RN Medical Surgical

St.-Mary-Medical-Cente; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) in California to deliver compassionate, high-quality care, perform skilled procedures, and implement patient care plans within an interdisciplinary team.

You will assess patients, engage families in care decisions, and uphold safety standards in a fast-paced environment while supporting your professional growth.

Qualifications

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Minimum of one year Acute Care RN experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess/interpret age-specific data.
• Encourage involvement of patient/family in decision making related to plan of care; identify teaching needs; identify patient safety issues; identify patient comfort/pain issues.
• Performs the priority procedures for the assigned patients or areas safely — within scope of practice and policy.
• Performs all procedures for the assigned patients or areas, efficiently and effectively.
• Acts as a resource for all procedures for the assigned patients or areas.
• Identify actual and potentially unsafe care practices, initiate actions as appropriate, and report in a timely manner.

Skills

Patient care

Assessment skills

Critical thinking

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our 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 thrive in this vital 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.

• Demonstrates ability to assess/interpret age-specific data.
• Encourages involvement of patient/family/significant other in decision making related to plan of care: .1 identifies patient/caregiver teaching needs .2 identifies patient safety issues .3 Identifies patient comfort / pain issues
• Performs the priority procedures for the assigned patients or areas safely - without causing harm legally - within the scope of practice and SMMC policy and in a manner perceived as satisfying by the patient and family.
• Performs all procedures for the assigned patients or areas: .1 efficiently - using the fewest possible resources .2 effectively - achieving the intended results
• Acts as a resource for all procedures for the assigned patients or areas.
• Identifies actual and potentially unsafe care practices, initiates actions as appropriate to prevent or correct and reports in a timely manner.

Job Requirements

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.
• Current basic life support (BLS) certification.
• Minimum of one year Acute Care RN experience.

Where You'll Work

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S., from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services, CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

One Community. One Mission. One California