RN Staff - 6E/W Medical Surgical Stepdown – Full Time 12 Hour Nights (Non-Exempt) (Union)
Los Angeles, California
- Eligibility
- Med surgTelemetryCritical Care
- Shift
- 12-hour nights
- Unit
- 6E/W Medical Surgical Stepdown
Posted Jul 27 · New grads welcomed
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour nights
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- Charge shifts
- Practice
- Union position
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
More role details
- Experience
- New graduates
- Unit
- 6E/W Medical Surgical Stepdown
- Patients
- MANAGEMENT OF THE CARE OF PATIENTS IN THE STEPDOWN/TELEMETRY UNITS • Demonstrates the ability to manage high acuity patients requiring specialized monitoring and care. Status post open heart, heart transplant, lung transplant. Status post liver/kidney transplants, orthopedics, hepatobiliary, general surgeries. Status post thoracic-forgut, gastric bypass, neurology, neurosurgery.
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Below most CA Med-Surg postings
CA Med-Surg postings that state pay run $49/hr to $87/hr, the middle half $51/hr to $72/hr, across 53 postings.
About this role
As an integral part of the interdisciplinary team, the Registered Nurse utilizes the nursing process to provide therapeutic care to patients. The Registered Nurse is accountable for the coordination of patient care and education to the patient and family in accordance with the standards, policies, and practices in a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment.
Sourced from a public job board.
“Req 0-1 year Must have less than 1 year of acute care experience as a Registered Nurse.” · from this posting
Requirements
- RN
- CA Board of Registered Nursing
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN)
- 0-1 year acute care experience as a Registered Nurse
- Current knowledge of treatment practices
- Knowledge of medical procedures and conditions
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- Registered Nurse - RN (CA Board of Registered Nursing)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
- Fire Life Safety Training (LA City)
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
Place
- City
- Los Angeles, California
- Median rent
- $1,933/mo
- Local household income
- $81,939/yr
- Metro price level
- 14% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Los Angeles area index 113.6, where 100 is the national average.
Living costs run about 14% above the national average—cheaper than San Francisco, still steep—so an $80k–$150k nurse salary means renting in Koreatown's dense, food-rich blocks, East Hollywood, Glendale, or parts of DTLA, not buying on the Westside. Families gravitate to Porter Ranch and Mar Vista for safety and schools; Silver Lake skews houses over apartments.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
About the employer
Keck Medical Center of USC is an academic medical center and teaching hospital located in Los Angeles, California, operating as part of Keck Medicine of USC, the clinical enterprise of the University of Southern California. The facility includes specialized intensive…
On your path
Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
Worth asking
We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
