Registered Nurse

(FULL-TIME & PART-TIME) NOC SHIFT

Sonoma Specialty Hospital, as the county’s only Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, is dedicated to caring for patients that require an extended acute care stay due to severe illness or catastrophic injury. We accept patients from the ICU, Step-Down and Telemetry units of partner hospitals and continue their care for as long as 45 days. This care focuses on the challenges of getting patients off of ventilator support, healing severe wounds, aiding their recovery following surgical procedures, and providing rehabilitation to speed their return to daily life. Our Hospital provides ICU, Surgical, and Step-Down care with dialysis, multi-specialty therapies and ongoing planning for the patient’s transition back home or into a lower level of care. Please contact us with any questions, and welcome to Sonoma Specialty Hospital.

Job Summary:

The Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing the needs of each patient on his/her team, planning and implementing the care to meet those needs, interacting with team member and reporting to supervisor as appropriate. 

Education, Training and Licenses Required:

• Current California RN license


• BLS and ACLS Certified

Experience Required: 

Prefer one-year acute care experience.          

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: 

Initiative in organizing work and completing assignments. Cooperates with staff to maintain well organized department.  Professional decorum at all times. Willing to accept direction from supervisor. Maintains tactful and cheerful relationship with patients, visitors, and staff. Must speak, read, write, and comprehend English. Must respect patient confidentiality.  Math knowledge including basic algebra and ability to adjust drug dosages. Participates in in-service education programs.  Cardiac rhythm recognition required.

Equipment Knowledge Required:

Ability to learn function of machines utilized in patient care, various traction equipment and drainage tubes.  Ability to assist MD/RN with procedures. Competency with the electronic documentation system must be obtained within 30 days of hire with full proficiency by 90 days of hire.

It is the policy of Sonoma Specialty Hospital not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status.