Transport RN-West Valley

UCLA Health; California; Hybrid; USD 91,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health is seeking a Transport RN to move patients by wheelchair, bed, or gurney and to assist with lifting, turning, transferring and repositioning as needed. The nurse provides care using the nursing process and collaborates with ED and inpatient units to ensure safe, timely transport and patient comfort.

This role focuses on transporting monitored patients throughout the facility, supporting emergency response, and upholding ANA standards, ethics, and evidence-based practice in daily

Job description

Description

In this exciting role the functions of the Transport RN will include positioning, transferring and transporting patients to and from various departments or locations by wheelchair, bed, or gurney and lifting, turning, transferring and repositioning patients requiring moderate to total assistance. The clinical nurse is a professional Registered Nurse who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame and provides care to these patients using the nursing process in accordance with the standards of professional nursing practice. The clinical nurse performs in the professional role as described by the American Nurses Association (ANA), engaging in activities related to ethics, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality improvement, leadership, collaboration, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, environmental health, and patient advocacy as appropriate to clinical nursing practice. This role will be focused on transporting monitored patients throughout the facility, assisting with emergency response, and supporting inpatient and ED units.

Salary range: $65.76-$97.76/Hourly