**Responsibilities**

Delivers peri-operative care to AM admit and outpatient surgical and procedural sedation patients and discharges outpatients after their procedure. Functions independently and collaboratively with other nursing staff members to assess and evaluate patients. Responsible for care of adolescent, adult and geriatric patient populations. Delivers pre and post procedure care in out-patient setting for a variety of patients admitted under OBSERVATION or short term status. Has core competencies for post cardiac and vascular cath procedures, and has minimum of 1 year experience full time in post procedure/intervention unit. Specific experience and skills with vascular closure devises required. Experience with conscious sedation required. Works collaboratively in team setting and has cardiac monitoring and hemodynamic experience. CCRN preferred. ICU, Cardiac Cath Lab or CIU, PACU experience required. Flexible with scheduling in out-patient setting, and has demonstrated ability to learn new procedures quickly and advocate for patients across the continuum of care. Computer skills with hospital record required, with demonstrated competency in patient history taking and medication reconciliation with time constraints of pre and post setting, patient "turn-a-round" to discharge

ALL REGISTERED NURSES will render professional nursing care to patients, support medical care as directed by physicians. This position requires the full understanding and active participation in fulfilling the Mission of Dignity Health/Dominican Hospital. It is expected that the employee will demonstrate behavior consistent with the Core Values. The RN shall support Dignity Health/Dominican Hospital's strategic plan and the goals and direction of the quality improvement/process improvement activities and patient satisfaction.

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**Qualifications**

**Requiements:**

+ Six months recent hospital experience

+ Proficient in English. verbal and written communication skills, and computer skills required.

**Education:**

+ ASN or Nursing Diploma, required

**Licensure:**

+ Current and active CA RN license

+ Current BLS certification, required from American Heart Association

+ Current ACLS certification, required from American Heart Association

+ Current NIHSS Stroke certification, required

**Preferred:**

+ BSN, preferred

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**Overview**

Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of California’s Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care comprehensive care in cardiac orthopedics oncology women’s and children’s services we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare.

Comprehensive Care

Dominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominican’s services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County a Total Joint Replacement program and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives ‘A’ grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group and has received national recognition for superior patient safety cardiac care and stroke treatment from Healthgrades a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.

As Santa Cruz County’s heart attack (STEMI) receiving center Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospital’s heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patient’s chest.

Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.

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**Pay Range**

$75.68 - $96.75 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.