RN III Labor and Delivery

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Registered Nurse (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 be successful 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.

• Provides comprehensive antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum nursing care, performing comprehensive maternal-fetal assessments, developing individualized care plans, and managing both low- and high-risk obstetric patients.

• Monitors maternal and fetal well-being through external and internal fetal monitoring (FSE/IUPC), interpreted fetal heart tracings, performed cervical assessments, and initiated timely interventions during labor and obstetric emergencies.

• Administers medications, IV therapies, epidural care, blood specimen collection, point-of-care testing, and other specialized clinical procedures while maintaining strict adherence to patient safety, infection prevention, and evidence-based practice.

• Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate patient care, provide SBAR handoffs, supervise and delegate nursing personnel, educate patients and families, advocate for patient-centered care, and ensure accurate clinical documentation and regulatory compliance.

• Responds effectively to obstetric and neonatal emergencies, including fetal distress, hypertensive disorders, hemorrhage, preterm labor, and newborn stabilization, while promoting quality improvement, patient safety, and professional nursing standards.

This position is represented by SEIU Local 121RN and is covered by the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

Job Requirements

Minimum:

• Three (3) to five (5) years current Labor & Delivery experience
• Current CA RN license BLS ACLS and NRP certifications
• Circulating for cesarean delivery experience required.
• Certification in fetal monitoring is required within one (1) year of employment
• Evidence of lactation support education required within one (1) year of employment required.

Preferred:

• Spanish speaking experience
• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing
• Obstetrics specialty certification

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1912, Dignity Health - St. John's Regional Medical Center is a 265-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Oxnard, California. Serving over 85,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including emergency, heart, orthopedic, and cancer care. Additionally, St. John's Regional Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and was named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.

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