UCLA Health

Registered Nurse - Senior Focused Care, Santa Monica

UCLA Health  •  Onsite  •  28 days ago
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Job Description


General Information

Work Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
Posted Date
05/01/2026
Salary Range $65.76 - 97.76 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
30126


Primary Duties and Responsibilities


Join our compassionate and collaborative care team supporting the Senior Care program! As an RN, you will deliver high-quality, patient-centered care for our senior population. We are seeking a nurse who brings compassion, professionalism, clinical expertise, and a commitment to excellence in geriatric care. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Provide direct patient care, including assessments, medication administration, etc
  • Monitor and document patients’ clinical status and communicate changes to the care team
  • Triage phone calls and respond to patient concerns, questions, and follow-up needs
  • Provide age-appropriate education to patients and families on disease processes, medications, and wellness strategies
  • Participate in care team huddles, case management discussions, and interdisciplinary meetings
  • Support care coordination, referrals, and transitions of care for patients moving between clinic, hospital, and home
  • Engage in quality improvement initiatives, infection prevention, and population health management projects
  • Provide mentorship to new clinical staff


Job Qualifications


Required:

  • At least 6 months of experience as an RN
  • Bachelor or Master of Science in Nursing
  • Current valid California Registered Nurse license
  • BLS from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association
  • Ability to complete physical assessments
  • Skill in developing a plan of care including setting goals, monitoring and documenting progress
  • Ability to implement interventions that are pertinent to goals established in the plan of care
  • Ability to evaluate the effective of interventions toward the attainment of established goals and to recognize the need to reassess or reset goal parameters
  • Ability to delegate tasks in a management style that is consistent with promoting leadership and teamwork
  • Knowledge base to provide education to patients, families, and other staff regarding clinical and patient care issues


As a condition of employment
, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

UCLA Health

About UCLA Health

For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.

Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.

Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
1955
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