RN Staff - 5 W ICU - Full Time 12 Hour Days (Non-Exempt) (Union)
Los Angeles, California
- Eligibility
- Critical CareTelemetryStepdown
- Shift
- 12-hour days
- Unit
- ICU
Posted Jul 27 · Not open to new grads
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour days
- Term
- Permanent
- Practice
- Union position
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Below most CA ICU postings
CA ICU postings that state pay run $47/hr to $76/hr, the middle half $50/hr to $69/hr, across 178 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. Essential duties include nursing assessment, diagnosis, care planning, intervention, documentation, patient/family education, transfer and discharge coordination, equipment utilization, communication, organization, regulatory compliance, management of medical-surgical patients, management of ICU patients, management of stepdown/telemetry patients, quality measures, and professional development.
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“Qualifications Req Bachelor's degree Nursing Degree in Nursing (BSN) Req 0-1 year Must have less than 1 year of acute care experience as a Registered Nurse. Req Current knowledge of treatment practices. Req Knowledge of…” · from this posting
Requirements
- CA RN
- 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 including whole blood collection and apheresis procedures
- Registered Nurse - RN (CA Board of Registered Nursing)
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- Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
- Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) - must be obtained within 30 days of hire if not held
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association - required for ICU, Step-down, Telemetry departments
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.
At 14% above the national average, LA's cost of living means your $80k–$150k nurse salary rents in Koreatown, East Hollywood, Glendale, or DTLA—not Westside buying. Koreatown packs families and Korean barbecue into noisy blocks with little greenery; Porter Ranch answers with trails, safety (safer than 94% of the city), and $681,550 median homes.
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
ICU / Critical Care is a specialty you move into. The classic route: base year, then transfer in.
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?
