Surgical Acute Nurse

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Surgical Acute Registered Nurse (RN) you will be a pivotal healthcare professional delivering compassionate high-quality care that truly impacts our patients well-being and recovery.

Every day you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized comprehensive care making critical assessments performing skilled procedures and meticulously implementing patient care plans. Youll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To be successful in this role you will possess keen assessment skills acute critical thinking and a patient-first mindset driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Assessment: Performs total body and system assessment each shift/visit according to unit standards.
• Care of Patient: Including planning implementing evaluating and educating.
• Clinical/Technical Skills: Utilizes technology procedures protocols standards and interventions specific to assigned unit.
• Documentation: Performs legible timely concise and accurate documentation according to policies and procedures. Proficient and competent with the computerized documentation system.
• Leadership: Accepts responsibility and accountability for own decisions and behaviors. Recognizes accepts and cooperates with direction from facility leadership.
• Precepting/Mentoring: Participates in orientation of new staff ancillary personnel and mentors students in a constructive and positive manner. Serves as resource to staff from other nursing departments.

Job Requirements

Required:

• One (1) year of Telemetry experience in a medical/surgical acute care setting as an RN.
• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of California
• Basic Life Support (BLS) - American Heart Association
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association

Preferred:

• Surgical and Orthopedic experience

Where Youll Work

Founded in 1973 Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed acute care nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento California. Serving over 80000 patients annually the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU heart care cancer care womens health and neurology. Additionally Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been recognized as an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.

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