RN Skilled Nursing
Sacramento, California
- Eligibility
- Registered Nurse
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Posted Sep 12
The work and the unit
- Specialty
- Registered Nurse
Pay and benefits
- Against the board
- In range for Sacramento staff rolesSacramento staff postings that state pay run $43/hr to $82/hr, the middle half $57/hr to $82/hr, across 29 postings.
- medical
- prescription drug
- dental
- vision plans
- life insurance
- paid time off
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- tuition reimbursement
- retirement plan benefit(s) including 401(k)
What's around it?
Living costs about 7% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,779/mo
- Household income
- $87,321/yr, all local households, not nurse pay
From Census ACS 2024.
About this role
As our Registered Nurse (RN) in Skilled Nursing Care, you will help patients and residents receive direct nursing care and ensure nursing activities are supervised effectively, so they can maintain the highest degree of quality care and cost-effectiveness within our facility. Every day, you will utilize technology, procedures, protocols, and standards specific to your assigned unit while also assuming a leadership role over nursing personnel. You will be expected to perform legible, timely, concise, and accurate documentation, communicate clearly using proper medical terminology, and adhere to policies, procedures, and standards in delivering care, medication, and treatments.
You will assist with admissions, discharges, or transfers and identify changes or abnormal signs and symptoms in patients, ensuring prompt follow-up with physicians and responsible parties. To be successful in this role, you must have knowledge of nursing care principles within the RN, LVN, and CNA scope of practice, working knowledge of Title 22, OBRA regulations, and Joint Commission requirements, and the ability to follow instructions, analyze data, coordinate tasks, and manage workload effectively.
Sourced from CommonSpirit Health’s careers page.
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- Can you walk me through differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?