Medical Acute Nurse

Methodist Hospital Sacramento • Sacramento, CA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed acute care, nonprofit hospital in Sacramento, California, founded in 1973. It serves more than 80,000 patients annually and provides services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. The hospital is recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.

The Registered Nurse delivers compassionate, high-quality, individualized care to support patients’ well-being and recovery. The role includes making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and implementing patient care plans while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to promote optimal outcomes. Success requires strong assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment.

The nurse performs total-body and system assessments each shift or visit according to unit standards; plans, implements, and evaluates care and provides patient education; uses unit-specific technology, procedures, protocols, standards, and interventions; and maintains legible, timely, concise, and accurate documentation using the computerized documentation system. The nurse is accountable for personal decisions and behavior, cooperates with facility leadership, participates in orienting new staff and ancillary personnel, mentors students constructively, and serves as a resource to staff from other nursing departments.

Requirements

• One year of experience as an RN in a medical/surgical acute care setting.
• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of California.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
• Previous telemetry experience.
• Previous surgical and orthopedic experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform total-body and system assessments each shift or visit according to unit standards.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate patient care and provide education.
• Use technology, procedures, protocols, standards, and interventions specific to the assigned unit.
• Complete legible, timely, concise, and accurate documentation in accordance with policies and procedures, using the computerized documentation system.
• Accept responsibility and accountability for decisions and behavior, and cooperate with direction from facility leadership.
• Participate in orientation of new staff and ancillary personnel.
• Mentor students constructively and positively.
• Serve as a resource to staff from other nursing departments.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed