ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
• Accountable to the unit Manager and/or the Director of the department.
• Adherence to identified nursing standards of practice.
• Annually demonstrates competence in critical behaviors for assigned area.
• Displays professional commitment and supports the unit team by promoting unity and teamwork among coworkers by
maintaining a positive attitude and positive working relationships.
• Responsible for the planning, directing, implementation, and evaluation of each patient. The implementation of nursing
care may be delegated by the RN responsible for the patient to other licensed nursing staff, or may be assigned to
unlicensed staff, subject to any limitations to their licensure, certification, level of competency, and/or regulation. The
RN will direct care provided by the LVN, CNA, nursing student, and/or logistics technician.
• Responsible for understanding and participating in the organization-wide Performance Improvement Program through
orientation, education, departmental and interdepartmental quality control, performance improvement, and quality
planning activities.
• Demonstrates the IRAISE values in all professional and patient care interactions.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Manager / Director / Clinical Lead RN.
• Prioritizes cases to provide service to most urgent case.
• Organizes patient transportation, surgical team coordination, age specific admission evaluation and pre-operative
preparation of patients including pre-operative work-up.
• Utilizing established protocols as applicable, follows appropriate pre- and post-procedure orders based on patient
evaluation.
• Follows up on patients post-procedurally.
• Participates with patient/family and other healthcare providers in the evaluation of patient outcomes.
• Provides coaching and mentoring of staff to improve patient outcomes.
• Coordinates pre and post procedure patient/family education based on the patient’s age/developmental needs, level of
understanding, cultural considerations, barriers, motivators, or limitations.
• Coordinates discharge planning.
• Communicates with patient’s families, medical consultants, medical and hospital staff, outside referring physicians and
medical groups.
• Communicates with insurance company utilization review and authorization personnel.
• Gathers and maintains data and reports as required by government agencies and/or the Quality Review
Department/Hospital Administration.
• Acts as a resource person for nurse coordinators, nursing, and other hospital staff.
• Reviews, interprets, integrates, and analyzes patient clinical findings.
• Effectively communicates finding and recommendations to achieve patient outcomes.
• Identifies the need for and coordinates patient/family conferences as needed.
• Ensures that a physician specific plan of care is in place for patients.
• Proposes alternative treatment options to ensure a cost effective and efficient plan of care.
• Reviews clinical findings and diagnostic reports and correlates medical record findings with patient assessment findings.
• Identifies and creates solutions to remove barriers that impede optimum patient care delivery.
• Provides supportive and therapeutic clinical interventions as indicated.
• Ensures referrals for consultants are completed in a timely manner and follow through as appropriate.
• Identifies the lead physician in complex cases with multiple practitioners.
• Ensures appropriate resource utilization relevant to the financial, regulatory and clinical aspects of care.
• Provides consultation and mediation services to facilitate patient progression towards desired outcomes.
• Collaborates with the entire health care team to identify primary patient/family decision maker and communicates care
plans as indicated.
• Identifies and creates solutions to remove barriers that impede optimal patient care delivery.
• Identifies and records avoidable delays and days.
• Documents and resolves/refer any discrepancy form standards of care issues to responsible individuals.
• Reviews, interprets, integrates, and analyzes patient clinical findings.
• Effectively communicates finding and recommendations to achieve patient outcomes.
• Identifies the need for and coordinates patient/family conferences as needed.
• Ensures that a physician specific plan of care is in place for patients.
• Proposes alternative treatment options to ensure a cost effective and efficient plan of care.
• Reviews clinical findings and diagnostic reports, and correlates medical record findings with patient assessment findings.
• Identifies and creates solutions to remove barriers that impede optimum patient care delivery.
• Identifies potential risk management or quality issues and resolves them through intervention or refers as appropriate.
• Ensures appropriate resource utilization relevant to the financial, regulatory and clinical aspects of care.
• Provides consultation and mediation services to facilitate patient progression towards desired outcomes.
• Collaborates with the entire health care team to identify primary patient/family decision maker and communicates care
plans as indicated.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Education:
Associate’s Degree Nursing
Minimum Skills:
Possess basic computer skills.
Required Certifications:
Registered Nurse - RN (CA Board of Registered Nursing)
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association.
Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association.
Preferred Education:
Bachelor’s Degree Nursing
Preferred Experience:
1 year acute care experience.
Current RN experience in assigned area of Nursing.
A registered nurse with current RN experience in Cath lab or Interventional Radiology.
Pay Transparency
The hourly rate range for this position is $21.00- $25.95. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California Arcadia Hospital considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, State, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.
Pay Transparency
The hourly rate range for this position is $53.00 - $87.45. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California Arcadia Hospital considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, State, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.
POSITION SUMMARY
USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to the Background Screening Policy Appendix D for specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying.
We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at uschr@usc.edu. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.
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