RN Surgical Services

RN Surgical Services

Bakersfield, California

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

The registered nurse is responsible to take primary responsibility to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care of each assigned patient. Provide direct patient care. Supervise the activities of nursing staff members. Follow-up on all care related activities and assure all physician orders are accurately transcribed and carried out in a timely manner. Collaborate with other nursing and ancillary services to assure seamless communication and uninterrupted patient care.

Coordinate the plan of care. Conduct patient teaching specific to disease entity and home management. Actively participate in assuring care continuum.

Key Skills:

Model leadership behaviors

Foster a spirit of collaboration and teamwork

Mentor peers and colleagues

Anticipate patient's needs

Read, analyze, and interpret hospital policies and procedures, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations

Apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations

Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

Must have ability to critically think and problem solve

Minimum Qualifications:

• CA RN
• BLS (AHA)
• ACLS
• 1 year operating room/surgical experience required; if operational conditions permit, training a candidate without the required experience may be considered
• ACLS (required within one year for new grad)
• Education level necessary to obtain required licensure and certifications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree - BSN
• PALS

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds, 48 licensed critical care beds, 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites, and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition, we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center, the Lauren Small Children's Center including the area's only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Family Care Center, a Level II NICU, the Sarvanand Heart, and Brain Center with Kern County's first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite, the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics, and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children's Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner, serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality, compassionate care since 1956.

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.

CommonSpirit Health™ is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, parental status, ancestry, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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