RN Pre & Post Surgery

CommonSpirit Health; San Bernardino (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health's Community Hospital of San Bernardino is seeking a Pre & Post Surgery RN to be a central figure in the patient care team, delivering compassionate care that supports patients throughout the surgical journey.

You will leverage your clinical knowledge and teamwork to create and implement individualized care plans, ensuring patients feel informed, safe, and supported from admission to discharge.

Qualifications

• 1 year of experience in surgical services, critical care, or related field.
• Graduate of accredited Registered Nurse (RN) program.
• Active RN license in California with BLS, ACLS, and PALS.

Responsibilities

• Clinical assessment, admissions, transfers, and discharge planning per policy.
• Identify and respond to life-threatening situations and high-risk complications.
• Advocate for psycho-social, spiritual, cultural, and learning needs of patients and families.
• Initiate nursing diagnoses and outcomes; plan care with team.
• Collaborate and communicate as a liaison within the healthcare team.
• Monitor physiology, behavior, and symptoms to anticipate risks.
• Understand the surgical environment's impact on patient and family.

Skills

Surgical services experience

Critical care experience

Professional communication

Education

RN program graduate

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Pre & Post Surgery RN, you will be a central figure in our patient care team, delivering exceptional, compassionate care that truly makes a difference in our patients' lives

Every day you will leverage your robust clinical knowledge and technological proficiency to provide high-acuity care. You will be expcted to collaborate with the multidisciplinary surgical team to create and implement individualized care plans, ensuring our patients feel informed, safe, and supported throughout their surgical journey.

To be successful in this role, you must combine strong clinical knowledge with an adaptable approach to patient-centered care, demonstrate clear, professional communication skills when coordinating with the surgical team, maintain technological proficiency to streamline care and documentation processes, and possess a genuine commitment to compassionate care and continuous learning in the surgical setting.

Essential Functions:

• Clinical Assessment & Documentation: Executes all assessments, admissions, transfers, shift assessments, and discharge planning within established hospital policy timeframes.
• Critical Thinking & Intervention: Identifies predictable patient problems, life-threatening situations, and high-risk complications.
• Holistic Patient Advocacy: Identifies the psycho-social, spiritual, cultural, and learning needs of patients and families.
• Care Planning & Integration: Initiates, determines, and prioritizes nursing diagnoses and expected outcomes.
• Collaboration & Communication: Acts as a key liaison within the healthcare team.
• Risk Anticipation: Recognizes the inter-relationship between physiological data, patient behavior, and clinical symptoms.
• Environment of Care: Understands the profound effect of the surgical environment on the patient/family.

Shift:

Days/Evenings (Variable). While the core shift is 11:00 AM – 7:30 PM, this role requires schedule flexibility to align with surgical throughput and patient care demands. Requires weekend call for GI lab.

Job Requirements

Required

• One (1) year experience in surgical services, critical care, or related field.
• Graduate of accredited Registered Nurse (RN) program
• Active RN license in the State of California.
• BLS American Heart Association.
• ACLS American Heart Association.
• PALS American Heart Associaiton.

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1910, Dignity Health - Community Hospital of San Bernardino is a 343-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital. Serving over 75,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, maternity care and pediatrics, and behavioral health and long-term subacute care for adults and children.

Additionally, Community Hospital of San Bernardino has been recognized with the gold seal of approval by the Joint Commission, as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and rated five stars for Children’s Subacute Center by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In 2025, we were voted Best Hospital by Inland Empire Magazine.

Community Hospital of San Bernardino shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health and CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation’s largest health care systems, dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care.

One Community. One Mission. One California