RN - Loan Forgiveness & $25,000 Sign-on Bonus - Full Time, Days
Company: Alta Hospitals
Location: Rosemead
Posted on: May 1, 2024
Job Description:
The Perioperative Registered Nurse uses the nursing process, to
design, coordinate, and deliver patient care that meets the
identified needs of patients having operative procedures. - May act
as scrub or circulating nurse in various procedures. - Demonstrates
thorough knowledge and application of aseptic techniques, and
defined practice standards for operating room and infection
prevention. - Acts as a role model to nursing students, and new
nurses to the unit.
Los Angeles Community Hospital has been taking care of generations
of east Los Angeles families. Having a strong presence in our
community has been critical to our success since our inception,
along with offering quality, compassionate healthcare accessible to
everybody. Most of our doctors, nurses and other employees live in
the community, creating a culture of neighbors taking care of
neighbors.
We have changed with our community-both in the way we deliver
medical care and by reaching beyond the walls of our hospital. We
work closely with community members to help meet their most
important needs. Our 130-bed, acute care hospital offers a wide
range of medical programs and services, including cardiology,
internal medicine and surgical services.
- Administers patient medications, coordinates treatments and
procedures in a safe, effective and age appropriate manner.
- Ensures accurate control and accounting on the sterile field.
Recognizes critical deviations in patient conditions, taking
appropriate action and documenting intervention.
- Effectively utilizes surgical preference procedure cards,
making and communicating changes as appropriate.
- Exercises independent judgement and decision making to control
the OR environment and maintain sterile field, privacy, body temp,
and manage potential for discomfort, injury, or risks of infection.
Verifies operative procedure site and side, with the patient's
statement and written consent, ensuring time out procedures are
followed and correcting any inconsistencies. Ensures Infection
Control procedures and HIPAA compliance.
- Empathizes with patient, expresses compassion and understanding
for the situation and demonstrates care which is appropriate for
the age, and cultural, religious, or ethnic background. Actively
engages in caring behaviors, taking conscious ownership for work
and takes deliberate/thoughtful actions regarding how to best carry
out relationships with the patient and co-workers.
- Collaborates with members of the healthcare team, physicians,
and surgeons ensuring the coordination of care between other
disciplines and support staff through different levels of care.
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. Develops and implements a plan of
care for patients that considers patient age, cultural and
religious preferences. Supports the patients participation in
planning for their care and acts as a source of information,
articulately responding to questions and providing
resources/education.
- One (1) year of operating room experience as Registered Nurse
or completion of approved Perioperative Services - training program
required. -
- Ability to read, write and communicate effectively in English.
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- Ability to work variable shifts including on-call, evenings,
nights, weekend, and holidays. -
- Ability to maintain flexibility and composure in a constantly
changing environment. -
- Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with patients and
families preferred.
- Certified Nurse Operating Room Certification (CNOR)
preferred.
- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing required. -
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
- AHA Basic Life Support and AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support
required. -
- Hospital Fire and Life Safety Card (Los Angeles City Employees
only) required.
- AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support preferred.
- Active, current, and unencumbered Licensure as a Registered
Nurse - -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.Pay Rate: Min
- $46.10 - Max - $63.43
Keywords: Alta Hospitals, West Covina , RN - Loan Forgiveness & $25,000 Sign-on Bonus - Full Time, Days , Healthcare , Rosemead, California
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