RN GI Services

Long Beach, California

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.

Posted Oct 15

Unit and setting: GI Services · Hospital RN GI Services
License: RN license Registered Nurse: CA, upon hireRegistered Nurse license, California
Term: Permanent

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License: Registered Nurse license, California Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire Check your license
Certification: Basic Life Support (CPR) Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
Certification: Advanced Cardiac Life Support Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire
Experience: 1 year Critical Care, 3 years Acute Care, or 1 year Outpatient GI LAB 1 year experience in Critical Care, or 3 years Acute Care, or 1 year Outpatient GI LAB, upon hire

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Experience: 1 year Acute Care GI LAB experience 1 year experience in Acute Care GI LAB, upon hire

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What it pays

Against similar roles: In range for California staff rolesCalifornia staff postings that state pay run $34/hr to $96/hr, the middle half $45/hr to $73/hr, across 3,751 postings.

The role and schedule

Day to day: Assesses and interprets age-specific data Demonstrates ability to assess/interpret age-specific data
Day to day: Involves patient/family in plan-of-care decisions Encourages involvement of patient/family/significant other in decision making related to plan of care
Day to day: Performs priority procedures safely, within scope and SMMC policy Performs the priority procedures for the assigned patients or areas safely - without causing harm legally - within the scope of practice and SMMC policy
Day to day: Performs all procedures for assigned patients or areas efficiently, using the fewest possible resources, and effectively, achieving the intended results (CNII / CNIII) Performs all procedures for the assigned patients or areas: .1 efficiently - using the fewest possible resources .2 effectively - achieving the intended results (CNII / CNIII)
Day to day: Acts as a resource for all procedures Acts as a resource for all procedures for the assigned patients or areas
Day to day: Identifies unsafe care practices, acts to correct them, and reports in a timely manner Identifies actual and potentially unsafe care practices, initiates actions as appropriate to prevent or correct and reports in a timely manner
Details: 389-bed hospital is a 389-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Long Beach, California
Details: Fast-paced environment Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment

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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.

Demonstrates ability to assess/interpret age-specific data. (CNI / CNII / CNIII) Encourages involvement of patient/family/significant other in decision making related to plan of care: .1 identifies patient/caregiver teaching needs .2 identifies patient safety issues .3 Identifies patient comfort / pain issues (CNI / CNII / CNIII) Performs the priority procedures for the assigned patients or areas safely - without causing harm legally - within the scope of practice and SMMC policy and in a manner perceived as satisfying by the patient and family. (CNI / CNII / CNIII) Performs all procedures for the assigned patients or areas: .1 efficiently - using the fewest possible resources .2 effectively - achieving the intended results (CNII / CNIII) Acts as a resource for all procedures for the assigned patients or areas.

(CNIII) Identifies actual and potentially unsafe care practices, initiates actions as appropriate to prevent or correct and reports in a timely manner. (CNI / CNII / CNIII) Job Requirements*Required 1 year experience in Critical Care, or 3 years Acute Care, or 1 year Outpatient GI LAB, upon hire and Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire and Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire

Preferred and 1 year experience in Acute Care GI LAB, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1923, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is a 389-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Long Beach, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, and orthopedics. Additionally, St. Mary 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 received a Healthgrades 5-Star Award for Heart Failure in 2026.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Pay Range

$58.70 - $73.30 /hour

What's around it?

In Long Beach, CA

Long Beach, CAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 14% above the US average

Median rent: $1,871/mo
Household income: $87,430/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Long Beach, CA

NeighborhoodsBelmont Shore and the Eastside are the in-city picks locals name first for safety and a walkable coastal life; threads treat Belmont Shore as the strongest Long Beach option, while some people with Long Beach jobs look instead at Irvine, Santa Ana, or Costa Mesa. Alamitos Heights (median home $941,800) sits near Downtown, the beaches, and Cal State Long Beach; Bixby Knolls ($791,050) is walkable with community events and cultural venues; Naples ($896,633) is three canal islands on Alamitos Bay with a boating culture. El Dorado Park ($713,033) and Lakewood Village ($673,983) are quieter and more suburban. Downtown and Alamitos Beach condos are the usual lower-priced entry, though agents often warn they are not automatically the better daily experience, and citywide typical sale prices sit in the mid-$800,000s with lifestyle changing sharply by block.

