Med Surg, Wound Care RN

Founded in 1950 Dignity Health - Sequoia Hospital is a 208-bed acute care nonprofit hospital located in Redwood City California. Serving over 50000 patients annually the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care stroke care and a birthing center. Additionally Sequoia 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 recently was awarded the AMA/ASAs Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement recognizing the hospitals commitment to providing the best stroke care. It was recently named a Leapfrog 2025 Top General Hospital.

One Community. One Mission. One California

As our Staff Nurse 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.

As our Wound Care Nurse you will specialize in comprehensive wound and ostomy care. You will elevate care quality optimize patient outcomes and ensure cost-effective management.

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.

• Ensures a professional and responsive atmosphere by greeting patients visitors staff and physicians promptly and courteously. Refers to each individual by name when appropriate.
• Performs initial assessment utilizing professional nursing knowledge and skills. Appropriately assess for: a. physical & psychosocial emotional needs b. pain level c. barriers to learning d. educational learning needs e. discharge needs f. age related needs g. issues related to assault or abuse
• Analyzes patient related data such as vital signs past medical history prenatal history physical exam findings laboratory values and other information including age specific criteria to determine appropriate care.
• Provides health education and teaching to patient family and significant others that is age specific providing for any barriers to learning. Clearly communicates health treatment and discharge information ensuring the patient family member or significant other understands all discharge and follow-up instructions.
• Plans nursing care based on priority of physical and psychosocial emotional needs.
• Implements the plan of care including prescribed procedures and treatments

Required:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing; and One to two years clinical nursing experience upon hire and
• however the experience requirement is waived for newly graduated nurses selected for a New Grad Orientation program. and
• Registered Nurse: CA upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR upon hire
• Certified Wound Care Nurse

Preferred:

• Bachelors Of Nursing Nursing upon hire