Job Summary and ResponsibilitiesAs a 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. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.To thrive in this vital 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.
- Ensures that the patient is properly introduced to the unit and his/her surroundings within one hour after arrival to unit.
- Reflects the physiological condition and psychological needs of the patient.
- Uses observational and interviewing skills to perform a priority patient assessment every shift.
- Makes rounds and documents patient's status on critical care record at least every two hours.
- Identifies abnormal diagnostic data.
- Utilizes standards of care to anticipate potential patient care problems.
Job Requirements
Required
- Bachelors Of Science Nursing
- 1-3 years Critical Care experience
- 1 year experience as an Acute Care Nurse
- Registered Nurse: CA RN license
- Basic Life Support - CPR, within 30 Days
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support - ACLS, within 30 Days
Where You’ll Work
Founded in 1961, Dignity Health - Arroyo Grande Community Hospital is a 65-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Arroyo Grande, California. Serving over 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including, emergency care, and orthopedics. Additionally, Arroyo Grande Community Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has the only inpatient Acute Rehabilitation Center between Salinas and Santa Barbara.
