RN

CommonSpirit Health • San Luis, CA

13d • 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 collaborate with an interdisciplinary team in a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes. The position calls for keen assessment skills, critical thinking, a patient-first mindset, a sense of urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment.

You will introduce patients to the unit and their surroundings within one hour of arrival. Within eight hours, you will complete the assessment documented in nursing notes and the admission history. This includes recording baseline activities-of-daily-living information, the patient’s physiological condition and psychosocial needs, the perceptions and expectations of the patient and/or significant others regarding the health problem and hospitalization, and information needed to begin discharge planning. You will use standards of care to anticipate potential patient-care problems.

Dignity Health - French Hospital Medical Center is a 112-bed acute care, nonprofit 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 recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader, 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

• Graduate of an accredited RN program; new graduates are eligible.
• California Registered Nurse (RN) license, upon hire.
• Basic Life Support (CPR), upon hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 90 days.
• Keen assessment skills, critical thinking, a patient-first mindset, a sense of urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• One year of acute care experience.

Responsibilities

• Introduce patients to the unit and their surroundings within one hour after arrival.
• Complete assessments reflected in nursing notes and the admission history within eight hours.
• Provide baseline data about patients’ activities of daily living.
• Document the patient’s physiological condition and psychosocial needs.
• Document the perceptions of the patient and/or significant others about the health problem and expectations for the hospitalization.
• Provide information needed to begin discharge planning.
• Use standards of care to anticipate potential patient-care problems.
• Perform critical assessments and skilled procedures, and implement patient care plans.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree