RN Med Surg Per Diem
About The Position
As a Staff RN, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality care that supports patients’ well-being and recovery. You will provide individualized, comprehensive care by making assessments, performing skilled procedures, and implementing patient care plans. You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team in a fast-paced environment focused on optimal patient outcomes. In clinical practice and case management, you will provide safe, holistic, systematic therapeutic care and incorporate individual differences into care. You will integrate your knowledge, skills, and experience to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum of care, including through education. You will perform psychosocial and physiologic assessments that integrate changing data, formulate plans of care based on trends among similar patients, and include patient education and discharge planning. You will collaborate with patients and families to identify realistic desired outcomes and administer prescribed medications and intravenous solutions according to standards of care and hospital protocols. The role is at Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital, a 188-bed acute care nonprofit hospital in Santa Cruz, California. The position is per diem.
Requirements
- Associate of Nursing or Diploma of Nursing.
- Six months of recent hospital, clinic, or similar nursing experience.
- Registered Nurse: California, upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR), upon hire.
- Cancer Chemotherapy Provider certification within 12 months.
- Keen assessment skills, acute critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Nursing, upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Provide safe, holistic, systematic therapeutic care.
- Incorporate individual differences into the provision of care.
- Integrate knowledge, skills, and experience to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum of care, including patient and family education.
- Perform psychosocial and physiologic assessments that integrate changing data.
- Formulate plans of care based on trends among similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning.
- Collaborate with patients and families to identify realistic desired outcomes.
- Administer prescribed medications and intravenous solutions according to standards of care and hospital protocols.
- Perform skilled procedures and implement patient care plans.
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
