When you join the Huntington Hospital team, you are aligning yourself with an organization whose values drive our philosophy of compassionate community care. Over the past 129 years, we’ve grown from a small 16-bed hospital to a nationally recognized healthcare leader with 619 beds. As part of our commitment to providing equitable, high-quality care to all members of our community, we embrace differences and work hard to create a place of belonging for our patients and our employees. When you join the Huntington family, you’ll be empowered to enact change that continuously improves our ability to deliver world-class care, with kindness and dignity, to all who need it.
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Compensation Range
Anticipated Base compensation rate is in the range of $43.90 - $51.22 / Hour depending on qualifications and experience.
- 12 hour shifts at Huntington Health are overtime-based (not a straight time rate for all 12 hours). Therefore, employees who work a full 12-hour shift will be paid their base rate for 8 hours AND overtime (1.5) for hours up to 12.
Department
Expectations:
Deadline to submit applications is Friday, November 8, 2024
Please read the full posting and include all requirements (personal statement, resume, letters of recommendations, transcripts and licenses and Certs with your application.) You may upload all the required documents as an attachment altogether under the resume upload button. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Qualifications
- Graduated from an accredited Bachelor’s in Nursing or a Master of Science in Nursing
- Associate in Nursing Degree may be considered for current Huntington Hospital employee, must be currently enrolled in a BSN program and commit to completing within 3 years from date of transfer/promotion.
- Newly graduated Registered Nurse with a total of less than one year of nursing experience in any area by the start of the program
- Valid California Registered Nursing License
These are the requirements: Incomplete applications will not be considered
(When applying you can upload several attachments under the resume attachment button).
- Resume
- Personal Statement - The personal statement must not exceed two pages (12-pt font, double spaced) and should include:
- why you selected nursing as a profession
- what being a nurse means to you
- what will you bring to the profession of nursing at Huntington Hospital.
On the
top portion of your personal statement, answer the following:
Are you currently employed at Huntington Hospital? Yes/No
- If yes, what unit are you currently working in and in what role?
What are your top three preferences for employment (1 being first preference, 2 second, 3 third) - Pick 3We will have opportunities in the following areas
- Float Pool
- Neurosciences Stroke Center
- Medical/Surgical Telemetry 4W
- Cardiothoracic Unit 5W
- Surgical/Telemetry 5E
- Surgical Unit 4E
- Medicine Unit Sta. 35
- Medical/Surgical (Ortho/Neuro/Spine) Unit 6E
- Medical/Telemetry Sta. 45
- Medicine/Oncology
- Include copies of the following:
- Unofficial academic transcripts or Nursing Diploma
- Two letters of recommendation
- A description of any volunteer service you’ve performed,
- California Registered Nurse license (Primary Source Verification document from the BRN Web Site)
- Certifications (BLS/ACLS etc.)
Description of units
Float Pool – Float Pool RNs serve patients on all Medical, Medical-Surgical, Telemetry, Rehab, DOU (only if cross-trained) and procedural area such as Cath Lab/Interventional Radiology. Float pool staff are assigned to these areas as needed to address staffing variances. Float Pool RNs do not serve patients in Emergency Department, Behavioral Health and Critical Care Unit.
Neurosciences Stroke Center (Neuro) - Neuroscience Stroke Telemetry Unit, Comprehensive Stroke certified. The Neurosciences Stroke Unit provides constant neurological and cardiac monitoring (via telemetry) for all neurological and stroke patients. The type of patients the Neuroscience Stroke Center serves includes but is not limited to transient ischemic attack, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, seizures, cranial nerve disease, meningitis, stable traumatic brain injury and stable spinal cord injury.
Cardiothoracic Unit (CTU) - 5 West is a cardiac unit that provides constant cardiac monitoring for all patients via telemetry and focuses on caring for patients with cardiac dysfunction. Patients admitted to the Cardiothoracic Unit will require care for including but not limited to the following conditions: Stable suspected or proven myocardial infarction, symptomatic cardiac arrhythmia, post-op cardiac surgery, post-op thoracic surgery, prolonged ischemic chest pain or unstable angina, congestive heart failure, electrical and chemical cardioversion, pacemaker implantation or repair, ICD implantation and other cardiac procedures.
