Registered Nurse 2 Surgery

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our 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 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.

• Provides safe, comprehensive patient care through assessment, care planning, implementation, evaluation, pain management, patient positioning, fall/injury prevention, skin care, and recognition of patient deterioration.
• Demonstrates strong clinical and technical skills, including IV and central line management, blood specimen collection, urinary and NG catheter care, tracheostomy care, point-of-care testing, medication administration, and use of surgical/post-operative equipment.
• Ensures patient safety and regulatory compliance by following infection-control and standard precautions, medication and patient identification protocols, informed consent requirements, advance directives, confidentiality, National Patient Safety Goals, and organizational policies.
• Advocates for and educates patients and families, providing individualized education, emotional support, culturally responsive care, and opportunities for informed decision-making throughout the surgical experience.
• Collaborates effectively with the interdisciplinary team through accurate SBAR handoffs, delegation and supervision, care coordination, timely documentation, change-of-shift/transfer reporting, emergency preparedness, and ongoing professional development.

Job Requirements

Required

• Evidence of OR education and one (1) year current OR experience, upon hire
• Registered Nurse: CA RN, upon hire 
• Basic Life Support - BLS, upon hire 
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support - ACLS, upon hire 
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support - PALS, upon hire

Preferred

• Spanish speaking experience

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.

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