Registered Nurse - Surgical Stepdown​/Transplant - NE Nights

Overview

Make a difference every single day. Our nurses provide compassion, ambition, and comprehensive care to ensure the highest level of patient outcomes. Cedars-Sinai is recognized for passion, integrity, and dedication, with a Magnet designation held six times. Join one of the most talented teams in healthcare and be part of a facility named by U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s Best Hospitals.

Nurses on 6NE, a 24-bed cardiovascular surgical stepdown unit, care for stable cardiac surgical patients requiring close heart rhythm monitoring. The unit embraces a multidisciplinary approach and participates in multidisciplinary team rounds, caring for solid organ transplant patients including thoracic surgery patients, post VATS or lung volume reduction, and vascular/post-cardiac surgery patients.

As a Registered Nurse (RN) on 6NE, you are responsible and accountable for applying the nursing process and delivering patient care for the specialty patient population.

• Provide and accurately document direct and indirect patient care services that ensure safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients in a timely manner.
• Provide patient education on disease prevention and restorative measures.
• Administer medications and therapeutic agents necessary to implement treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitative plan of care.
• Perform skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy, and the initiation of peripheral venous access.
• Observe and assess signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications/treatments, general behavior, and physical condition; determine normal versus abnormal characteristics and initiate emergency procedures when indicated.
• Plan and implement individualized patient care based on observations; report, refer, and provide care in accordance with standardized procedures while caring for diverse patient populations.
• Identify patients’ readiness for learning, ability to follow directions, and give consent while assessing safety concerns related to age and development.
• Demonstrate knowledge and ability to identify and make special adjustments for specific populations’ needs, including cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, education, family, and condition needs.

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Educational Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program. BSN or higher preferred.

License/Certification/Registration Requirements:

• Current California State RN License required.
• American Red Cross or American Heart Association Advanced Life Support certification (expiration date needs to be 60 days or more from the hire date).
• For RN III:
  Specialty Certification (external applicants may obtain within one year of hire).

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years recent acute RN experience in specialty.
  
  Note:
  
  minimum 1 year recent acute RN experience will be considered for Registered Nurse II.
• Working knowledge of applicable Standards of Practice.
• Demonstrated dedication to customer service and ability to meet the needs and expectations of patients and health care colleagues.

• Req
• Working Title:
  
  Registered Nurse - Surgical Stepdown/Transplant - 6NE - 12-Hour Nights - $5,000 Hiring Incentive
• Department:
  Cardiac Intermediate Care 2
• Business Entity:
  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• Job Category:
  Nursing
• Job Specialty: RN
• Overtime Status: NONEXEMPT
• Primary Shift: Night
• Shift Duration: 12 hour
• Base Pay: $55.11 - $88.18