RN ICU

Founded in 1941 Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital is a 188-bed acute care nonprofit hospital located in Santa Cruz California. Serving over 80000 patients annually the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care orthopedics and a Family Birthing Center. Additionally Dominican 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 been awarded the AMA/ASAs Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement recognizing the hospitals commitment to providing the best stroke care.

One Community. One Mission. One California

As our Staff 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. Youll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To be successful in this 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.

• Performs psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrate changing data.
• Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients including patient education and discharge planning. Collaborates with patients/families to identify realistic desired outcomes.
• Administers prescribed medications and intravenous solutions according to standards of care and hospital protocols.
• Assesses pain level in all patients using 0-10 Faces or other approved scale to promote comfort and enable patients to participate in their healing. Provides timely/appropriate assessment/intervention. Identifies comfort function goals with patients.
• Tailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs including cultural/ethical/spiritual needs. Participates in the planning of routine transitional health acre needs. (i.e. treatment options patient placement options end of life options). Adapts standards and guidelines for individual patients.
• Reports significant observed or reported alterations in the patients condition in a timely manner.

• Associates Of Science ASN and One (1) year medical/surgical ICU experience or equivalent critical care experience upon hire or
• Registered Nurse: CA upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR upon hire and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support upon hire

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Science BSN One (1) year CVICU experience upon hire and
• One (1) year neuroscience ICU experience