National Resident RN

Mercy Medical Center, a Dignity Health member, has been building a rich history of care in our community for more than 100 years. We have grown from a small one-story wooden structure into a major healthcare provider with a new 186-bed main campus, offering the latest in facility design and technology. Mercy also operates Outpatient Centers, a Cancer Center and several rural clinics.

Wherever you work throughout our system, you will find faces of experience with dedication to high quality, personalized care. Joining our 1,300 employees, 230 physicians and many volunteers, you can help carry out our commitment to providing our community with the excellence they have come to associate with Mercy Medical Center.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Position Summary: 

A CommonSpirit Health Nurse Resident is a new graduate direct clinical care registered nurse (RN) who continues to develop nursing knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors introduced in formal education as they transition into practice. They are expected to demonstrate the appropriate competency in both core and functional areas, listed below.

Progression is expected in the areas of leading through mission vision and values, patient/customer focus, taking ownership, health care knowledge, teamwork, clinical performance improvement, service excellence, decision making and critical thinking, and patient safety.

Qualification Requirements:

•  Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing with a minimum of an Associate’s Degree in Nursing required; 0-12 months of professional nursing (RN) experience
• Active License as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State in  which s/he will be practicing or the state of primary residence if the state is a Nurse Licensure Compact state  
• BLS certification - American Heart Association 
• Additional certifications may be required based on  population(s) served and services provided

Ability to: 

• Deliver excellence in patient care through assessing,  formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing  goals, planning and implementing intervention, and  evaluating patient care outcomes. 
• Read, analyze, and interpret hospital policies and  procedures, professional journals, technical  procedures, or governmental regulations.  
• Write reports and procedures, and document in the  medical record. 
• Effectively present information and respond to  questions from co-workers, managers, patients, physicians, family members and the general public. 
• Calculate figures and amounts such as weights,  dosages, flow rates, proportions, percentages and  volume.  
• 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. 
• Critically think and problem solve.  
• Read, write and speak English. 
• Must be able to complete entire program with a perfect  attendance record 
• Must be able to work 3 days per week after completing  first 12 weeks 
• Must be able to work and train on either night or day shifts  including holidays 
• Must agree to terms and conditions of the program

Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire.  This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.