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Job Summary and Responsibilities

As 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.

+ Completes a thorough pre-operative assessment on all assigned patients. Makes sure all test results, History and Physical and consents are on chart prior to surgery.

+ Performs assessment on pediatric and geriatric patients taking into consideration the physiological and anatomical differences specific to each age group. Identifies any specific consideration that may be necessary related to each age specific group.

+ Observes, identifies and collects data to identify nursing care needs of the patients.

+ Identifies supplies, instruments and equipment needed for the procedure, surgeons preference card, age, and specific needs of patients.

+ Plans for the coordination of support intraoperative period, i.e., x-ray, pathology, etc.

+ Provides quality nursing care based on patient's needs and plan of care. Supervises the care given by Surgical Techs.

Job Requirements

Required

+ Graduate of an accredited RN program

+ Registered Nurse: CA

+ Basic Life Support - CPR, within 30 Days

+ Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 30 Days

+ Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 30 Days

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

$48.43 - $72.26 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.