RN Rehabilitation
Santa Cruz, California
Posted Aug 28
- Unit
- Rehab
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Per Diem
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in California is $49/hr, across 1927 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Staff 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.
Read the full posting
- Clinical Practice & Case Management- Provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. Incorporates differences into the provision of care. Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum to include patient and family education.
- Performs psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrate changing data.
- Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning. Collaborates with patients/families to identify realistic desired outcomes.
- Administers prescribed medications and intravenous solutions according to standards of care and hospital protocols.
- Assesses pain level in all patients using "0-10", "Faces", or other approved scale to promote comfort and enable patients to participate in their healing. Provides timely/appropriate assessment/intervention. Identifies comfort function goals with patients.
- Tailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs, including cultural/ethical/spiritual needs. Participates in the planning of routine transitional healthcare needs. (i.e. treatment options, patient placement options, end of life options). Adapts standards and guidelines for individual patients.
Job Requirements
Required
- Associate Of Nursing and At least one year of recent hospitalexperience, which includes a minimum of 3 months in an acute care setting, upon hire or
- Diploma Of Nursing and At least one year of recent hospitalexperience, which includes a minimum of 3 months in an acute care setting, upon hire and
- Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire and
- Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
Preferred
- Bachelors Of Nursing, upon hire
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1941, Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital is a 188-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Cruz, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, orthopedics, and a Family Birthing Center. Additionally, Dominican Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has been awarded the AMA/ASA’s Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to providing the best stroke care.
One Community. One Mission. One California
Pay Range
$103.83 - $112.14 /hour
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Requirements
- RN
- CA
- Acute care
- Patient comfort
- CPR Certification
- Nursing
- Injectable medication administration
- Psychosocial assessment
- RN License
- Hourly pay
Place
- City
- Santa Cruz, California
- Median rent
- $2,452/mo
- Local household income
- $115,475/yr
- Metro price level
- 10% above the national average
- CMS overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars (Care Compare, Sep 2026)
- Beds
- 202
- RN residency
- ANCC-accredited: Commonspirit Hlth NRP-CA Region/Cntrl Coast Mgmt Market at Dominican Hospital, through Jul 2030
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Santa Cruz area index 109.9, where 100 is the national average.
Santa Cruz pairs Central Coast surf culture with redwood-covered hills and easy access to the Monterey Bay. Out-of-state RNs will find a compact beach city with relaxed days off and a community-health vibe.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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Workplace: DOMINICAN HOSPITAL.
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