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RN Medical Surgical Float Pool

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

#Registered Nurse #Patient Assessment #BLS #ACLS #Healthcare #PALS #Float Pool #Acute Care #Joint Commission

Quick overview

Deliver compassionate, high-quality nursing care to patients within a medical-surgical float pool. Responsibilities include performing critical assessments, implementing care plans, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes.

Requirements summary

Requires a valid California Registered Nurse license and BLS/ACLS certifications. Candidates must have 1-3 years of acute care experience or be hired through the Versant RN Residency Program.

bachelor degreeprofessional certificatePatient AssessmentClinical DocumentationCritical ThinkingInterdisciplinary CollaborationAcute CareDischarge PlanningPatient Care PlanningPhysical Assessment

Job description

Where You’ll Work Founded in 1956, Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital is a 385-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Bakersfield, California.
Serving nearly 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, maternity care, and orthopedics.
Additionally, Memorial Hospital 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 its Lauren Small Children’s Center is the first comprehensive pediatric program in Kern County.
One Community.
One Mission.
One California Job Summary and Responsibilities As a Registered Nurse (RN) on our Float Pool team, you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery while presenting a positive attitude and being reliable, 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 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.
Perform patient assessment/reassessment, including giving or receiving comprehensive change of shift and intermittent report, obtaining the nursing history, conducting a physical assessment, establishing priorities for care.
Assess patient's learning needs, readiness for discharge and ability of the patient/family/SO to manage illness after discharge.
Completes both computer and hand written documentation using correct format in an accurate, precise, timely, legible and complete manner .
Provide direct patient care, as required.
Assist physician with procedures, as necessary.
Report changes in patient's condition to physician.
Job Requirements Required Education level necessary to obtainrequired licensure and certifications., upon hire and one (1) - three (3) years of previous acute care experience required or hired through the Versant RN Residency Program, upon hire and Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire and Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire and Preferred Bachelors Of Science Nursing , upon hire and Previous critical care experience preferred., upon hire Pediatric Advanced Life Support, upon hire and Neonatal Resuscitation Program, upon hire and Advanced Burn Life Support, upon hire

RN Medical Surgical Float Pool

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