Job Description

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday- Friday 0730-1600
Posted Date
03/04/2026
Salary Range $65.76 - 97.76 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
29047

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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The clinical nurse is a professional Registered Nurse who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame and provides care to these patients using the nursing process in accordance with the standards of professional nursing practice. The clinical nurse performs in the professional role as described by the American Nurses Association (ANA); engaging in activities related to ethics, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality improvement, leadership, collaboration, professional practice evaluation, resources utilization, environmental health, and patient advocacy as appropriate to clinical nursing practice.

The staff RN is a professional caregiver who provides pre-operative evaluation and medical screening of patients having anesthesia for a surgery or procedure, by reviewing and evaluating internal and external medical and other relevant documents and conducting a pre-operative phone interview (or on-site clinical review) of the patient.

The RN will apply critical thinking processes for identification and scoring of identified and potential risk factors of surgical patients and collaborate with the surgical team for pre-operative assessment, recommendations and management. Throughout the evaluative process, the RN will teach and instruct patients on pre-operative care management and coordinate care with the physician, patient and staff.

The RN is responsible for maintaining efficient patient flow, clinical assessment, planning, initiating medical interventions and diagnostic workups, and communicating with patient/family/physician regarding any medical issues that may hinder or prevent surgery/treatment plans. The RN will utilize problem solving, systems planning and patient care management skills at PEPC Westwood clinic and completing pre-anesthesia evaluation of procedural patients as needed. The RN will also facilitate and maintain the workflow of the clinic, obtain and complete clinical documentation and care of preoperative patients.

This role will participate in lectures/in-services dealing with topics concerning management of patient care. The PEPC RN supports the department's philosophy and objectives and will also carry out all other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications

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3-5 years of experience in an acute hospital setting/Interventional/OR area

and

2 years ICU or Med/Surg experience within the last ten years

and

2 continuous years of Pediatric clinical care experience within the last five years.

Ability to push, pull, lift, up to 35 lbs. required

Ability to complete a Nursing History and Physical on pediatric and adult patient population via phone interview/in person.

Ability to simultaneously complete nursing documentation electronically in multiple applications, while delivering excellent patient care in real time in person, over the phone, or through video technology

Ability to effectively apply anesthesia screening protocols to optimize the patient for surgery.

Knowledge base to provide education to patients, families, and other staff regarding clinical and patient care issues.

Ability to implement interventions that are pertinent to goals established in the plan of care.

Ability to evaluate the effective use of interventions toward the attainment of established goals and to recognize the need to reassess or reset goal parameters.

Skill in developing a plan of care including setting goals, monitoring and documenting progress using the LEAN methodology.

Ability to perform repetitive tasks of computer documentation, patient interviews with the ability to sit for prolonged periods of time.

Ability to successfully deliver timely and accurate patient care in a work environment that utilizes operations-management tools and techniques to optimize performance (including individual performance expectations, quality assurance based on patient/customer feedback, focus on servicing efficiency, etc)

Ability to effectively utilize skills in the following areas: Communication with patients and peers (active listening, empathy, rapport, written and electronic documentation); Education; Problem Solving; Customer service delivery as measured by Patient/Customer Satisfaction feedback.

Ability to effectively function within, and proactively foster, a team-based work structure, based on demonstrated experience in personal adaptability/flexibility, skill development, and leadership.

Experience in the creation of educational teaching material for patient care/staff utilization.

Working knowledge of various CareConnect templates for the review, documentation and evaluation of patient care planning.

California Registered Nursing License or CA IPRN

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certification

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.