Surgical Acute RN

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our 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

• 1 year Registered Nurse in an acute care Medical-Surgical Unit. (Exception: when staffing is experienced enough to support a trainee applicants without the experience may be considered.)
• Active Registered Nurse license in the State of California
• Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) from the American Heart Association within 30 Days

Where Youll Work

Founded in 1989 Dignity Health at Mercy Hospital of Folsom is a 106-bed acute care nonprofit hospital located in Folsom California. Serving over 60000 patients annually the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care cancer care womens health and neurology. Additionally Mercy Hospital of Folsom has been recognized as an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center and has been awarded the AMA/ASAs Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement recognizing the hospitals commitment to providing the best stroke care. It was recently named a Leapfrog 2025 Top General Hospital.