Job Summary and Responsibilities

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 thrive in this vital 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.

For each assigned patient the nurse prepares an individualized nursing assessment, using professional judgement to seek pertinent data utilizing interviews and observation techniques.Performs assessment on pediatric and geriatric patients taking into consideration the physiological and anatomical differences specific to each age group.Assumes responsibility for guiding other clinical nurses through comprehensive assessment process.Identifies specific patient problems, determines their common interrelationships, and establishes priorities for plan of care.Observes, identifies and collects data to identify nursing care needs of the patients.Plans for direct care and collaboration with other clinical nurses in care planning process.
Job Requirements

Required

Graduate of an accredited RN programRegistered Nurse: CA RN LicenseBasic Life Support - CPR BLS, within 30 Days Advanced Cardiac Life Support - ACLS, within 30 Days Pediatric Advanced Life Support - ACLS, within 30 Days 

Preferred

Wound Care CertifiedWhere You'll Work

Arroyo Grande Community Hospital, located in Arroyo Grande, California, is rated a top Joint Replacement Center by Blue Shield and is among the Top 10% in the nation for Joint Replacement. Arroyo has achieved the prestigious designation as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission. The Emergency Department is one of the busiest in the county and nationally recognized for superior patient satisfaction. The hospital also provides the only comprehensive hospital-based Acute Rehabilitation Center on the Central Coast. Arroyo Grande Community Hospital is a part of Dignity Health’s Southern California Division and is a member of CommonSpirit Health, the largest not-for-profit health care system in the nation, boasting an integrated network of top quality hospitals, with physicians from the most prestigious medical schools, and comprehensive outpatient services - all recognized for quality, safety, and service. Each hospital is supported by an active philanthropic Foundation to help meet the growing health care needs of our communities. Learn more here at www.dignityhealth.org/arroyo-grande.

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.