Registered Nurse 3 Critical Care - Critical Care Floating Staff Pool

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1912, Dignity Health - St. John’s Regional Medical Center is a 265-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Oxnard, California. Serving over 85,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including emergency, heart, orthopedic, and cancer care. Additionally, St. John’s 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 Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and was named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Registered Clinical Nurse in the Critical Care Floating Staff Pool, you will deliver expert, compassionate patient care across various critical care units, serving as a vital resource to ensure optimal outcomes for our most vulnerable patients.

Every day you will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for critically ill patients, utilizing advanced clinical skills and critical thinking. You will be expected to rapidly adapt to diverse patient populations and unit environments, collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary teams, and advocate tirelessly for patient safety and well-being.

To be successful in this role, you must possess advanced clinical competency in critical care, exceptional adaptability and problem-solving skills, and a steadfast commitment to delivering high-quality, evidence-based nursing care.

• Registered Nurse
• Abuse Protection and Reporting: Assesses and identifies and reports patient abuse and neglect i.e.: physical assault, rape or other molestation, domestic, abuse and neglect of elders and children and implements department policies and procedures. Measurement: Feedback, Medical Record Review, Observation.
• Advance Directives: Consistently and accurately documents education regarding advance directives upon admission, coordinates efforts to obtain copy of Advance Directives to place on chart, and refers questions to Chaplain Services. Measurement: Documentation, Feedback/ Observation, Medical Record Review.
• Advocacy, Patient: Acts as the client's advocate, as circumstances require, by initiating action to improve health care or to change decisions or activities which are against the interests or wishes of the client, and by giving the client the opportunity to make informed decisions about health care before it is provided. Measurement: Observation, Feedback, Medical Record Review.
• Assessment: Accurately formulates and prioritizes nursing diagnoses/patient problem lists through observation of the client's physical condition and behavior, and through interpretation of information obtained from the client and others, including the healthcare team within expected time frames. Measurement: Discussion, Feedback, Medical Record Review, Observation.
• Blood Withdrawal: Correctly identifies patient and demonstrates correct, aseptic technique for withdrawal, labeling and processing of blood specimens. Measurement: Medical Record Review, Observation, Verbalization.

Job Requirements

Required

• Registered Nurse with three (3) years current acute care clinical experience and eighteen (18) months Critical Care experience.
• Registered Nurse: CA
• Basic Life Support - BLS
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support- ACLS

Preferred

• Additional six (6) months Emergency Room experience