Nurse Medical Acute

Founded in 1967, Dignity Health - Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 377-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Carmichael, California. Serving over 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Mercy San Juan Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Comprehensive Stroke Center, the highest level of stroke care certification awarded by The Joint Commission.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Night Full Time Medical Acute Registered Nurse

Medical Acute is a 37-bed combination unit that includes 3 private rooms. It is divided into two sides:

One section specializes in patients presenting with medical-surgical diagnoses, which encompass, but are not limited to, chronic congestive heart failure, diabetes, cellulitis, kidney failure, sepsis, alcohol and chemical dependencies, respiratory and asthma exacerbations, pneumonia, and failure to thrive. 

The other section of the unit is allocated for our behavioral patient population. This includes, among others, individuals experiencing alcohol dependencies and withdrawals, and mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and those exhibiting suicidal and homicidal ideation or tendencies.

The unit is supported by Patient Care Technicians and Mental Health Technicians for both medical-surgical and behavioral cases. Unit staffing maintains an RN ratio of 4:1 for telemetry patients and 5:1 for Medical Surgical patients.

A robust multidisciplinary team is consistently engaged in the care and well-being of our patients. This team comprises nurses, case management professionals, social services personnel, physical therapists, hospitalists, specialty physicians, and psychiatric MDs, with support available both in person and via telepsychiatry.

While this unit operates at a high tempo and can present significant challenges, it offers a broad spectrum of experiences and valuable opportunities for professional career enhancement and development.

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.

Required:

• Current California RN License
• 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute care hospital
• Current AHA BLS