RN ICU Internship
Cedars-Sinai

Registered Nurse - Medical and Respiratory Intensive Care Unit Internship - 7SCCT - 12-Hour Nights

apartment Cedars-Sinai location_onBeverly Hills, CA, US
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Make a difference every single day

When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared culture of happiness, passion and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it’s just one of the many reasons we’ve achieved our sixth consecutive Magnet designation for nursing excellence. From working with a team of dedicated healthcare professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have everything you need to do something incredible—for yourself, and for others. Join us, and discover why U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America’s Best Hospitals!

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses are highly trained in critical care. ICU nurses provide specialized nursing care to patients who have life-threatening issues and require continued care. Their practice involves performing careful assessments of critical conditions, planning and implementing patient care plans, providing intensive therapy and intervention, operating life support systems, working collaboratively with the critical care team and advocating for patients.

If you aspire to become an ICU nurse at Cedars-Sinai, we have opportunities available in our ICU Internship Program beginning August 2026. We offer an 8-week program that involves the following program: Essentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO) from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN).

We are excited to offer this program as it provides consistency with our didactic content. It is a Web-based orientation program that is geared to visual and auditory learners. As a condition of your employment, you are required to complete the electronics course and hands on classes.

7SCCT is a 24-bed Medical and Respiratory ICU caring for patients with acute medical issues such as sepsis, GI bleeding, post code blue, post lung transplant patients and respiratory issues.

The Registered Nurse assumes responsibility and accountability for the application of the nursing process and the delivery of patient care for the critically ill cardiac ICU patient population.

  • Provides and accurately documents direct and indirect patient care services that ensures the safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients in a timely manner.
  • Provides care and patient education on disease prevention and restorative measures.
  • Provides direct and indirect care services, including, but not limited to, the administration of medications and therapeutic agents necessary to implement treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitative plan of care.
  • Performs skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy and the initiation of peripheral venous access.
  • Observes signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications/treatments, general behavior, and/or general physical condition.
  • Demonstrates refined assessment skills, integrating appropriate data sources to assess the signs, symptoms, reactions, behaviors, or general appearance to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics.
  • Plans and implements individualized patient care based on observations. Implements appropriate reporting, referrals and care in accordance with standardized procedures. Initiates emergency procedures when indicated.
  • Provides care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds. Identifies patient’s readiness for learning and ability to follow directions/instructions and give consent.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and is able to identify and make special adjustments as required to the specific populations needs, including cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, education, family and condition needs.
  • Identifies and assesses patient safety concerns with respect to age and developmental considerations.
  • Intervenes to provide a safe environment and evaluates effectiveness of intervention for patient.

Note: there is an 18-month work commitment on the unit after completing the internship

Candidates selected for consideration will be invited to interview as scheduled

**Please apply to no more than 2 ICU specialty areas of interest**

 

 


Qualifications

Educational Requirements:

  • Graduate of an accredited nursing program; BSN or higher degree.

License/Certification/Registration Requirements:

  • California State RN License required
  • American Red Cross or American Heart Association Advanced Life Support certification (expiration date needs to be 60 days or more from the hire date).

Experience:

  • Minimum 1 year recent acute RN experience
  • Working knowledge of applicable Standards of Practice.
  • Demonstrates a dedication to customer service and an ability to meet the needs and expectations of patients and health care colleagues.
  • Meets clinical criteria and protocol for Clinical Nurse assigned level.

Additional for Internal Applicants:

  • Required to have been in their current position for 6 months or longer to be eligible.
  • Required to be Clinical Nurse II or above. Specialty certification required if Clinical Nurse III.
  • Required to have a satisfactory rating on their most recent Performance Evaluation.
  • Required to provide copies of Performance Evaluation upon interview(s).
  • Required to be free from any disciplinary action for one year to be considered for the program.

Req ID : 15056
Working Title : Registered Nurse - Medical and Respiratory Intensive Care Unit Internship - 7SCCT - 12-Hour Nights
Department : Intensive Care Unit 2
Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category : Nursing
Job Specialty : RN
Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT
Primary Shift : Night
Shift Duration : 12 hour
Base Pay : $55.11 - $88.18

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