RN - Intensive Care Unit

Company: Pacific Medical Centers
Location: Tarzana
Posted on: June 13, 2021

Job Description:

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Providence is calling a Registered Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit (Per diem/Night shift) at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, CA.

We are seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit who will provide professional, comprehensive nursing care for patients in an acute care environment. Accountable for the delivery of coordinated, safe, compassionate, therapeutic, evidence-based quality care to patients and families, based on individual physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, and appropriate care strategies throughout the lifespan. Practices in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act in the state of employment, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the ANA scope and standards of practice. Key functions and specific skills for the job are found in the unit specific onboarding checklist and in standards that are applicable to the specialty.

In this position you will:

• Employ Nursing Professional Practice: Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluates patients' care. Develop, update and coordinate the patient's plan of care to achieve patient goals and to optimize outcomes and transitions across the care continuum. Monitor, record and communicate patient condition as appropriate. Perform and maintains currency of essential competencies as required by specific area of hire and populations served
• Advocate: Effectively advocate for ethical and holistic care by partnering in care planning to promote the autonomy, dignity, rights, values and beliefs of those we serve
• Facilitate Learning: Foster a learning environment for patient/families, nursing, and other members of the healthcare team including students; facilitate formal and informal learning for patient/families, nursing, other members of the healthcare team, and community
• Align Practice with Safety and Quality: Accountable for safety, identifies and corrects problems, and integrates evidence, and best practice into nursing care; uses data and evidence to improve patient outcomes. Align patient safety, self-safety and environmental safety as equally important for best outcomes
• Engage in Professional Development: Engage in ongoing professional development; practices to the top of license within the legal parameters of the Nurse Practice Act, the Nursing Social Policy Statement, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and specialty standards. Promote a culture of inquiry that explores, integrates and disseminates research and evidence based practice
• Lead in the Practice Setting & Community: Lead and coordinate teams, appropriately delegate, coordinate care and collaborate with others as equal members of the inter-professional care team to integrate nursing knowledge. Model professional behaviors as a representative of the nursing profession

Required qualifications:

• Nursing degree/diploma upon hire
• Bachelors of Nursing (BSN) or higher within three (3) years of hire

• A RN with 20 years of RN experience will not be required to obtain a BSN

• Active California state RN license
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) card from the following authorized governing bodies:
• American Heart Association (AHA)
• American Red Cross (ARC)

• Military Training Network (MTN)

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification upon hire
• National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification upon hire
• Los Angeles City Fire Card within 30 days of hire
• Twelve (12) months acute care experience working with the patient population similar to department of hire or completion of the specialty residency located at Providence Tarzana Medical Center
• Proficiency with Information Technology; such as electronic health records, communications systems, computers and equipment necessary to perform essential functions of the position
• Skilled to work with a wide range of staff as part of an interdisciplinary team including physicians, nurses, and ancillary staff
• Ability to use independent, critical judgment in all aspects of patient care delivery
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills that convey a positive and supportive attitude
• Ability to effectively manage multiple responsibilities, urgent responses, and challenging situations

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelors of Nursing degree (BSN)
• National certification in area of specialty

About the ministry you will serve:

Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center is a 245-bed not-for-profit medical center that serves the San Fernando Valley, offering high quality specialty services, including: heart and vascular care, orthopedics, oncology and senior services. Recognizing the special health care needs of women and children, our Women's Pavilion & Resource Center provides women's health and maternity care in once central location. The hospital specializes in pediatrics and has one of the largest neonatal intensive care units in the San Fernando Valley. Providence Tarzana has a reputation for clinical excellence and sophisticated technology with a personal touch. Providence Health & Services cares about the people and the lives that we touch each and every day. We are continually driven by the caring tradition of our heritage - the foundation of our Mission and core-values - to embrace respect, compassion, justice, excellence and stewardship. With a rich past reaching back more than 65 years in Southern California, and 150 years in total, Providence Health & Services today celebrates unprecedented growth, recognition for top quality health care, a vibrant employee culture where new ideas are encouraged and a drive to help the underprivileged - all with an eye toward the future.

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