RN Pd

CommonSpirit Health • San Luis, CA

20h • Onsite

About The Position

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will deliver compassionate, high-quality care that supports patients’ well-being and recovery. You will provide individualized, comprehensive care by making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and implementing patient care plans. You will work with an interdisciplinary team in a setting focused on patient outcomes.

The role includes ongoing assessment of patients’ physical and psychosocial needs. In the Emergency Department, you will perform age-specific triage within five minutes of arrival, document triage findings, and assign an appropriate triage level based on a brief history and vital signs. You will also complete and document nursing histories and physical assessments, including the patient’s mental status, skin signs, pain level, complaint-specific information, psychosocial needs, and the perceptions and expectations of the patient or significant others.

French Hospital Medical Center is a 112-bed nonprofit acute-care hospital in San Luis Obispo, California, serving more than 150,000 patients annually. Its services include heart care, orthopedics, and a family birthing center. The hospital is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center and has received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for every reporting period since 2012.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse: CA (RN:CA).
• Basic Life Support – CPR (BLS-CPR).
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 90 days.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 90 days.
• Assessment skills, critical thinking, a patient-first mindset, and the ability to work with urgency in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Previous Emergency Department experience.

Responsibilities

• Conduct accurate, ongoing assessments of patients’ physical and psychosocial problems.
• Perform age-specific triage for all Emergency Department patients within five minutes of arrival, documenting the chief complaint, vital signs, time, and signature.
• Assign an appropriate triage level based on a brief history and indicated vital signs.
• Perform and document an appropriate nursing history and physical admission on an ongoing basis.
• Assess and document the patient’s age-specific basic physiological condition, including mental status, skin signs, pain level, and complaint-specific information.
• Document the patient’s psychosocial needs and the perceptions and expectations of the patient and/or significant others regarding the health problem and hospitalization.
• Implement patient care plans and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to support patient outcomes.

What This Job Offers

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