RN Trauma ICU

Dignity Health; Redding (CA); On-site; USD 74,390 - 101,942; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Medical Center Redding is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide compassionate, high-quality care across patient populations. You will perform comprehensive assessments, implement individualized care plans, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to drive optimal outcomes in a fast-paced setting.

You will advocate for patients, educate families, and make independent clinical decisions grounded in evidence, with a commitment to patient rights and excellence in care, while advancing

Qualifications

• One year recent open heart or critical care experience.
• Registered Nurse license in CA at hire.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR at hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) at hire.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine physical/psychosocial assessment to collect basic data and follow the plan of care.
• Forms a plan of care for individual needs and participates in planning routine transitional health care needs.
• Adapts educational programs to individual patients and families by modifying teaching strategies.
• Communicates plan of care and significant changes to the interdisciplinary team, patient, and family.
• Makes independent clinical decisions based on education and experience.
• Advocates for patient rights and seeks resolution of conflict.

Skills

Acute care experience

Critical thinking

Assessment skills

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Patient-focused care

Education

Registered Nurse license CA

BLS CPR certification

ACLS certification

PALS certification

Job description

Job Summary And Responsibilities

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

Every day you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Performs routine physical/psychosocial assessment to collect basic data: follows the written plan of care, standards, practice guidelines, utilizes pathways, which includes notifying physicians as appropriate.
• Formulates a plan of care for individual needs, including patient population needs. Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs (i.e. treatment options, patient placement options).
• Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family by modifying teaching strategies or content. Integrates education during the delivery of patient care.
• Communicates patient's plan of care and significant changes to all members of the interdisciplinary team (using SBAR hands off reporting) and to the patient, family and significant others.
• Makes independent clinical decisions based on knowledge drawn from education and experience.
• Actively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict. Seeks counsel for resolution of conflict.

Job Requirements

Required

• One year recent open heart or critical care experience. May consider training with 1 year continuous, recent (within 1 year) experience in telemetry or step down unit if operational considerations exist.
• Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire and
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 12 - months

Where You'll Work

Mercy Medical Center Redding offers comprehensive health care to nearly 300,000 residents in a six-county region. It is one of only two Level II trauma centers, the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and the only Joint Commission-certified Advanced Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center north of Sacramento north of Sacramento. Mercy Medical Center Redding is a 266-bed regional medical center providing inpatient and outpatient services as well as specialized cardiovascular care, stroke care, orthopedics, neurological surgery, comprehensive cancer care, maternity care, and a robust robotic surgery program. In addition, the hospital’s network of care includes Mercy Home Health and Hospice and Dignity Health Connected Living.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Pay Range

$54.43 - $73.98 /hour