Job Description

Are you ready to bring your clinical proficiencies to a world-class facility recognized as top ten in the United States? Do you have a passion for the highest quality and patient satisfaction? Then please respond to this dynamic opportunity available with one of the best places to work in Southern California! We would be happy to hear from you!

The new Kao Autoimmunity Institute and Scleroderma Program will be part of the Cedars-Sinai Department of Medicine. We will bring together clinicians, investigators and others from a variety of fields across Cedars-Sinai and its affiliated hospitals and care sites. You will be joining a team led by new directors, along with a new director of the Division of Rheumatology.

Summary of Essential Duties:

• Provides and documents direct and indirect patient care services that ensures the safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients.

• Educates patients on disease prevention and restorative measures.

• Administers medications and therapeutic agents vital to implement the treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitative plan of care.

• Performs/Assists procedures and diagnostic tests

• Observes signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications/treatments, general behavior, and/or general physical condition.

• Assesses signs, symptoms, reactions, behaviors, or general appearance to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics.

• Plans and implements care based on observations.

• Implements appropriate reporting, referrals and care in accordance with standardized procedures.

• Initiates emergency procedures when indicated.

• Provides care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds.

• Identifies patient’s readiness for learning and ability to understand instructions and give consent.

• Identifies and assesses patient safety concerns with respect to age and developmental considerations.

• Intervenes to provide a safe environment and evaluates efficiency of intervention for patients.

• Delegate duties to non-licensed personnel as appropriate and within scope of practice

Qualifications

Qualifications:

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program required

• BSN preferred

License/Certification:

• Current, unrestricted California State RN License required

• BLS from the American Heart Association required

• Specialty Certification required (or willing to acquire within one year from start date)

Experience:

• A minimum of 2 years of acute care nursing experience required

• Strong infusion and IV skills preferred

• Rheumatology experience preferred

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 wellbeing 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.

Req ID : 4207

Working Title : Registered Nurse II - Rheumatology - 8 Hour Days

Department : CDCS Rheumatology

Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Job Category : Nursing

Job Specialty : Nursing

Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT

Primary Shift : Day

Shift Duration : 8 hour

Base Pay : $49.04 - $78.46

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.