Per Diem Nurse - Patient Lift and Transport - Day Shift

Req ID: 103128

Location: Orange, California

Division: Medical Center

Department: Patient Lift Transport Orange

Position Type: PER DIEM

Salary Range Minimum: USD $82.51/Hr.

Salary Range Maximum: USD $82.51/Hr.

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Position Summary

The Critical Care Transport RN will be primarily responsible for providing care to patients during intra-facility patient transports throughout the hospital; ensuring safe and timely care/treatments/test. Will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement a plan of care for a specific group of assigned patients, ensuring the coordination of care between other disciplines and support staff. Performs professional nursing duties that incorporate the psychomotor and age-appropriate cognitive skills of the patient/family/significant other to assess, plan, intervene and advocate for the patient on an ongoing basis throughout the continuum of care. Will evaluate patient outcomes, effectiveness of plan of care, and readiness for discharge and revise plan or make referrals as necessary. Acts as a role model and mentor to a variety of students and nurses new to the unit. Participates in patient care as requested by the supervision/manager.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications

• Understanding of applicable regulatory requirements
• Required to float between the Orange and Irvine locations as needed.
• Demonstrates the ability to communicate effectively in a therapeutic way
• All external candidates must have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Ability to read, write and communicate effectively in English
• Ability to maintain flexibility and work well in a fast paced, constantly changing environment
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• A minimum of 3 years of recent nursing experience in adult critical care

Preferred Qualifications

• Specialty certification in critical care nursing
• Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with patients and families

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse
• Basic Life Support
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Education

• Bachelor of Science, Nursing