Medical Surgical/Telemetry 4 West - Medical Telemetry is a general medical unit with an emphasis on cardiac telemetry monitoring, caring for a wide variety of medical patients with diagnoses including; Covid, CHF, COPD, pneumonia, diabetes, renal failure, GI bleed, sepsis, and neurological disorders especially those requiring telemetry monitoring and/or vasoactive drips.
Med/Tele Station 45 - Station 45 is an observation/Short Stay unit that is designed to serve patients with variety of diagnosis like Chest Pain, Syncope, Cellulitis, Asthma. The unit is created to decrease the constraints in Emergency Department. It is a fast-paced unit with several resources that are available to support the nursing staff. The goal is to assess the patient, treat and monitor if patient can be discharged before 24 hrs. The unit has strong leadership with 18 plus years' experience that supports the model. It is a model unit that has proven as a best practice to open beds to the community. It is a monitored unit with all staff requiring ACLS to provide care for the cardiac population.
Medical/Surgical Unit (Ortho/Neuro/Spine) 6E - primarily serves patients with orthopedic surgery and neuro-spine, not limited to trauma. The department offers inpatient pre and post-surgical services including the following: Joint replacement, elective orthopedic surgery, internal fixation, craniotomy, laminotomy, head trauma, and other elective neurosurgery. Medical care may be provided to a wide variety of diagnoses.
General Medical Unit – Station 35 is a general medical unit that cares for a variety of medical patients with diagnoses including: CHF, COPD, pneumonia, diabetes, renal failure, GI bleeds, sepsis, and other disorders.
Surgical/Telemetry Unit –
5 East serves general surgical and trauma patients. Specializing in the delivery of care to the general surgical patient pre- and post-operatively. Additionally, we specialize in the care of trauma patients and are a designated Bariatric Center of Excellence and therefore specializing int eh care of patients that have undergone Bariatric and Metabolic surgery.
Surgical Unit - 4 East serves general surgical and trauma patients specializing in the care of the general surgical patient pre- and postoperatively, as well as the care of trauma patients. Additionally, the unit has the capacity to care for patients who have undergone neurosurgeries such as craniotomes, laminectomies, spinal fusions, and deep stimulations.
Medicine/Oncology 6W - patients with diagnoses of cancer and those undergoing chemotherapy as well as radiation therapy. The department offers inpatient medical services including Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Renal, Neurology, Endocrine, Hematology, Surgical Oncology, and Radiation Therapy with specific nurse competencies in Oncology. Administration of intravenous, intramuscular, intrathecal, and subcutaneous chemotherapy agents
Job Summary
Responsible for coordination of care to meet identified needs of the patient/family. Supervises the management of patient care utilizing critical thinking and nursing process, discharge planning, resource identification, linking and scheduling patients with required services, monitoring care delivery, advocating for the patient, care planning and evaluating outcomes. Coordinates patient care across the health care continuum, and assists other team members with meeting individual patient needs.
This position may require flexibility of hours.
12 hour shifts at Huntington Health are overtime-based (not a straight time rate for all 12 hours). Therefore, employees who work a full 12-hour shift will be paid their base rate for 8 hours AND overtime (1.5) for hours up to 12.
Education
For internal promotions to a RN New Grad or for hires between 9/1/15 – 5/1/2018, must be currently enrolled in a BSN or MSN program & degree must be completed within 3 years of DOH or date of transition to an RN position.
Effective for New Hires after 5/1/18, BSN or higher required.
Diploma or transcripts on highest degree earned required.
Licenses/Certifications
Current active unrestricted RN license issued by State of California required.
Current American Heart Association BLS Provider required.
Current American Heart Association ACLS Provider required within three months of employment if applicable to your position.
NIHSS certification required within 90 days of hire/transfer if applicable to your position.
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