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Title: Registered Nurse Pediatric Intensive Care Unit - Per Diem
Location: California-Tarzana

Providence is calling a PICU Nurse to Providence Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, CA.

Providence Tarzana Medical Center is a 245-bed not-for-profit medical center that serves the San Fernando Valley, offering high quality specialty services, including: heart and vascular care, orthopedics, oncology and senior services. Recognizing the special health care needs of women and children, our Women’s Pavilion & Resource Center provides women’s health and maternity care in once central location. The hospital specializes in pediatrics and has one of the largest neonatal intensive care units in the San Fernando Valley. Providence Tarzana has a reputation for clinical excellence and sophisticated technology with a personal touch. Providence Health & Services cares about the people and the lives that we touch each and every day. We are continually driven by the caring tradition of our heritage – the foundation of our Mission and core-values – to embrace respect, compassion, justice, excellence and stewardship. With a rich past reaching back more than 65 years in Southern California, and 150 years in total, Providence Health & Services today celebrates unprecedented growth, recognition for top quality health care, a vibrant employee culture where new ideas are encouraged and a drive to help the underprivileged - all with an eye toward the future.

We are seeking a Registered Nurse that is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating and providing high quality of care in the PICU. Our PICU is a 9 bed unit caring for critically ill pediatric patients, infant to 18 yrs of age with medical and surgical disorders.

In this position you will:
* Implement and maintain established department, unit, administrative, and clinical policies/procedures for patient care, safety, and infection control.
* Conduct initial and ongoing patient assessment with attention to each patient's physical, emotional, psychosocial and spiritual needs.
* Collaborate and communicate with other personnel to maintain good employee relations, meet interdepartmental objectives, and optimize patient care.
* Provide direction to team members to coordinate care of assigned patients and problem-solve patient care issues during the shift.

Required qualifications for this position include:
* Current California RN license.
* Current valid BLS for Healthcare Providers sponsored by the American Heart Association.
* A minimum of 1 year of experience in the PICU

Preferred qualifications for this position include:
* BSN

MOC - 46N1B 46N1F 46N3B 46N3F 46N4F

Job: NICU/PICU Nursing