RN

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1873, Dignity Health - Mercy Medical Center is a 186-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Merced, California. Serving over 150,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, the Mercy Cancer Center, and a family birth center. Additionally, Merced Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Registered Nurse (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. You'll 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.

• Delivers direct and indirect nursing care in strict adherence to the California Nurse Practice Act, individual scope of licensure, and Mercy Medical Center (MMC) policies and procedures
• Assesses patient needs, develops and executes problem-oriented care plans, and evaluates the ongoing effectiveness of all nursing interventions provided
• Provides immediate clinical direction and oversight to other members of the nursing care team to ensure the appropriate and consistent delivery of nursing services
• Maintains proficiency in the specific clinical skills and patient age populations required by the assigned unit, as defined by departmental orientation and competency checklists
• Recognizes that unit-specific competency checklists are incorporated by reference as an essential and formal component of this job description

Job Requirements

Required

• Registered Nurse: CA (RN:CA)
• Basic Life Support (BLS)- CPR
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months
• Must be able to take call, float to other areas, and work on weekends as required

Preferred

• One year experience in an acute care setting, upon hire

Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire.  This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.