NURSINGCAREERS OVERVIEW
Transform the patient experience—and discover a career that will inspire you!
Our world-class nursing practice is being continually enhanced in a number of ways, including:
- Evidence-Based Practice and Research Development
- Commitment to strong teamwork
- Cutting-edge surgical services – transplant, cardio/thoracic, pediatrics, etc.
- Multiple support services to streamline your work
- Engaged and inspiring leadership and Just Culture
CRITICAL CARE
When seconds count and lives are at stake, your strength, passion, and expertise make all the difference at the most crucial times. We offer several ICU settings. At Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, you can focus on a single specialty, while at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, you’ll have the chance to care for a wide variety of ICU patients in our Medical/Surgical Adult ICU. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center features a Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, a Coronary Care Intensive Care Unit, a Medical Intensive Care Unit, a Neurosurgery/Trauma Intensive Care Unit, and a Transplant/Surgical Intensive Care Unit.
MED/SURG SPECIALTIES/TELEMETRY
Help an incredibly diverse population move through all stages of treatment and recovery. Medical & Surgical Specialty/Telemetry units at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center include: the Gonda Observation Unit; the Medical Telemetry Unit; the Cardiac Observation Unit; the Cardiac Surgery Unit; the Neuroscience and Stroke Unit; the Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit; the Clinical Translational Science Institute; the General Surgery Units for Gyn-Onc, Trauma, Head and Neck and Urology; the Liver Transplant Unit; the Vascular/Reconstructive Plastics/Orthopedics/Epilepsy Unit, and a Neurological Rehabilitation and Research Unit. In addition, UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, offers an outstanding Orthopedics Unit, a Medical Unit, a General Surgery Unit, a Solid Oncology Unit, a Geriatric Unit, and a Cardiology Intermediary Care Unit.
PERINATAL
If you have a special passion for new life, you can provide the best birthing experience for every mother and her family. Your expertise will ensure mother and baby get the best in leading-edge care. Whether it’s high-risk patients or less complicated cases, you’ll work with world-class colleagues in an atmosphere of learning and support, with a focus on delivering the best outcomes every time. The BirthPlace at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica and at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Westwood, are Southern California’s most comprehensive maternity centers, offering advanced, high-risk, specialized perinatal care. Each BirthPlace offers private rooms and a wide range of services to make the birthing experience an event to cherish. We use the latest technology in a serene, patient-oriented setting to ensure a safe and comfortable experience for mom, baby and the entire family.
PEDIATRIC
Being able to help our youngest and most fragile patients heal and grow truly inspires us. At UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, you’ll be empowered to make a lasting impact on young lives. The hospital features a Level 3 NICU, a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and a multispecialty Acute Pediatrics Unit. In addition, UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica provides enhanced services to pediatric patients with the addition of a 26-bed general pediatrics unit. We also have a 16-bed Level 2 NICU and a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit to help ensure that our smallest charges have all they need to recover.
PERIOPERATIVE
Within our Magnet®-designated, award-winning hospitals, you can contribute your knowledge, passion, and expertise in such areas as the Operating Room, the Procedure Treatment Unit, the Post Anesthesia Care Unit, and the Surgical Observation Unit. No matter where you serve, you’ll be able to deliver life-changing experiences for our patients and their families. You’ll take on exciting challenges with a diversity of high-acuity cases, while working with some of the most accomplished professionals, advanced technology and surgical robotics to be found anywhere.
Your professional and personal development will be enriched through:
- PeriOperative Nurse Residency Program
- Clinical ladder program for leadership advancement
- Certification classes, test reimbursement, and certificate differential
At Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, we have opportunities throughout our operative services, including the OR, the PTU, the PACU, and the Surgical Observation Unit. At UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, you can serve within the OR, the PTU, or the PACU. Within the Jules Stein Eye Institute, you can also work in the OR, the PTU, or the PACU.
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
If you’re inspired by fast-paced challenges, you’ll discover exciting rewards as an ER Nurse at UCLA Health. You’ll use your specialized expertise to help critically ill or injured patients, while working with some of the best professionals in the field. With an extraordinary number of patient visits each year, we offer unequaled opportunities for continual growth and development, including a customized ER training program for new grads and non-ER nurses. Our Level I Trauma Center at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is a Pediatric Trauma Center (PTC), a Certified Stroke Center, and a Pediatric Medical Center (PMC). It is also a designated LA County ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Receiving Center (SRC). The Nethercutt Emergency Department at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, serves as a paramedic receiving facility for all patient populations and is a designated STEMI SRC, a Rape Treatment Center, and an Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics.
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC
Provide compassionate, comprehensive care for the mind and body as you work with exceptional colleagues at the leading psychiatric and behavioral health hospital in the western United States. As one of the premier facilities of its kind, the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA Health provides comprehensive patient care, research, and education in the fields of mental health and developmental disabilities. The hospital features an inpatient Adult Medical/Geriatric Psychiatry Unit, an Acute ICU, a Substance Abuse Adult Psychiatry Unit, and an Adolescent/Child Psychiatry Unit.
AMBULATORY/TRANSPLANT
If you have a deep passion for restoring lives, you can use your specialized expertise to help us continue setting the standard for the treatment of rare and difficult cases. We have more than 100 different outpatient specialty clinics and nursing areas providing a comprehensive array of treatments and clinical services. We also offer the largest transplant program in the world with a team that is pioneering the future of transplant services. With an international reputation for taking on the most complicated cases, our transplant therapy work includes adult heart and lung, pediatric heart, adult/pediatric liver and small bowel, adult kidney and pancreas, pediatric kidney, bone marrow, and hand. Since 2007, we’ve also offered Operation Mend, a groundbreaking partnership among UCLA Health, the United States military, and the Department of Veterans Affairs to help heal the wounds of war. Operation Mend provides advanced surgical and medical treatment, as well as comprehensive psychological health support for post-9/11-era service members, veterans, and their families at no cost.
OTHER NURSING SERVICES
In addition to our many specialty disciplines, we offer a wide variety of other ways for you to live out your passion for nursing. On a specialized nursing team, you can help drive positive outcomes for every patient, every time. There are so many ways to transform the patient experience and make a difference. We have positions available on our Critical Care Transport Teams, Nursing Float/Resource Team, and our interdisciplinary Clinical Systems Team (CST), which serves as a liaison between the clinical and technology staff.
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