Emergency Nurse
About the role
As a Registered Nurse (RN) in Emergency Services, 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.
Responsibilities
- Performs total body and system assessment each shift/visit according to unit standards.
- Plans, implements, evaluates, and educates in the care of patients.
- Utilizes technology, procedures, protocols, standards, and interventions specific to the assigned unit.
- Performs legible, timely, concise, and accurate documentation according to policies and procedures; proficient with the computerized documentation system.
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own decisions and behaviors; cooperates with facility leadership.
- Participates in orientation of new staff, ancillary personnel, and mentors students; serves as a resource to staff from other nursing departments.
Requirements
- One (1) year of experience in the Emergency Room or a related field of nursing.
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of California.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification – American Heart Association.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification – American Heart Association.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification – American Heart Association.
Preferred Qualifications
- Two (2) years of experience as an RN in the Emergency Room or a related field of nursing.
- Mobile Intensive Care Nurse (MICN) certification.
- Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) certification.
- Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) certification.
- Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) certification.
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1973, Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s 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.
Pay
$92.22 /hour