Belmont Shore and the Eastside are the in-city picks locals name first for safety and a walkable coastal life; threads treat Belmont Shore as the strongest Long Beach option, while some people with Long Beach jobs look instead at Irvine, Santa Ana, or Costa Mesa. Alamitos Heights (median home $941,800) sits near Downtown, the beaches, and Cal State Long Beach; Bixby Knolls ($791,050) is walkable with community events and cultural venues; Naples ($896,633) is three canal islands on Alamitos Bay with a boating culture.

El Dorado Park ($713,033) and Lakewood Village ($673,983) are quieter and more suburban. Downtown and Alamitos Beach condos are the usual lower-priced entry, though agents often warn they are not automatically the better daily experience, and citywide typical sale prices sit in the mid-$800,000s with lifestyle changing sharply by block.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: youtube.com

Getting aroundLong Beach sits about 21 miles south of downtown Los Angeles on the Los Angeles–Orange County line, so many residents treat it as a self-contained hub with access to both counties, but I-405 and I-710 delays are a standing complaint and parking is described as a daily reality. Walk Score is cited around 73 and bike around 70, with paved shoreline paths from downtown to the eastern beaches and multiple local transit networks; the train is named as the cheapest way all the way to LAX, though it is slow. Airplane noise from Long Beach Airport and industrial noise from the port concentrate in certain corridors, so the specific block matters as much as the neighborhood for a hospital-shift lifestyle.

Long Beach sits about 21 miles south of downtown Los Angeles on the Los Angeles–Orange County line, so many residents treat it as a self-contained hub with access to both counties, but I-405 and I-710 delays are a standing complaint and parking is described as a daily reality. Walk Score is cited around 73 and bike around 70, with paved shoreline paths from downtown to the eastern beaches and multiple local transit networks; the train is named as the cheapest way all the way to LAX, though it is slow.

Airplane noise from Long Beach Airport and industrial noise from the port concentrate in certain corridors, so the specific block matters as much as the neighborhood for a hospital-shift lifestyle.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: rickjleehomes.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: securespace.com Source 5: youtube.com

OutdoorsA paved walking and biking path runs the shoreline from downtown to the east side and is used daily for walking, biking, paddleboarding, and beach volleyball, with Shoreline Park’s lighthouse, small sandy beach, and fishing platforms looking out at the Queen Mary. El Dorado Park is a 390-acre regional park anchoring its namesake neighborhood; Heartwell Park serves Lakewood Village; Bluff Park is a scenic green space; Naples’ three islands and canals on Alamitos Bay are for walking and boating. On the Cal State Long Beach side, Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden on Determination Drive and Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens at 6400 E Bixby Hill Rd add quieter garden time. Harbor cruises leave near the aquarium for a 45-minute loop past the Queen Mary, the oil islands, and sometimes seals.

A paved walking and biking path runs the shoreline from downtown to the east side and is used daily for walking, biking, paddleboarding, and beach volleyball, with Shoreline Park’s lighthouse, small sandy beach, and fishing platforms looking out at the Queen Mary. El Dorado Park is a 390-acre regional park anchoring its namesake neighborhood; Heartwell Park serves Lakewood Village; Bluff Park is a scenic green space; Naples’ three islands and canals on Alamitos Bay are for walking and boating.

On the Cal State Long Beach side, Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden on Determination Drive and Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens at 6400 E Bixby Hill Rd add quieter garden time. Harbor cruises leave near the aquarium for a 45-minute loop past the Queen Mary, the oil islands, and sometimes seals.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: rickjleehomes.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: californiathroughmylens.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: securespace.com Source 6: youtube.com

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Living in Long Beach

Long Beach is a 467,000-person port city twenty-one miles south of downtown Los Angeles that functions as its own coastal hub rather than an LA suburb: a paved shoreline path from downtown to Belmont Shore, Naples canals on Alamitos Bay, the Aquarium of the Pacific, the Queen Mary, Cambodia Town, and a Pride festival with decades of roots. Typical homes land in the mid-$800,000s—Alamitos Heights and Naples near $900,000, Bixby Knolls around $790,000, Lakewood Village and El Dorado Park roughly $670,000–$715,000—cheaper than Huntington Beach or Santa Monica but still far above U.S. norms, with older houses, insurance, and HOA surprises. Locals praise the laid-back mix and the food (Monorom, Phnom Penh Noodle Shack, Joe Jost's, The Attic) and warn that I-405 and I-710 delays, scarce parking, airport and port noise, uneven crime and schools, and homelessness are the real daily taxes. Eastside and Belmont Shore are the safety-and-walkability default; El Dorado's 390-acre park and Lakewood Village suit families. Weather almost never drops below 50°F or tops 85°F, so the beach path can be a year-round recovery tool if you choose the right block.

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