Job Summary and Responsibilities

Day Per Diem Surgery Registered Nurse

Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 370-bed trauma Level 2 facility with 10 main operating rooms and 1 cardiac operating room. Our Surgical Services offers a broad range of service lines to include: Cardiac, Orthopedics, Robotics (Gen/GYN/Urol/Thor), General, Gynecology, Gyn-Oncology, Plastics, Thoracics, Spine, Neuro, Vascular, Bariatrics, ENT and Urology. Our OR volume is approximately 650 monthly OR cases, about 16 monthly cardiac cases and a regular increase in spinal procedures.

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 patient assessment based on diagnosis, cultural and spiritual beliefs, age functional status, psychosocial needs, and/or developmental stage prior to entering the operating room. Verifies all components of Universal Protocol with patient/caregiver and medical record, to include appropriate marking of site/side by surgeon.Care of patient: Plans and implements care based on perioperative assessment, integrating the surgeon and anesthesiologist plans of care prior to transporting patient to operating room. Using critical thinking skills, prioritizes and organizes care within allotted timeframes and evaluates nursing care and provides patient/caregiver with education.Clinical/Technical Skills: Utilizes technology, procedures, standards and interventions specific to the operating room, ie all safety issues(policy procedures regarding positioning, prepping, counts and sponge accountability, ESU, and specimen handling etc). Demonstrates ability to assist surgeons with procedures and equipment.Documentation: Performs legible, timely, concise and accurate documentation according to policies and procedures. Proficient and competent with the computerized documentation systems (HSM and Cerner). Accurate completion of timecard exception logs, call back slips and missed lunch/break log according to policy. Verifies all required elements of chart and electronic medical record are present prior to taking patient to the OR i.e. H&P, consents, etc.Leadership: Accepts responsibility and accountability for own decisions and behaviors. Recognizes, accepts and cooperates with direction from facility leadership. Takes charge as assigned in absence of Manager/Clinical Coordinator.Collaborates with care team member to identify approaches for problem solving. Supports and role models teamwork to promote positive relationships/working environment.
Job Requirements

REQUIRED:

1 year experience as Registered Nurse in an operating room or cardiac surgery in an acute care setting.Current California RN License.Current BLS certificate from the American Heart AssociationOther certifications may be requiredWeekday, Weekend and Holiday rotationsCall required on nights & weekends with max 30 minute response timeWhere You'll Work

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

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.