About this role
The Emergency Department Registered Nurse is specially trained to provide prompt response and treatment for any patient presenting with any life threatening, emergent, or urgent medical need. Provides monitoring and therapeutic equipment necessary to provide specialized nursing care to acute or complex patients. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement a plan of care for a specific group of assigned patients, ensuring the coordination of care between other disciplines, physicians, and support staff. Performs professional nursing duties that incorporate the psychosocial, psychomotor and age appropriate cognitive skills of the patient/family/significant other to assess, plan, intervene and advocate for the patient on an ongoing basis throughout the continuum of care. Will reevaluate patient response and outcomes, effectiveness of plan of care, and readiness for discharge and revise plan or make referrals as necessary. Acts as a role model and mentor to a variety of new graduate nurses, orientees and support staff.
As an acute care, 50-bed community hospital, Norwalk Community Hospital provide quality healthcare to the Norwalk and surrounding communities. This includes our 24/7 emergency department and more than a dozen specialties, including pulmonary, gastrointestinal, cardiology, internal medicine, orthopedics, surgical services and more.
Other facts
About Prospect Medical
Alta Hospitals System, part of Prospect Medical’s California operations, owns and operates seven hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange County. The five hospitals are Southern California Hospitals at Culver City and Hollywood, Los Angeles and Norwalk Community Hospitals, and Foothill Regional Medical Center in Tustin. Our two behavioral health hospitals are Los Angeles Community Hospital at Bellflower and Southern California Hospital at Van Nuys.
Our acute care hospitals offer orthopedics/spine services, cardiac, general and specialized surgery, surgical weight loss, vascular services, critical care, pulmonary services, GI program, neurology, and addiction and behavioral health programs, as well as emergency and urgent care departments. Our Tustin hospital also operates a pediatric subacute unit. Visit each hospital website for more information about specific programs and services (below).
Our hospitals are nationally recognized by Healthgrades for Patient Safety Excellence, Pulmonary Excellence and GI Excellence. For a complete list of clinical achievements, visit each hospital’s website.
We welcome nurses and other healthcare professionals passionate about provide quality, compassionate, accessible healthcare in the LA and OC regions.
To learn more about nursing careers, visit:
Los Angeles Community Hospitals: lach-la.com/nursing
Southern California Hospitals: sch-culvercity/nursing
Hospital and Career Information:
Southern California Hospital at Culver City: sch-culvercity.com
Southern California Hospital at Hollywood: sch-hollywood.com
Van Nuys Behavioral Health Hospital: sch-vannuys.com
Los Angeles Community Hospital: lach-la.com
Norwalk Community Hospital: lach-norwalk.com
Bellflower Behavioral Health Hospital: lach-bellflower.com
Foothill Regional Medical Center: foothillregionalmedicalcenter.com
What you'll do
- The Emergency Department Registered Nurse provides prompt response and treatment for patients with life-threatening or urgent medical needs. They collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement care plans while monitoring patient outcomes.
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