patient outcomes.Demonstrates technical skills to safely operate and troubleshoot problems with critical care equipment and diagnostic devices.Demonstrates proficiency in delivering age specific care to the assigned patient populations: adolescent, adult and geriatric in the critical care setting.Ensures environment safety by maintaining hallways clear, fire doors closed, medication room/supply doors are locked, and reporting needed equipment repairs.Provides clerical support by demonstrating proficiency in use of information systems, consistently making accurate entries on each system.Attends Annual Skills Day, and all mandatory classes per hospital policy or unit needs.Is knowledgeable about patient safety, core measures, TJC requirements and Patient Safety Goals, as it pertains to their job.Approves timecard on time, prior to close of payroll, and maintains timecard, completes all required logs.Actively participates in unit cleanliness.Worker Type:
Regular Full timeShift:
Days
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