Definitive Observation Nurse
Posted Aug 10
- Shift and hours
- Days
- Unit and setting
- Observation · Hospital
- License
- RN licenseActive Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of California
- Term
- Per Diem
Do you qualify?
- License
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of California Check your license
- Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification - American Heart Association
- Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification - American Heart Association
- Certification
- Additionally, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.
- Experience
- One (1) year of telemetry experience in a medical/surgical acute care setting as an RN
- Also asks
- Where You'll Work
- Also asks
- Founded in 1973, Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California.
- Also asks
- Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology.
- Also asks
- One Community. One Mission. One California
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Pays above most California PRN rolesCalifornia PRN postings that state pay run $35/hr to $94/hr, the middle half $42/hr to $75/hr, across 840 postings.
The workplaceFrom Medicare Care Compare, Sep 2026.
- Hospital
- Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
- Address
- 7500 HOSPITAL DRIVE, SACRAMENTO, CA, 95823
- CMS rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Beds
- 152
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a 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 be successful in this 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.
Assessment: Performs total body and system assessment each shift/visit according to unit standards. Care of Patient: Including planning, implementing, evaluating and educating. Clinical/Technical
Skills
Utilizes technology, procedures, protocols, standards and interventions specific to assigned unit. Documentation: Performs legible, timely, concise and accurate documentation according to policies and procedures. Proficient and competent with the computerized documentation system. Leadership: Accepts responsibility and accountability for own decisions and behaviors. Recognizes, accepts and cooperates with direction from facility leadership. Precepting/Mentoring: Participates in orientation of new staff, ancillary personnel and mentors students in a constructive and positive manner. Serves as resource to staff from other nursing departments. Job Requirements
Required
- One (1) year of telemetry experience in a medical/surgical acute care setting as an RN
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of California
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification - American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification - American Heart Association
- Where You'll Work
Founded in 1973, Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.
One Community. One Mission. One California
Pay Range $92.22 - $92.22 /hour
What's around it?
Sacramento, CAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 7% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,779/mo
- Household income
- $87,321/yr, all local households, not nurse pay