Registered Nurse (RN) - L&D

Overview

Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance. Ready to be a vital part of our mission? Apply today and bring your passion for nursing to a place where it truly matters!

At San Ramon Regional Medical Center, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That's why we offer more than a job - we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status

Job Summary

Job Type: Full Time

Job Shift: Nights

Holiday Rotation:

Department: Labor and Delivery

Reporting to the Nursing Director, this position is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and providing high quality, individualized patient care using the components of the nursing process. On-call required; when on-call must arrive to the Hospital within 30 minutes.

Responsibilities

1. Performs duties in a manner that provides for the psychosocial and spiritual needs of the patient and family. Completes all assessments in a timely manner. Incorporates age-specific considerations, including functional and developmental age, into the care of the neonate (0 to 30 days), adolescent (12 to 17 years) and adult (18 to 70 years) patients.

2. Effectively manages pain control in the laboring patient by (1) assisting the anesthesiologist with epidural catheter placement and (2) monitoring fetal and maternal status during catheter placement and after medication administration, medicating to appropriate pain scale.

3. Provides patient education related to infant security measures during hospitalization, such placement of infant security device on the neonate.

4. Provides routine pre- and post-operative, labor, delivery and mother/baby nursing care to include (1) assessment of fetal and maternal well-being, (2) amniotic fluid status, (3) vaginal bleeding, (4) recognizing and appropriately managing abnormalities, (5) cervical examination, (6) Apgar scoring, (7) meconium aspirations, and (8) insertion of fetal scalp electrodes and subsequent fetal monitoring. Collaborates care with obstetrician, anesthesiologist and pediatrician.

5. Creates and maintains a sterile environment for Cesarean sections as scrub or circulating nurse, assuring maintenance of all emergency equipment, including anesthesia and crash carts, and assisting physicians with deliveries.

6. Demonstrates the ability to provide care in emergencies and follows established emergency procedures and practices. Recognizes and responds appropriately to maternal and fetal distress. Assists physician with resuscitation as required.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

• BSN preferred

Minimum Experience/Skills:

• Minimum of one (1) year recent experience within the last three (3) years of Full -Time high risk Labor & Delivery experience;
• OB triage and Circulating vaginal & C-section deliveries; (will train to scrub C-sections and train to postpartum/well baby if no experience).

Licenses/Certificates/Credentials:

• Current California RN license
• Current BLS certification (AHA certified)
• Current NRP certification
• AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring is a requirement within 1 year of hire, unless documentation of completion is provided prior to hire
• AWHONN progressive Fetal Monitoring classes are recommended every 2 years

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Organization Description

San Ramon Regional Medical Center is a 123-bed acute care hospital known for providing comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and emergency care. San Ramon Regional Medical Center provides award-winning heart care programs, joint and spine surgery programs including advanced minimally-invasive surgical treatments, a Level II Special Care Nursery, and robotic surgery. Join our team!

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