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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. 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.

+ Performs appropriate nursing history and physical assessment upon admission and on an ongoing basis

+ Ensures that the patient is properly introduced to the unit and his/her surroundings within one hour after arrival to unit.

+ Assesses the patient's admission status and documents this on admission form/critical care record within 2 hours of 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.

Job Requirements

Required

+ Bachelors Of Science Nursing BSN

+ 1-3 years Critical Care experience

+ Registered Nurse: CA

+ Basic Life Support - CPR, within 30 Days

+ Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 30 Days

+ Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 30 Days

Preferred

+ At least 1 year experience as an Acute Care Nurse

Where You'll Work

Arroyo Grande Community Hospital, located in Arroyo Grande, California, is rated a top Joint Replacement Center by Blue Shield and is among the Top 10% in the nation for Joint Replacement. Arroyo has achieved the prestigious designation as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission. The Emergency Department is one of the busiest in the county and nationally recognized for superior patient satisfaction. The hospital also provides the only comprehensive hospital-based Acute Rehabilitation Center on the Central Coast. Arroyo Grande Community Hospital is a part of Dignity Health’s Southern California Division and is a member of CommonSpirit Health, the largest not-for-profit health care system in the nation, boasting an integrated network of top quality hospitals, with physicians from the most prestigious medical schools, and comprehensive outpatient services - all recognized for quality, safety, and service. Each hospital is supported by an active philanthropic Foundation to help meet the growing health care needs of our communities. Learn more here (http://www.dignityhealth.org/arroyo-grande) at www.dignityhealth.org/arroyo-grande.

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Pay Range

$73.69 - $73.69 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.