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Job Description

Make a Difference Every Single Day

When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared culture of passion and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it’s just one of the many reasons we’ve achieved our fifth-consecutive Magnet designation for nursing excellence. From working with a team of excellent healthcare professionals to using innovative facilities, you’ll have everything needed to do something incredible—for yourself and for others. Join us, and discover why U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America’s Best Hospitals.

The Anesthesia Pain Center, located in the state-of-the-art, eco-friendly located in the Mark Goodson Building, is part of the Operating Room/Anesthesia/Surgery Services and offers a convenient location for patients’ pre-procedure needs. Services include phlebotomy, electrocardiograms (EKGs), pre-procedure health screening by nurses with special expertise in surgery and anesthesia, and an assessment for high-risk patients by an anesthesiologist.

Position Overview:

The Anesthesia Pain Center has an immediate opening for a Registered Nurse (RN) who will assume responsibility and accountability for the application of the nursing process and the delivery of patient care. The RN will be required to rotate through the Intra-Op RN role, functioning as an OR Circulator, and must possess procedural experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• - Provide and document direct and indirect patient care services that ensure the safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients.

• - Provide patient education on disease prevention and restorative measures.

• - Administer medications and therapeutic agents necessary to implement the treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitative plan of care.

• - Perform skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy, and initiate peripheral venous access.

• - Observe and assess signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications/treatments, general behavior, and/or general physical condition to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics and initiate emergency procedures when indicated.

• - Plan and implement care based on observations, implementing appropriate reporting, referrals, and care in accordance with standardized procedures while providing care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds.

• - Identify patients' readiness for learning and their ability to follow directions/instructions and give consent while assessing patient safety concerns with respect to age and developmental considerations.

• - Intervene to provide a safe environment and evaluate the efficiency of interventions for patients.

Qualifications

Educational Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program. BSN or higher preferred.

License/Certification/Registration Requirements:

• Current California State RN License required
• American Heart Association BCLS.
• National Specialty Certification required. (External applicants must obtain within one year of hire)

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years recent acute RN experience in specialty - post anesthesia care. Note: (minimum 1 year recent acute RN experience will be considered for Registered Nurse II)
• Working knowledge of applicable Standards of Practice.
• Demonstrates a dedication to customer service and an ability to meet the needs and expectations of patients and health care colleagues.
• Meets clinical criteria and protocol for Clinical Nurse assigned level.
• Full command (verbal and written) of the English language.

Physical Demands:

• Full body motion
• Full sensory response (vision, speech, hearing, smell, touch)
• Manual finger dexterity and fine motor skills with eye-hand coordination
• Frequent standing, walking, twisting (trunk, neck), bending (waist), flexing/extending/stretching (extremities and trunk)
• Occasional sitting, gripping/grasping, reaching below shoulder level, reaching above shoulder level, kneeling, squatting
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds, push/pull at least 100 pounds and carry up to 25 pounds

Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Applicant_Accommodation@cshs.org and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and well-being of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu). For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through March each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment.