Category: Nursing
Department: 77701 - Burn Reconstructive Rehab
Job Type: Part-Time
Shift: Days
Hours per day: 8 Hour
About Torrance Memorial
Recognized among the Best Hospitals for 2025–26 and ranked 8th in California, Torrance Memorial continues to set the standard for quality and innovation in health care. Our culture is built on teamwork, integrity, and a deep commitment to our patients and community. When you join us, you’ll find a place where your skills are valued, your growth is encouraged, and your impact truly matters.
Description
| This position uses the nursing process to plan, implement, direct and evaluate patient care to achieve optimal patient outcomes; works with all other disciplines on assigned unit. |
Core Competencies |
- Completes Self Evaluation for annual performance evaluation.
- Complies with Title 22, The Joint Commission and other regulatory agencies and institutional and operating systems.
- Keeps current on clinical, unit, department and medical center changes consistently; shares information as needed
- Demonstrates enthusiasm and commitment to the organizational mission and goals.
- Acts as a role model and fosters an environment that supports the medical center values of service, excellence, knowledge, stability and community.
- Adheres to policies, procedures, and standards of practice to deliver safe and optimal care
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Department Specific Competencies |
- Conserves medical center materials, equipment, and supplies. Endeavors to promote cost containment.
- Creates a welcoming environment for the patient's family and other interdisciplinary team members
- Demonstrates ability to perform more than one task at a time accurately and efficiently.
- Analyzes data and assists with the development of action plans to improve quality care.
- Manages all aspects of discharge planning for assigned patients as follows: Meets directly with patient/family to assess needs and develop an individualized continuing care plan in collaboration with the physician.
- Provides patient with the appropriate teaching tool.
- Reviews documentation as needed throughout shift and ensures all documentation is complete on all assigned patients in a timely manner
- Accepts responsibility for effective two-way communication using clear and well-organized oral and written techniques. Demonstrates self-awareness of non-verbal messages, keeping verbal and non-verbal messages consistent. Incorporates recognition of cultural impact on understanding and effectively uses interpreters and language translation devices.
- Manages services to the patient throughout the continuum of care in order to decrease fragmentation of care.
- Updates patient information such as medication lists, allergies, etc
- Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication abilities and creates mechanisms to facilitate effective organization-wide communication
- Assists with the management of efficiencies of unit activities to meet established productivity standards by prioritizing work assignments
- Serves as liaison between other nursing departments to expedite admissions/transfers; receives report and facilitates transition
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Education |
| Degree | Program |
| Associates | Nursing |
Additional Information |
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Experience |
| Number of Years Experience | Type of Experience |
| 1 | Prior experience in Wound Care |
Additional Information |
| N/A |
License / Certification Requirements |
| Registered Nurse License |
| BCLS or ACLS Certification |
Compensation Range: $54.17 - 80.45/hr |
