RN

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 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.

 

• Rendering direct and indirect nursing care to assigned patient populations in a manner consistent with the scope of licensure, the California Nurse Practice Act, and Mercy Medical Center (MMC) policies and procedures
• Assessing patients for nursing needs, establishing and implementing a problem-oriented plan of care, and evaluating the effectiveness of the interventions provided
• Providing immediate direction to other members of the nursing care team to ensure the appropriate provision and coordination of nursing services
• Acknowledging that patient age populations served and specific job competencies may vary depending on the assigned nursing unit
• Utilizing the "Department / Unit Orientation & Initial Assessment of Competency" checklists, which are incorporated by reference, to define the specific requirements of this job description

 

15K Sign On Bonus for Eligible/Qualified/Experienced External Candidates with minimum 2yrs ED RN Experience

Job Requirements

Required

• Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire and
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, upon hire or
• Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course, upon hire and
• Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC), within 18 - months

 

Preferred

• Current MICN  
• Bilingual
• Previous acute or emergency experience a plus
• Certification for Emergency Nurse (CEN) Certificate

 

Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire.  This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1873, Dignity Health - Mercy Medical Center is a 186-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Merced, California. Serving over 150,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, the Mercy Cancer Center, and a family birth center. Additionally, Merced Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.

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