ICU RN
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
- ICU · Hospital
- License
- RN license Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire andRegistered Nurse license, California
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Registered Nurse license, California Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire and Check your license
- Certification
- Basic Life Support - CPR Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
- Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire and
Preferred
- Certification
- Critical RN Adult/Neonatal/Pediatric/Acute Critical RN Adult/Neonatal/Pediatric/Acute, upon hire
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/significant other 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 frequent high-risk procedures safely within scope of practice and SMMC policy
- Day to day
- identifies and acts on actual and potentially unsafe care practices and reports them 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.
- Day to day
- documents assessments, interventions, patient response and outcome, and unusual occurrences per SMMC policy
- Day to day
- gives a rationale for routine care actions and decisions based on scientific principles and approved protocols Gives a rationale for routine patient care actions and decisions taken or not taken based on scientific principles or logic, standards of practice and approved protocols.
- Details
- 389-bed acute care hospital 389-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital
- Details
- fast-paced environment 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.
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, 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?
Your fit
On your path
ICU / Critical Care is a specialty you move into. The classic route: base year, then transfer in.
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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. 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 Performs the priority (frequent high risk) 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. Performs all procedures for the assigned patients or areas: 1. efficiently using the fewest possible resources 2. effectively achieving the intended results.
Identifies actual and potentially unsafe care practices, initiates actions as appropriate to prevent or correct and reports in a timely manner. Documents in accordance with SMMC policy and procedure in a timely manner the following information: 1. initial and subsequent assessment and data 2. interventions 3. patient response and outcome 4. unusual occurrences Gives a rationale for routine patient care actions and decisions taken or not taken based on scientific principles or logic, standards of practice and approved protocols. Job Requirements*Required None, upon hire Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire and Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire and Preferred
Critical RN Adult/Neonatal/Pediatric/Acute, 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?
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