Description There's nothing more exciting and rewarding than being able to make a significant, positive difference in someone's life. At UCLA Health, you'll experience this joy every day while also enjoying the positive, supportive, and collaborative environment that makes ours one of the most loved workplaces. Join us and find out for yourself.
Using your advanced practice nursing skills, you will be responsible for assessing and coordinating care for a diverse group of patients. You will collaborate and consult with a multi-disciplinary health care team as well as with patients and their families to ensure safe and effective coordination of care. This involves developing and implementing individualized care plans utilizing evidence-based tools for risk stratification to ensure delivery of safe, high quality, efficient, and cost-effective care. You will also perform utilization review while assuring the delivery of concurrent and post-hospital care. We're also looking to you to help drive performance improvement efforts.
At UCLA Health, our passion for delivering the highest quality patient care has enabled us to become a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and more than 270 community clinics throughout Southern California. We're also home to the world-class medical research and clinical education capabilities of the David Geffen School of Medicine. If you're looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, come to UCLA Health.
Salary Range: $59.99 - $77.58 Hourly QualificationsWe're seeking a self-directed, creative problem solver with a:
- BSN or MSN (ASN accepted for current UCLA Health Nursing staff)
- CA RN License and BLS certification
- Recent experience in case management, utilization management and discharge planning
- Minimum of three years of acute hospital experience; or the equivalent of education and experience
- Strong leadership abilities
- Systems planning and patient care management experience in a high-volume work environment
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and analytical skills
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams
- Knowledge of a large university teaching hospitals
Emergency Room experience preferred.
U CAN HELP DEFINE NURSING EXCELLENCE
At UCLA Health and David Geffen School of Nursing, there s no limit to what U CAN do in your nursing career. Because our nurses are essential in the delivery of the world-class care UCLA Health is known for, we provide them with every resource and opportunity to achieve their fullest professional and personal potential. Through our Center for Nursing Excellence, state-of-the-art clinical technology, shared governance, recognition programs and more, we re inspiring, empowering and supporting our nurses to go further in their practice. It s no wonder we ve been able to achieve Magnet status multiple times in multiple locations.
When you re ready to elevate your nursing career, we have ongoing openings at locations throughout our system, including:
- Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
- UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
- Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA
- UCLA Mattel Children s Hospital
- Over 160 UCLA ambulatory clinics, specialty practices and urgent care centers
No matter where you serve with UCLA Health, you ll enjoy all of the cultural, recreational and lifestyle advantages Southern California has to offer.