RN Surgery

St.-Mary-Medical-Cente; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide compassionate, high-quality care. The role emphasizes critical assessments, skilled procedures, and collaborative care within an interdisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes.

Required CA RN license with OR circulator experience and CPR/ACLS/PALS certifications; CNOR preferred. This on-site position supports a Level II trauma center and a busy surgical environment.

Qualifications

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in California.
• Minimum of three years' OR circulator experience or three years in an OR for a Trauma Center.
• CPR, ACLS, and PALS certifications required upon hire.
• Preferred: CNOR certification.

Responsibilities

• Safely perform tasks and procedures per policy and procedure.
• Assess and interpret age-specific data to guide care.
• Involve patient/family in decisions about the plan of care.
• Perform priority procedures for assigned patients safely and legally.
• Document assessments, interventions, and patient outcomes in a timely manner.
• Identify unsafe care practices and report promptly.

Skills

Registered Nurse license

OR Circulator experience

ACLS

PALS

CPR

Education

California RN license

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 the ability to safely and competently perform tasks, skills, duties, procedures and responsibilities according to Medical Center Policy and Procedure. Including, but not limited to:
• 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.
• Identifies actual and potentially unsafe care practices, initiates actions as appropriate to prevent or correct and reports in a timely manner.
• Documents in accordance with SMMC policy and procedure in a timely manner the following information: 1. initial and subsequent assessment and data including a cardiac assessment 2. interventions 3. patient response and outcome 4. unusual occurrences

Job Requirements

Required

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurseor a current interim permit in the State ofCalifornia, upon hire and
• Minimum of three years recent experiencein Circulator Role in OR or minimum 3years in an OR for a designated TraumaCenter., upon hire
• Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire and
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, upon hire and

Preferred

• Certified Nurse Operating Room, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1923, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is a 389-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Long Beach, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, and orthopedics. Additionally, St. Mary Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and received a Healthgrades 5-Star Award for Heart Failure in 2026.

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