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**Job Summary and Responsibilities** The registered nurse is responsible to take primary responsibility to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care of each assigned patient. + Provide direct patient care and anticipate patients needs. + Coordinate the activities of nursing staff members. + Follow-up on all care related activities and assure all physician orders are accurately transcribed and carried out in a timely manner. Coordinate the plan of care. + Conduct patient teaching specific to disease entity and home management. + Actively participate in assuring care continuum. + Collaborate with other nursing and ancillary services to assure seamless communication and uninterrupted patient care. + Model leadership behaviors. Foster a spirit of collaboration and teamwork. Mentor peers and colleagues **Job Requirements** **Minimum Required** + Hospital experience dealing with conscious sedation + Bachelors Of Science in Nursing + Registered Nurse: CA (RN:CA) + BLS-CPR, from AHA + ACLS, from AHA **Preferred** + Interventional Radiology Experience **Where You'll Work** Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Hospitals have a history of caring for our community that goes back more than 100 years. We provide a broad range of medical and surgical services including minimally invasive and outpatient options. Our family of services includes the area's only inpatient oncology unit, the Orthopedic, Spine, and Hand Center, Family Birth Center, the Lactation Support Center and retail store, and many others. **Mercy Hospital Downtown** is a 194-bed facility located in downtown **Bakersfield** . Mercy Hospital Southwest is a 78-bed facility and the only hospital located in the rapidly growing area west of Highway 99. Mercy Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner, serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality, compassionate care since 1910. Learn more here ( at \#bakersfieldRN One Community. One Mission. One California ( **Pay Range** $43.59 - $75.64 /hour We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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