RN Per Diem

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.

• Utilizes the nursing process to provide safe therapeutic care for patients.
• Assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care in collaboration with healthcare providers.
• Utilizes the nursing process to identify and meet educational and discharge needs of the patients.
• Identifies changes in patient's condition and intervenes appropriately.
• Works collaboratively with physician. Reviews orders. Reports abnormal lab values and significant changes in patient findings.
• Works collaboratively with patients and family to establish a plan of care, which would include an assessment of psychosocial needs.

Job Requirements

Required

• Associates Degree in Nursing
• Registered Nurse with a minimum of 2 years of work experience in a Newborn ICU
• Other candidates to be considered on an individual basis and attributes
• Registered Nurse: CA RN License
• Basic Life Support - CPR BLS, upon hire 
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program, within 90 Days

Preferred

• Stable Program
• Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1946, Dignity Health - French Hospital Medical Center is a 112-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in San Luis Obispo, California. Serving over 150,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, orthopedics, and a family birthing center. Additionally, French Hospital Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has achieved an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for every reporting period since 2012.

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