Job Description

A Clinical Nurse III is a proficient and experienced clinician who consistently provides comprehensive care to complex patients using a high standard of technical and organizational skills, critical thinking, ability applying nursing decision-making skills and demonstrates high standard assessment skills.

Possesses an in-depth knowledge in all aspects of nursing care for a specific unit patient population and consistently applies specialized knowledge and skills in the management of nursing care for individual or groups of patients and their families. Serves as the experienced mentor with the goal of further developing the staff to reach their full capability. Select and demonstrates achievement of one of the three clinical advancement pathways (Clinical Quality, Education, Leadership) each year and consistently maintain specialty nursing certification approved by ANCC.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plans and implements individualized patient care in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams based on observations. Implements appropriate reporting, referrals and care. Initiates emergency procedures when indicated.

• Demonstrates sophisticated assessment skills, integrating appropriate data sources to assess the signs, symptoms, reactions, behaviors, or general appearance to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics.

• Provides comprehensive care services to patients, including, but not limited to, the administration of medications and therapeutic agents needed to implement treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitative plan of care.

• Performs skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy and the initiation of peripheral venous access.

• Observes, evaluates and expeditiously alters plan of care based on signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications/treatments, general behavior, and/or general physical condition.

• Identifies existing patient care problems within assignment and assumes responsibility for problem resolution, solving and using resources appropriately. Identifies recurring clinical issues and uses leadership skills to change or solve them.

• Identifies situations with sophisticated variables, determines inter-relationship of variables and acts as consultant to CN II in assessing non-routine situations.

• Provides and accurately documents nursing process components and relevant interventions for direct and indirect patient care services that ensures the safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients in a timely manner.

• Provides experienced care and patient education on disease prevention and restorative measures.

• Provides care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds. Identifies patient’s readiness for learning and ability to follow processes and give consent.

• Makes special adjustments to patient care to the specific populations needs, including cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, education, family and condition needs.

• 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 patient.

• Provides assistance to co-workers, new staff, temporary staff and students and participates in the completion of required skills and proficiencies. Serves as a resource, preceptor and role model

• Consistently (verbal and non-verbal) supports administrative actions by serving as role model; uses conflict resolution actions when conflicts or concerns are evident.

• Assists as a chaperon when needed upon completion of the required Chaperon Training.

Qualifications

Education:

Associate Degree/College Diploma required. Bachelor's degree preferred.

License/Certification:

• RN California state license required.

• Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) from American Heart Association or American Red Cross required.

• ANCC Specialty Certification required.

Experience:

Three (3) years of RN experience in an ambulatory or acute care area of specialty required.

About Us

Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.

About the Team

With a growing number of primary urgent and specialty care locations across Southern California, Cedars-Sinai’s medical network serves people near where they live. Delivering coordinated, compassionate healthcare you can join our network of clinicians and physicians to improve the healthcare people throughout Los Angeles and beyond.

Req ID : 5863

Working Title : Clinical Nurse III - Cedars-Sinai Cancer Beverly Hills

Department : THO Operations

Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation

Job Category : Nursing

Job Specialty : Nursing

Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT

Primary Shift : Day

Shift Duration : 8 hour

Base Pay : $46.42 - $74.27

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.