Skip to content
All jobs

RN Medical Surgical

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 1

Unit and setting
Medical Surgical · Hospital
License
RN license Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.Current California RN license
Term
Permanent

Do you qualify?

License
Current California RN license Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California. Check your license
Certification
Current BLS certification Current basic life support (BLS) certification.
Experience
Minimum one year acute care RN experience Minimum of one year Acute Care RN experience.

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
Assess and interpret age-specific data Demonstrates ability to assess/interpret age-specific data.
Day to day
Involve patient, family and significant others in plan-of-care decisions Encourages involvement of patient/family/significant other in decision making related to plan of care:
Day to day
Perform priority procedures safely, within scope and SMMC policy
Day to day
Perform all procedures efficiently and effectively Performs all procedures for the assigned patients or areas:
Day to day
Act as a resource for all procedures on assigned patients or areas Acts as a resource for all procedures for the assigned patients or areas.
Day to day
Identify and report unsafe care practices and act to prevent or correct them Identifies actual and potentially unsafe care practices, initiates actions as appropriate to prevent or correct and reports in a timely manner.

The workplaceFrom Medicare Care Compare, Sep 2026.

Dignity Health logo
Dignity Health
Hospital
ST MARY Medical Center
Address
1050 LINDEN AVE, LONG BEACH, CA, 90813
CMS rating
5 of 5 stars
Beds
273

About ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER

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 ask
  • What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
  • How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Build questions for this role

Your fit

On your path

Med surg A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.

Original listing

Read full text

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 .3 Identifies patient comfort / pain issues 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. Performs all procedures for the assigned patients or areas: .1 efficiently - using the fewest possible resources .2 effectively - achieving the intended results Acts as a resource for all procedures for the assigned patients or areas.

Identifies actual and potentially unsafe care practices, initiates actions as appropriate to prevent or correct and reports in a timely manner.

Job Requirements

Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California. Current basic life support (BLS) certification. Minimum of one year Acute Care RN experience.

Where You'll Work

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U. S., from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services, CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U. S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Pay Range

$58.70 - $73.30 /hour

What's around it?

ST MARY Medical Center · 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

See Long Beach, CA

Nurses on this role

Help improve this pageShare what it’s like, leave a heads-up, or fix a detail.
What would you like to do?
Add ratings or a short headline

A person reviews every submission before anything changes.