Acute Care, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Asepsis, Basic Life Support (BLS), CPR Certification, Campaigns, Cerebral Vascular Accident, Cisco ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance), Correctional Health, Critical Care, Diversity, Documentation, Establish Priorities, Health Plan, Healthcare, Hospital, Medical Diagnosis, Medical Records, Medical Treatment, Nonprofit, Nursing, Patient Assessment, Patient Care, Policy Implementation, Procedure Implementation, Registered Nurse (RN), Sample/Specimen Processing, Surgical Nursing
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our 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.
- Abuse Protection and Reporting: Assesses and identifies and reports patient abuse and neglect i.e.: physical assault, rape or other molestation, domestic, abuse and neglect of elders and children and implements department policies and procedures. Measurement: Feedback, Medical Record Review, Observation.
- Advance Directives: Consistently and accurately documents education regarding advance directives upon admission, coordinates efforts to obtain copy of Advance Directives to place on chart, and refers questions to Chaplain Services. Measurement: Documentation, Feedback/ Observation, Medical Record Review.
- Advocacy, Patient: Acts as the client's advocate, as circumstances require, by initiating action to improve health care or to change decisions or activities which are against the interests or wishes of the client, and by giving the client the opportunity to make informed decisions about health care before it is provided. Measurement: Observation, Feedback, Medical Record Review.
- Assessment: Accurately formulates and prioritizes nursing diagnoses/patient problem lists through observation of the client's physical condition and behavior, and through interpretation of information obtained from the client and others, including the healthcare team within expected time frames. Measurement: Discussion, Feedback, Medical Record Review, Observation.
- Blood Withdrawal: Correctly identifies patient and demonstrates correct, aseptic technique for withdrawal, labeling and processing of blood specimens. Measurement: Medical Record Review, Observation, Verbalization.
- Central Line Care and Maintenance: Demonstrates correct technique for care, maintenance and discontinuing of central lines. Measurement: Medical Record Review, Observation, Return Demonstration, Verbalization.
Job Requirements
Required
- Three (3) years current medical/surgical nursing in an acute care setting or specialty area experience
- Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire and
- Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire
Preferred
- Bachelors Of Science Nursing and Registered Nurse with one yearexperience working in Diagnostic ImagingDepartment, upon hire
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1974, Dignity Health - St. John's Hospital Camarillo is a 58-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital. Serving over 40,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including emergency, heart, orthopedic, and cancer care. Additionally, St. John's Hospital Camarillo has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It has been awarded the AMA/ASA's Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement three years in a row, recognizing the hospital's commitment to providing the best stroke care. It was recently named a Leapfrog 2025 Top General Hospital.
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