AMB SURG RN Per Diem

**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**

This position covers Pre-Op and GI procedures, including GI call. Prior expereince is required.

Required

+ Graduate of an accredited RN program

+ Registered Nurse: Current CA RN

+ Basic Life Support - CPR BLS, within 30 Days

+ Advanced Cardiac Life Support - ACLS, within 30 Days

+ Pediatric Advanced Life Support - PALS, within 30 Days

Preferred

+ Wound Care Certified, upon hire

**Where You'll Work**

Founded in 1961, Dignity Health - Arroyo Grande Community Hospital is a 65-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Arroyo Grande, California. Serving over 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including, emergency care, and orthopedics. Additionally, Arroyo Grande Community Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has the only inpatient Acute Rehabilitation Center between Salinas and Santa Barbara.

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**Pay Range**

$51.57 - $76.96 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.