Surgical Acute Nurse

Methodist Hospital Sacramento • Sacramento, CA

23h • Onsite

About The Position

As a Surgical Acute 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 to support optimal patient outcomes in a fast-paced environment. The role requires sound assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence.

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

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 offers 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.

Requirements

• At least one year of RN Telemetry experience 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.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association.

Nice To Haves

• Surgical experience.
• 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 patient education.
• Use technology, procedures, protocols, standards, and interventions specific to the assigned unit.
• Complete legible, timely, concise, and accurate documentation according to policies and procedures, using the computerized documentation system.
• Accept responsibility and accountability for personal decisions and behaviors, 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 an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes.

What This Job Offers

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