Job Description

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Charge RN - Med Surg/Tele (Unit 3/South) for our day shift at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital. This is an outstanding opportunity to lead a skilled team in a progressive care setting, providing both direct and indirect patient care. You will have the chance to work in a dynamic environment where your expertise will contribute to our flawless patient care standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate, plan, and direct the operations of the nursing unit for your assigned shift.
• Deliver both direct and indirect patient care, responding promptly and precisely to alterations in patient condition.
• Communicate effectively with Physicians, Nursing Unit Directors, and co-workers about patient clinical conditions.
• Prepare monthly work schedules, daily patient assignments, and manage break and meal period schedules.
• Supervise and delegate work to unit employees, ensuring efficient staffing levels.
• Conduct interviews for unit positions, evaluate probationary employees, and perform annual employee evaluations.
• Resolve conflicts among unit employees and address complaints from patients, families, and physicians.
• Ensure narcotics and controlled substances are counted and locked per hospital policy.
• Assist the Unit Director with special projects and the management of the unit?s Quality Improvement Plan.
• Perform comprehensive assessments and formulate individualized care plans for patients of all ages.
• Demonstrate knowledge of medication administration, critical thinking, and cardiac monitoring.
• Educate patients and families on pain management and provide care for patients with complex health needs.

Qualifications

Education 

• Associate Degree in nursing minimum.
• Bachelor?s Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Experience

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years RN experience in acute care.
• Preferred 1 year of experience as a Charge Nurse. 
• Preferred 1 year of Telemetry experience.

License/Certification:

• Current California Registered Nurse Licensure upon hire.
• BLS certification upon hire.

Skills and Abilities

• Strong ability to assess and reassess patient needs and conditions.
• Proven skills in critical thinking and decision-making.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse team to provide patient-centered care.
• Knowledge of the principles of growth and development, age-specific care, and technical nursing skills.

Join us at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital and impact the lives of our patients every day!

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About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi...tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.

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