Registered Nurse - Emergency Room - Full Time 12 Hour Midshift/Evening Shift (Union)

USC

Los Angeles, California

Eligibility: RNER
Shift: 12-hour evenings

Posted Jul 31

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Schedule and commitments

Shift: 12-hour evenings
Term: Per Diem

The work and the unit

Unit: ER
Specialty: ER · Emergency Room
Setting: Hospital
Precepting: You would precept other nurses
Union: Union position

The team behind this role

Preceptors and orientation

Preceptor pay offered at USC Arcadia Hospital

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Employer scheduling

12-hour day/night shifts common; flexible scheduling and Weekender program at Arcadia; night shift differential available

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Pay and benefits

Against the board: In range for California PRN rolesCalifornia PRN postings that state pay run $35/hr to $94/hr, the middle half $43/hr to $74/hr, across 559 postings.

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Living costs about 14% above the US average

Median rent: $1,933/mo
Household income: $81,939/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

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Relocation assistance for moves greater than 60 miles including moving expenses and housing allowance at USC Arcadia Hospital

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Los Angeles is a 469-square-mile region pretending to be one city: you will spend most of life within a few miles of home, so choose the neighborhood that matches your hospital and shifts. Santa Monica and Venice buy marine-layer summers, the pier, and the beach bike path at roughly $3,000-$5,000 rents; Koreatown, Chinatown, East Hollywood, and DTLA/Little Tokyo put nurses on the Purple, Red, or Expo lines (about 15-30 minutes toward downtown and USC). Los Feliz and Silver Lake offer Griffith Observatory, greener streets, and food from Ye Rustic Inn to Grand Central Market, with weaker transit. Encino, Porter Ranch, Glendale, and Pasadena trade heat and a car for space, schools, and higher safety scores (Porter Ranch safer than 94% of the city). Tradeoffs are steep housing, 8-10 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. gridlock, canyon wildfire risk, and visible homelessness—offset by 260-plus sunny days, mild winters, and a food-and-outdoors density few U.S. cities match.

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About this role

As an integral member of the patient care team, the Registered Nurse supports the Chief Nursing Officer in leading the patient care team in providing for the safety, recovery and comfort of patients by implementing the nursing process (assessment, nursing diagnosis, developing the plan of care and the education plan; implementation of interventions, evaluation of interventions and revision of plan as needed); and provides education and advocacy. Practices in compliance with regulatory requirements including CMS Conditions of Participation, Title 22, CDPH regulations, DNV-GL/NIAHO standards, etc. The Registered Nurse supports department manager and director in quality improvement and growth of unit services; leadership in collaboration with co-workers and other departments; management of efficient services with meaningful and valuable outcomes.

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You are weighing Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles — a network of four hospitals (Keck Hospital of USC, USC Norris Cancer Hospital, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, USC Arcadia Hospital) and more than 100 clinics across LA, Orange, Kern,…

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