Definitive Observation Nurse
Sacramento, California
RN
Posted Aug 10
- Shift
- Days
- Unit
- Observation
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Days
- Term
- Per Diem
- On the floor
- Precepting expected
- 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 1912 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 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.
Read the full posting
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
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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
Place
- City
- Sacramento, California
- Median rent
- $1,779/mo
- Local household income
- $87,321/yr
- Metro price level
- 7% above the national average
- Campus
- Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
- Address
- 7500 HOSPITAL DRIVE, SACRAMENTO, CA, 95823
- CMS overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars (Care Compare, Sep 2026)
- Beds
- 152
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Sacramento area index 106.7, where 100 is the national average.
California's capital blends urban energy with easy access to nature, sitting where the Sacramento and American Rivers meet. Midtown's tree-lined streets and farm-to-fork dining scene give the city a distinct character, while proximity to San Francisco and the Sierra Nevada makes weekend escapes effortless.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Workplace: METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO.
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