RN Labor and Delivery

CommonSpirit Health; Santa Cruz (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health’s Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, CA is seeking a Staff RN to provide high-quality, patient-centered care in a fast-paced setting. You will perform comprehensive assessments, implement care plans, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to support recovery and patient education.

Required L&D experience, CA RN license, and CPR; Neonatal Resuscitation Program and AWHONN fetal monitoring credentials are preferred to enhance patient safety and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Associate of Nursing or nursing diploma; six months of recent L&D hospital experience.
• Registered Nurse license (CA) required.
• Basic Life Support (CPR) certification.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification.
• AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring certification.

Responsibilities

• Clinical practice and case management delivering holistic, safe patient care.
• Perform psychosocial/physiologic assessments and develop plans of care.
• Coordinate with patients/families to identify outcomes and discharge plans.
• Administer prescribed medications and IV solutions per hospital protocols.
• Assess pain using standard scales and tailor interventions to patient comfort.
• Adapt care plans to cultural, ethical, and spiritual needs and plan post-acute care.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Care planning

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Vital signs & monitoring

Patient education

Education

Associate degree in Nursing

Nursing diploma

Bachelor of Nursing (preferred)

Tools

Basic Life Support - CPR

Neonatal Resuscitation Program

AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Staff RN, you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.
Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.
To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Clinical Practice & Case Management- Provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. Incorporates differences into the provision of care. Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum to include patient and family education.


• Performs psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrate changing data.


• Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning. Collaborates with patients/families to identify realistic desired outcomes.


• Administers prescribed medications and intravenous solutions according to standards of care and hospital protocols.


• Assesses pain level in all patients using '0-10', 'Faces', or other approved scale to promote comfort and enable patients to participate in their healing. Provides timely/appropriate assessment/intervention. Identifies comfort function goals with patients.


• Tailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs, including cultural/ethical/spiritual needs. Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs. (i.e. treatment options, patient placement options, end of life options). Adapts standards and guidelines for individual patients.

Job Requirements

Required

• Associate Of Nursing Or nursing diploma Six months of recent L&D hospitalexperience, upon hire and


• Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire and


• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and


• Neonatal Resuscitation Program, upon hire


• AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring to the required upon hire

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Nursing, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1941, Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital is a 188-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Cruz, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, orthopedics, and a Family Birthing Center. Additionally, Dominican Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has been awarded the AMA/ASA's Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement, recognizing the hospital's commitment to providing the best stroke care.

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