Step-Down Unit Registered Nurse

Northshore Home Health Care; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Northshore Home Health Care is seeking a skilled Registered Nurse to provide professional nursing care to step-down patients using the nursing process and established clinical standards. The role emphasizes assessment, care planning, and patient safety within a collaborative healthcare team.

You will assess needs, develop individualized plans, monitor progress, coordinate discharge planning, and educate patients and families to support safe transitions.

Qualifications

• Registered professional nurse with strong clinical judgment, assessment and care planning skills, patient safety focus, effective communication, and teamwork with multidisciplinary providers.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs and apply the nursing process to plan, implement, and evaluate care.
• Develop, review, and update individualized care plans.
• Monitor patient progress, condition, and overall safety; respond appropriately to changes.
• Coordinate discharge planning and deliver patient/family education to support safe transitions.
• Collaborate with the healthcare team to ensure effective, respectful, patient-centered care.

Job description

Role:

Provide professional nursing care to step-down patients using the nursing process and established clinical standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs and apply the nursing process to plan, implement, and evaluate care.
• Develop, review, and update individualized care plans.
• Monitor patient progress, condition, and overall safety; respond appropriately to changes.
• Coordinate discharge planning and deliver patient/family education to support safe transitions.
• Collaborate with the healthcare team to ensure effective, respectful, patient-centered care.

Qualifications & Skills:

Registered professional nurse with strong clinical judgment, assessment and care planning skills, patient safety focus, effective communication, and teamwork with multidisciplinary providers.