RN Surgery

CommonSpirit Health; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, founded in 1906 and located in Red Bluff, California, seeks an RN to deliver high-quality patient care within an interdisciplinary team.

The role emphasizes critical assessment, care planning, and collaboration to support patient recovery and clinical excellence. The position requires applying the nursing process, precise documentation, and efficient case preparation for surgical and perioperative operations.

Qualifications

• Associates of Nursing is required.
• Registered Nurse license for CA is required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) / CPR certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process for planning and delivering direct and indirect patient care.
• Multi-tasks, organizes, and prioritizes patient care efficiently.
• Performs case preparation and intra-operative case execution for department needs.
• Anticipates case needs to ensure timely preparation of instruments, supplies, and equipment.
• Documents patient records accurately and concisely.
• Initiates repairs and follows through to resolve missing equipment or supplies.

Skills

Nursing process

Patient care

Documentation

Education

Associates of Nursing

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.

• Utilizes the nursing process for the planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care
• Multi-tasks, organizes, and prioritizes patient care utilizing an efficient, concise and goal outcome process
• Performs case preparation and intra-operative case execution for department needs
• Anticipates preparation of cases and needs to enhance the efficiency of the team effort, i.e. punctual case start times, accurate and timely preparation of cases (instruments, supplies and equipment) and eliminates predictable case delays
• Performs documentation on unit and patient records that is timely, accurate and concise
• Initiates and investigates needed repairs, missing equipment, supplies and other pertinent areas and follows through to ensure resolution

Job Requirements

Required

• Associates of Nursing, upon hire and
• Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and Two years recent experience in the acute care arena as operating room nurse with scrubbing, circulating skills and First Assist experience, upon hire
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire and
• Certified Nurse Operating Room, upon hire

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1906, Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital is a 76-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Red Bluff, California. Serving over 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level III Trauma Center, heart care, cancer care, and a family birth center. Additionally, St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center. It has been named a Top Rural Hospital by The Leapfrog Group for two consecutive years, one of only 16 rural hospitals in the US to achieve this award.

One Community. One Mission. One California