RN - Stepdown

Who We Are

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.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

Orientates to the planning and provision of nursing care to patients in the step down unit. Accurately interprets ECG rhythm and manages care of patients during life threatening emergencies in population served. Orientates to the supervision and delegation of care responsibilities to ancillary personnel commensurate with their scope of practice.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System
• Current California Registered Nurse license.
• AHA Basic Life Support (BLS)
• AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• All external candidates must have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms
• Complete of Critical Care Course.
• Required cardiovascular nursing knowledge of skills applicable to the care of post-coronary intervention and open heart patients during their rehab & discharge phase of their hospitalization.
• Excellent observation skills, good nursing judgement/critical thinking, and oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with multiple tasks in a team setting utilizing interpersonal, organizational and prioritizing skills.
• Able to supervise and delegate care responsibilities to ancillary personnel in proportion with their scope of practice