RN Progressive Care Unit

For more than 70 years Mercy Medical Center Redding has offered comprehensive health care in the North State providing acute care and a full range of medical services. The 267-bed hospital offers major medical services including a Level II Trauma Center as well as specialized Cardiovascular Care Stroke Care Orthopedics Neurological Surgery Comprehensive Cancer Care Maternity Care and da Vinci Robotic Surgery. It is the sole provider of obstetrical services along with the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Shasta County. In addition the hospital’s network of care includes Mercy Home Health and Hospice and Dignity Health Connected Living. Mercy Medical Center Redding is a member of the Dignity Health system and is a sister facility to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff and Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta. As one of the area’s largest non-profit employers we are proud to give back to the community by providing many programs and services to benefit overall health.Visit https://www.dignityhealth.org/north-state/locations/mercy-redding to learn more.

Position Summary: 

The incumbent is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a patient assignment through therapeutic use of self the nursing process and other health care team members. The incumbent as a member of the health care team appropriately assists team members in providing holistic care to patients and their support systems with an awareness of cost containment and time management. 

#RN@DH

Required Qualifications:

• 1 year recent acute care telemetry critical care or step down unit.

• Associates Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing
• California RN license
• Verbal and written communication skills and computer skills
• BLS and ACLS certifications
• May consider training with 6 months of recent (within 1 year) experience in a Medical/Surgical area if operational considerations exist.
  Training positions require completion of the following:
  12-lead EKG class
  Completion of PCU ECCO and a NIHSS Shock Class

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with A-line CVP and central monitoring
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing
• CCRN or PCCN certifications