Overview

　　Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds 48 licensed critical care beds 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center the Lauren Small Childrens Center including the areas only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Family Care Center a Level II NICU the Sarvanand Heart and Brain Center with Kern Countys first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality compassionate care since 1956. Click here (https://www.dignityhealth.org/central-california/locations/memorial-hospital) to learn more about Bakersfield Memorial Hospital.

　　Responsibilities

　　Position Summary:

　　The Registered Nurse is responsible for supporting the Nurse Manager of the unit to manage and coordinate clinical operations in order to provide quality direct patient care to the pediatric to geriatric population. Will ensure all aspects of documentation care planning and patient care delivery to meet regulatory requirements.

　　The qualified candidate is expected but is not limited to:

　　Perform duties in alignment with the mission and policies of the organization and will be in support of and in compliance with the performance improvement plan The Joint Commission and other licensing accrediting and regulatory agencies.

　　Fostering a positive interactive team milieu

　　Facilitates optimal environment to support orientation competency validation

　　Qualifications

　　Minimum Qualifications:

　　Current CA RN License

　　BLS (AHA) certification and ACLS required

　　1-2 years of previous experience or hired through the RN Versant Program

　　Education level necessary to obtain required licensure and certifications

　　Preferred Qualifications:

　　Acute Experience Preferred

　　BSN preferred

　　Basic Computer Skills

　　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.

　　Pay Range

　　$40.88 - $70.95 /hour

　　We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.