Registered Nurse - Pulmonary, Renal and Infectious Disease (Full-Time 12 Hour Night Shift)

Company: Cottage Health
Location: Santa Barbara
Posted on: October 19, 2020

Job Description:

Pulmonary, Renal and Infectious Disease (PRI) is a 32 bed medical-surgical floor with 30 private rooms. Two of the private rooms can be converted into semi-private rooms in times of higher census. The average daily census on the unit is 30.

The patient population of PRI is diverse. We accept all patients age 17 and older. PRI specializes in caring for general medical patients and those patients with Pulmonary, Renal and Infection control disease processes.

The most frequent diagnoses for our patients are: pneumonia, respiratory infections, asthma, COPD, long-term/home ventilators, tracheostomies, pancreatitis, GI bleeds, end-stage renal disease, diabetes and drug and alcohol withdrawal. In addition, PRI specializes in isolation patient care including patients with MRSA, VRE, C-Diff and TB.

Strong staff and excellent teamwork make a position on this unit desirable. Requires a current California License and BLS certification. ACLS certification is desirable.

About Cottage Health

Cottage Health was ranked number 42 of healthcare providers and insurers in Modern Healthcare’s Top 100 “Best Places to Work in Healthcare.” We also received ninth place for large health systems and 92 overall. “The Best Places to Work” program recognizes 100 outstanding healthcare employers nationwide. With nearly 5,000 hospitals across the U.S. and countless other healthcare organizations, our ranking is a significant achievement. No wonder so many top professionals have made Cottage Health their employer of choice.

About Our Location

Nestled between the ocean and the mountains, Santa Barbara, California offers breathtaking vistas, beautiful flowers, an abundance of Spanish colonial architecture and a mild, “Mediterranean” climate. Once you come home to Santa Barbara, it’s hard to imagine living anywhere else. Cottage Health System offers an outstanding compensation and benefits package, which includes relocation assistance. Make the move that will change your career.

Cottage Health formed in 1996 as the not-for-profit parent organization of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and its affiliated Cottage Children’s Hospital and Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital, Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, and Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital.

CH is guided by a volunteer board of directors from the greater Santa Barbara community and provides the residents of the Central and South Coast with exemplary health care, continuous improvements in advanced medicine, and a commitment to our communities.

Our medical staff of more than 600 physicians includes specialists in all major clinical areas, many of whom participate in the training and education of some of the top medical residents in the country in our internal medicine, general surgery, and radiology residency programs.

At Cottage Health, we rely on the contributions, creativity, and skills of our employees. Therefore, we offer competitive compensation and benefits that include above-market salaries, premium medical benefits, new-hire bonuses, pension plans, tax savings accounts, rental and mortgage assistance, and relocation packages.

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