Marian Regional Medical Center·Santa Maria, California
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver individualized patient care, administer treatments, and track vitals. Participate in a comprehensive Nurse Residency Program to develop professional skills and evidence-based practice knowledge.
Where You’ll Work Founded in 1940, Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center is a 191-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Maria, California.
Serving over 250,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, cancer care, orthopedics, and stroke care.
Additionally, Marian Regional Medical Center 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 the only healthcare facility on the Central Coast to offer ECMO.
One Community.
One Mission.
One California Job Summary and Responsibilities As a National Nurse Resident, you’ll step into a hands-on, supportive experience designed to help you grow and build confidence from day one.
You won’t be on your own.
You can expect real mentorship, meaningful feedback, and a team invested in your long-term success.Every day, you’ll collaborate with physicians and a multidisciplinary team to deliver care that sees each patient as an individual.
You’ll administer treatments, track vitals, educate patients and families, and play a key role in making sure people feel seen, heard, and cared for.To succeed in this role, you’ll actively engage in our comprehensive, evidence-based Nurse Residency Program designed to support your growth and professional development.
With a strong drive to learn and a team-first mindset, you’ll continue sharpening your skills while building a meaningful, fulfilling nursing career.
Evidence-based Practice (EBP) and Patient Care: Builds skills to utilize current evidence based practice knowledge, the nursing process, critical thinking and problem solving skills to provide holistic care to individuals across the lifespan and care continuum.
Interprofessional Collaboration and Communication: Learns to collaborate and communicate with the interprofessional team to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes.
Develops accountability for own practice, delegated care, and the coordination of care delivery. Behaves in a manner that supports colleagues, and maintains respect, trust and dignity.
Acquires and maintains knowledge in nursing practice and assumes responsibility for the professional development of self.
Attainment of
Core
Competencies:
Taking
Ownership: Has a basic understanding and knowledge of the current situation or issue at hand; ability to take full personal responsibility or ownership for assignments, activities, decisions and results.Teamwork: Basic understanding and knowledge of the necessity and value of teamwork; participates effectively as part of a team.Patient /
Customer
Focus: Basic understanding ensuring that the patient/customer perspective is a driving force behind our actions and business decisions; crafting and implementing service practices thatmeet patients'/customers’ and own organization’s needs. (Focus also includes internal and external customers.)Leading through
Mission,
Vision and
Values: Basic understanding keeping the organization’s mission, vision and values at the forefront of associate decision making and action.Effective communication: Basic understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.Patient
Safety: Basic understanding and knowledge of the risks faced by patients in a healthcare environment, and the ability to take steps to reduce these risks.Clinical
Performance
Improvement: Basic understanding and knowledge of the factors contributing to quality patient care, and the ability to influence these factors in a positive way.Continuous
Learning: Basic understanding of the rationale behind the necessity to continually learn and grow and the ability to seek performance feedback and identify approaches to improve one's own performance and that of others.Followership: Basic understanding of and ability to carry out strategies and tasks that support the mission and goals of the leader and the organization.Service
Excellence: Basic understanding and knowledge of customer service concepts and techniques; ability to meet or exceed customer needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner.Healthcare
Knowledge: Basic understanding and knowledge of the operating principles, major issues, governmental regulations, and code of ethics for the healthcare industry; ability to apply this understanding appropriately to healthcare related situations.Nursing
Assessment and
Care: Basic understanding of and ability to assess ailments and injuries of patients and implement a treatment plan.Decision-Making and
Requires an Associate of Science in Nursing, a valid California Registered Nurse license, and BLS-CPR certification. Candidates should have between 0 and 12 months of professional nursing experience, with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
Critical
Thinking: Basic understanding and knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.Clinical
Skills: Basic understanding of and ability to provide clinical skills necessary for patient care, e.g. history taking, therapeutic planning and monitoring, etc., to achieve optimized outcomes in medication therapy and clinical treatment. Job Requirements Required Associates Of Science Nursing and 0-12 months of professional nursing (RN) experience, upon hire and
Registered
Nurse: CA, upon hire and Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire Preferred Bachelors Of Science Nursing, upon hire
Market context
National resident RN roles in California often draw steady interest because hospitals need nurses who can transition into practice with strong clinical support. These positions are competitive when they require an active California RN license, BLS-CPR, and a nursing degree, with BSN-prepared candidates often having an edge. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm your license, certification, and recent clinical experience match the posting before applying.
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