Antelope Valley Hospital is Hiring for Registered Nurse

Full Time | Days 

About the Position: Registered Nurse | Full Time | Days

A Clinical Nurse focuses on providing care for patients from the moment they arrive at the clinic to deliver short- and long-term care. The Registered Nurse will work closely with doctors, specialists, and other care providers to provide the highest quality care to patients. A Clinical Nurse is expected to collect patient information, evaluate the patient's condition, administer treatment and medications, and educate their patients. The Registered Nurse provides accurate assessment and documentation of all the patient’s needs within an appropriate time frame for the patient’s needed level of care. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are vital for an RN to work with patients and their families. Antelope Valley Hospital also supports new grads by offering new grad training as appropriate.

Antelope Valley Hospital Highlights

• Provides care to more than 218,000 patients each year
• Receives over 130,000 Emergency Department visits annually
• Delivers nearly 5,000 babies a year
• Is the only Trauma Center within 50 miles
• Has 650 physicians on staff representing 66 different specialities
• Employees a workforce of over 2,300
• Receives assistance from more than 450 volunteers in the community
• Offers the area’s only Pediatrics Unit and NICU
• Recently opened the Institute for Heart & Vascular Care
• Is an Accredited Chest Pain Center, Advanced Primary Stroke Center, and STEMI Receiving Center
• Is recognized as a National Comprehensive Community Cancer Center

Benefits

• Rate/s according to years of experience
  • 1 year    - $40.52/hour
  • 2 years   - $41.75/hour
  • 5 years   - $44.73/hour
  • 10 years - $49.92/hour
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage for you and your family
  • Medical, dental, and vision with EPO, HMO and PPO plan options, including a cost‑saving prescription (Rx) program
• Employee benefits at NO COST TO YOU:
  • Basic life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance
  • Long‑term disability insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services
• Voluntary benefits and tax‑saving plans
  • Supplemental life insurance
  • Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
  • Universal life with long‑term care insurance
  • Critical illness, short‑term disability and accident insurance
• Paid time off
  • PTO program combines vacation, holiday and one‑half sick benefits into a single PTO bank
• Retirement plan
  • AVH retirement plan is a defined benefit plan. Participation is automatic once meeting eligibility requirements of one year of service and over 1,000 hours worked.
• 403(b) Tax
  • AVH sponsors a 403(b) voluntary retirement plan for all employees to participate in pre-tax salary deferral contributions.
• Education tuition reimbursement
  • AVH supports the professional growth of employees by offering financial assistance for tuition and books to eligible employees in qualified programs.

Requirements

• Current California Registered Nurse license

• One year Registered Nurse experience

• BLS and ACLS certification

• PALS certification (within 6 months of hire)

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  Annual Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Certification, at first available hospital training class

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  Annual Restraint Certification

• Annual JCAHO Review/Competencies

Antelope Valley Hospital

Located just 60 miles north of Los Angeles, Antelope Valley Hospital has been delivering exceptional care for more than 60 years. We are the only full-service acute care facility in the Antelope Valley, and we have more than 300 beds. We are a Level II Trauma Center and Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center Accredited. Our non-profit hospital has grown to be the preeminent healthcare facility for our district's nearly 1.2 million residents.

We offer the region's only trauma center, pediatric unit, NICU, inpatient mental health care, labor and delivery, Accredited Chest Pain Center/STEMI Receiving Center, Advanced Primary Stroke Center, and Comprehensive Community Cancer Center.
 

Antelope Valley Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

At Antelope Valley Hospital, our employees are at the heart of what we do best – delivering high quality, patient-centered healthcare.

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