Registered Nurse -Per Diem - Surgery Center

Registered Nurse
-Per Diem
- Kern Medical Surgery Center

Job Category :
Nursing
- Registered Nurse

Requisition Number : REGIS
005381

• Posted :
  August 17, 2026
• Part-Time
• On-site

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Bakersfield, CA 93311, USA

Kern Medical, LLC offers a range of primary, specialty, and multi-specialty services including pregnancy care, behavioral health services integrated with county mental health programs, and a growing network of outpatient clinics providing personalized patient-centered wellness care. Kern Medical, LLC cares for 15,500 inpatients and 125,000 clinic patients a year.

Career Opportunities within Kern Medical include many benefits such as:

• A Comprehensive Benefits Package:
  May include Retirement and Health Benefits.

Position: Registered Nurse – Per Diem, Bilingual Preferred
- Surgery Center.

Compensation:

The estimated pay for this position is LVN I: $41.05 to 64.68 hourly. Additional compensation may be available for this role through differentials, incentives, and bonuses. In addition, this position may be eligible for participation and company contributions into 401(k).

* Must upload RN Diploma and BLS Certification and BC Bilingual Tier I Certification

The Registered Nurse plays a crucial role in the efficient functioning of the outpatient surgery office. The primary responsibilities include direct patient care in pre-op, in the OR and in PACU utilizing broad knowledge in the techniques, methods, procedures and equipment required in support of the medical staff in patient treatment.

Definition:

Under the supervision of a nurse leader (Chief Nursing Officer, Clinical Director, Clinical Supervisor, and Clinical Nurse Leader), independently prescribes, delegates, and coordinates nursing care to the acutely ill patient and performs the nursing process through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of safe, therapeutic care for patients. The scope of practice is in accordance with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, ANA Code of Ethics, and California Nurse Practice Act Board of Registered Nurses of the State of California.

This classification ranges from novice nurses with limited knowledge and skills to expert nurses with advanced knowledge and skills and the ability to perform work with minimum supervision. It is designed to accommodate the expanding experience of the Registered Nurse (RN), resulting in the ability to orient nurses with limited experience and re-entry nurses to current clinical practice. The HSN is expected to be committed to enhancing the profession of nursing, actively seek to improve their professional practice, contribute to the professional development of others, demonstrate caring-healing practices and promote the vision and goals of the organization and Department of Nursing.

All nursing clinical practice will be evaluated and governed by the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and/or their RN designee.

• Creates and sustains an environment that supports compassionate caring through authentic presence with the patient and family, builds trusting relationships, and creates connections that embrace mind, body, and spirit modalities to mobilize the patient’s strengths and abilities toward healing.
• Collects and documents data for assigned patients according to prescribed methods.
• Interprets assessment data to determine whether the patient has physiological and/or psychosocial risk factors, records and reports variances from normal parameters.
• Collaborates with the patient, family, and members of the healthcare team to develop an individualized plan of care based on existing and potential patient problems and observable patient responses. Implements nursing and physician orders safely
• Uses education, experience, and interpretation of assessment data to prioritize appropriate nursing actions;
• Establishes nursing diagnoses, uses appropriate resources to formulate a written plan of care, evaluates the effectiveness of nursing interventions, and revises patient care plans as necessary.
• Anticipates and effectively manages rapidly changing situations by the rapid grasp of changes in patient status and problem situations. Prioritizing and responding quickly and appropriately to identify the need for and activation of emergency protocols and assistance.
• Performs and documents the nursing process consistent with scientific principles and hospital policy as required by patient assignment using critical thinking and nursing judgment.
• Implements the medical and nursing care plans and coordinates patient care activities with nurses, physicians, and Advanced Practice Providers.
• Partners with the patient/family to assess learning needs, priorities, and level of understanding and co-develop the plan. Designs teaching methods and plans accordingly; follow through on teaching plans developed to instruct patients and their family members regarding; testing, procedures, and disease process; knowledge and skills…