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RN Surgery

Community Hospital San Bernardino

#Registered Nurse #RN #BLS #ACLS #Clinical Nurse #Surgical Services #Patient Care #Nursing #Healthcare #Surgery

Quick overview

The Clinical Nurse provides patient care within the guidelines of hospital policy and procedures while identifying and correcting nursing service problems. They are expected to actively participate in the hospital's mission and support strategic goals and quality improvement processes.

Requirements summary

Candidates must have at least two years of unit-specific surgical experience and hold a valid California Registered Nurse license. Required certifications include Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).

professional certificateACLSPatient CareRegulatory ComplianceQuality ImprovementBLSNursingClinical NursingPALSSurgical Services

Job description

Where You’ll Work Founded in 1910, Dignity Health - Community Hospital of San Bernardino is a 343-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital.
Serving over 75,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, maternity care and pediatrics, and behavioral health and long-term subacute care for adults and children.
Additionally, Community Hospital of San Bernardino has been recognized with the gold seal of approval by the Joint Commission, as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and rated five stars for Children’s Subacute Center by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
In 2025, we were voted Best Hospital by Inland Empire Magazine.
Community Hospital of San Bernardino shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health and CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation’s largest health care systems, dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care.
One Community.
One Mission.
One California Job Summary and Responsibilities As a Clinical Nurse, you will be a central figure in our patient care team, delivering exceptional, compassionate care that truly makes a difference in our patients' lives.Every day you will collaborate on comprehensive screenings, conduct critical risk assessments, provide vital preventative health education, and expertly coordinate care for diverse patient populations, leveraging technology to streamline processes.
You'll ensure patients feel informed and at ease, patiently guiding them through instructions and addressing their concerns.To be successful in this role, you will combine robust clinical knowledge and technological proficiency with genuine compassion, strong communication skills, and an adaptable approach to learning and patient-centered care.
PATIENT SATISFACTION Is a role model for the Hospital's Patient Satisfaction effort, i.e. demonstrates AIDET principles when interacting with customers, subordinates and colleagues.
Assessment Identifies patient with procedure and surgeon by verbalization, chart consent and I.D. band.
Nurse checks all consents, I.D. bands, chart and has patient verbalize name, name of surgeon, planned procedure.
Checks NPO status and medical allergies.
Nurse takes initiative on own to gather information for patient's chart by checking folders for results/and or call appropriate departments herself.
Determines patient's perception of planned procedure and expected outcome.
Identify sensory impairments that affect patient's ability to understand.
Nurse has patient explain the procedure as they understand it and verbalize expected recovery course and time.
Elicits information from chart or patient about sensory impairments.
Nurse takes appropriate action in notification of surgeon/anesthesiologist if there is a variance in planned procedure and what patient anticipates.
Nurse makes all attempts to overcome patient sensory impairment difficulties in order to provide adequate communication.
Identify past and present health problems by checking chart, lab results, EKG, X-ray and H&P.
Have patient verbalize status of health.
Assess for cardiovascular, renal, respiratory system status.
Assess vital signs.
Elicit information regarding past infectious diseases and allergies.
Completes overall system review, restrictions to ROM, allergies, current medications, health problems.
Communicates all necessary information to the team.
Facilitates necessary adjustments made in planned procedure to meet individual patient needs.
Makes an effort to assist Holding Room Nurse in gathering necessary information to facilitate prompt and complete assessment of patient.
Per Diem I – Has at least two years of RN experience and must agree to work 1 major holiday, 1 minorholiday, 6 shifts per 6 week period and 2 of which shall be weekend shifts per 6 week period.
Job Requirements Required: 2 years of unit specific experience required, Surgical Services California Registered Nurse (RN) License Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification required.
PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) certification

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