Rn New Grad Residency Program Medical Acute

Dignity Health Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 370-bed not-for-profit Level 2 Trauma Center located in Carmichael California serving the areas of north Sacramento County and south Placer County for more than 50 years. It is one of the area’s largest and most comprehensive medical centers. Dedicated to the community’s well-being our staff and volunteers provide excellence in care for our patients each year. Mercy San Juan Medical Center has received recognition for being a Comprehensive Stroke Center and Center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery along with Certificates of Excellence in Perinatal Care Hip- and Knee- Replacement.

Medical Acute is a 37 bed combination unit that includes 3 private rooms. Medical Acute is divided into two sides with one side focused on patients with medical-surgical diagnoses including chronic congestive heart failure diabetes cellulitis kidney failure alcohol and chemical dependencies respiratory and asthma exacerbations pneumonia and failure to thrive. This side is supported by Patient Care Tech’s. The other half of our unit is dedicated to our behavioral patient population which include those experiencing alcohol dependencies and withdrawals and mental illnesses including schizophrenia bipolar suicidal and homicidal tendencies. This side has Patient Care Techs who support as well as Mental Health Techs for support for our behavioral patients. Unit staffing consists of 4:1 RN ratio for telemetry patients and 5:1 RN ratio for Medical Surgical patients. We have a strong multidisciplinary team consistently involved in the care and well-being of our patients and consists of case management social services physical therapists and psych MD’s. This unit is very fast paced and can be challenging but offers a wide variety of experiences and opportunities to enhance your professional career and development.

This is an opportunity to work with a dedicated and dynamic core group of nurses and other allied health care workers to provide loving care to some of our community’s most vulnerable patients through patient-centeredness teamwork and excellence.

The staff are provided on-going education related to crisis prevention interventions and the care of patients with behavioral health diagnosis who are admitted with medical issues.

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

Interviews will be held on: 8/24/23

Start date: 10/16/23

Minimum Qualifications:

2 positions