Registered Nurse - ICU Per Diem

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

The Professional Clinical Registered Nurse practices to provide relationship based care. Individualized care to the geriatric and adult patient and family is provided within the realm of relationship-based care. An Individualized plan of care is provided; utilizing the nursing process including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation. Independently guides nursing practice and evaluates patient specific outcomes. Responsible for inspiring to ensure clinically excellent outcomes through effective delegation in the exercise of his/her independent judgement. Utilizes effective communication to support a culture of caring and healing in which the patient and family are the central focus. Nursing care address physical, spiritual, emotional and educational needs of the patient, and coordinates the plan of care with other healthcare professional’s patients, support persons and all members of the healthcare team. Acts in compliance with enterprise policies/procedures and the Nurse Practice Act of the State of Illinois and in alignment with the nursing mission, vision, and values. Follows the enterprise nursing philosophy and the Empowered for Excellence (E2) nursing professional practice model which are derived from the Benner model and Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring.

The successful candidate:

• Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and documents the care of critically ill medical and surgical adult patients.
• Provides acute care per protocols.
• Assists with special procedures.
• Directs the care delivered by patient care partners and other health care team members in the department.
• Collaborates with physicians to evaluate patient readiness for change in level of care.
• Cares for medical oncology, surgical oncology, and telemetry patients as necessary.
• Recovers MAC local patients when PACU is not open.
• Must be able to work 7:00p-7:00a

QUALIFICATIONS

Your qualifications should include:

• 1-2 years of acute care experience

• Graduate of NLNAC or CCNE School of Nursing, and licensed in the state of IL                    

• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association must be maintained while in this position

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certified (As appropriate for population served)

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