RN Surgical Services

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds 48 licensed critical care beds 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center the Lauren Small Childrens Center including the areas only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Family Care Center a Level II NICU the Sarvanand Heart and Brain Center with Kern Countys first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial 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 1956. Click here to learn more about Bakersfield Memorial Hospital.

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. Supervise 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.
Collaborate with other nursing and ancillary services to assure seamless communication and uninterrupted patient care.

Coordinate the plan of care. Conduct patient teaching specific to disease entity and home management. Actively participate in assuring care continuum.

Key Skills:

Model leadership behaviors

Foster a spirit of collaboration and teamwork

Mentor peers and colleagues

Anticipate patient’s needs

Read analyze and interpret hospital policies and procedures professional journals technical procedures or governmental regulations

Apply concepts such as fractions percentages ratios and proportions to practical situations

Define problems collect data establish facts and draw valid conclusions

Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

Must have ability to critically think and problem solve

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Minimum Qualifications:

• CA RN
• BLS (AHA)
• ACLS
• 1 year operating room/surgical experience required; if operational conditions permit training a candidate without the required experience may be considered
• ACLS (required within one year for new grad)
• Education level necessary to obtain required licensure and certifications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree - BSN
• PALS