Emergency Nurse

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 also has a 171-bed skilled nursing facility providing both short and long-term medical and rehabilitative care.
We’re proud to share that Dignity Health has been recognized as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces of 2025 and a 2025 Greatest Workplace for Diversity by Newsweek. Methodist Hospital has been designated an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and was recently named a Best Hospital for Maternity Care by U.S. News & World Report.

As part of Dignity Health, you’ll be joining a healthcare team dedicated to providing excellent, compassionate care to patients across the U.S. Our mission is to deliver compassionate, high-quality care to all, especially the vulnerable. Our vision is to be a national leader in transforming healthcare through clinical excellence, advocacy, and community partnerships. Our core value of humankindness leads us to build an inclusive and equitable environment for patients and employees alike.  

One Community. One Mission. One California 

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 be successful in this 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.

• Assessment: Performs total body and system assessment each shift/visit according to unit standards.
• Care of Patient: Including planning, implementing, evaluating and educating.
• Clinical/Technical Skills: Utilizes technology, procedures, protocols, standards and interventions specific to assigned unit.
• Documentation: Performs legible, timely, concise and accurate documentation according to policies and procedures. Proficient and competent with the computerized documentation system.
• Leadership: Accepts responsibility and accountability for own decisions and behaviors. Recognizes, accepts and cooperates with direction from facility leadership.
• Precepting/Mentoring: Participates in orientation of new staff, ancillary personnel and mentors students in a constructive and positive manner. Serves as resource to staff from other nursing departments.

Minimum:

• Current California RN license required
• One (1) year of experience in the Emergency Room or a related field of nursing is required
• Current BLS ACLS & PALS certifications required (must be certified through the American Heart Association)

Preferred:

• Two (2) years of experience as an RN in the Emergency Room or a related field 
• Current MICN ENPC TNCC and CEN certifications