RN - Critical Care

AHMC HealthCare; South El Monte (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Greater El Monte Community Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse to support the ER initiative and deliver high-quality patient care using the nursing process and primary nursing principles. The role involves planning and coordinating care across the continuum, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, and ensuring compliance with core measures.

The ideal candidate will hold a California RN license with BLS/ACLS, and BSN is preferred.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• BSN preferred.
• Current California RN license.
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications.
• Current MAB Certification.
• PALS certification preferred; or within 30 days of hire.
• Basic Dysrhythmia certificate preferred

Responsibilities

• Support ER initiative and provide quality patient care using the nursing process and primary nursing principles.
• Provide care, treatment, counseling, and health education to hospitalized patients and coordinate care across the continuum.
• Assess patient and family needs to provide quality care.
• Develop and communicate a plan of care with patient and family.
• Implement medical plan of care and nursing interventions as necessary.
• Evaluate care and patient responses to ensure quality of care.
• Maintain accurate documentation of nursing care.
• Pursue professional growth and development and maintain licensure.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to deliver excellent patient service.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Quality improvement

Professionalism

English proficiency

Bilingual Spanish

Education

Graduate of accredited nursing program

BSN preferred

Tools

Basic Computer Skills

Job description

Responsibilities

• Registered Nurse will support the ER initiative and provide quality patient care, managing individualized goal‑directed nursing care using the nursing process and primary nursing principles in accordance with departmental and hospital policies and procedures.
• The RN provides care, treatment, counseling, and health education to hospitalized patients. The RN is responsible for planning and coordination of care across the continuum, ensuring compliance with core measures, reducing length of stay, participating in quality, safety, and performance improvement activities, and collaborating with multidisciplinary team members to deliver outstanding customer service to patients, families, physicians, and the public.
• Assesses the patient and family needs to provide quality care to assigned patients.
• Develops, discusses, and communicates a realistic problem list (plan of care) for each patient, collaborating with each patient, family, or significant other to address all identified needs.
• Demonstrates the skills and judgment necessary to implement medical plan of care, nursing interventions, and procedures as necessary.
• Evaluates identified problems, care provided, and patient’s responses reassessed to meet patient and family needs and assure overall quality of care delivered.
• Maintains up‑to‑date, accurate documentation of nursing care provided to assure integration of information for use by the health‑care team.
• Maintains current knowledge, certification, licensure and pursues professional growth and development.
• Functions as a role model for current and new staff and performs patient/customer initiatives to keep patients and families happy.
• Performs all responsibilities/Duties required by the critical care division, as defined in the scope of service, to assure that the unique nature of the client is addressed, including but not limited to the age of the client served.
• Attends all required safety training programs and can describe responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety, and specific job‑related hazards.
• Responsibly follows the hospital exposure control plans for bloodborne and airborne pathogens.
• Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible, and courteous environment.
• Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit team inter‑ and intra‑departmentally to facilitate the department’s/unit’s ability to meet its goals and objectives.
• Assumes all other duties and responsibilities as necessary.

Minimum Work Experience

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

BSN Preferred.

Basic Computer Skills

Basic computer skills required.

Required Licenses/Certifications

• Current California RN license
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications
• Current MAB Certification
• PALS certification preferred; or within 30 days of hire.
• Basic Dysrhythmia certificate preferred

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Ability to practice leadership, interpersonal skills, communication skills, teamwork, quality improvement, and professionalism.
• Proficiency in both written and oral English.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.

About the Hospital

South El Monte community is a vibrant area in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley. For more than 40 years, Greater El Monte Community Hospital has served the region from our 117‑bed facility, which is fully accredited by The Joint Commission and certified by the American Heart Association. We are an approved provider for Medi‑Cal and Medicare and are among the few hospitals to meet the high standards of the General Acute Care Hospital (GACH) relicensing survey. Our services include critical care, emergency care, diagnostic services, surgery, and rehabilitation, all managed by a highly trained team dedicated to effective treatment. Conveniently located between the 10 and 60 freeways, we provide quality healthcare to this growing community.