RN Labor and Delivery

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Staff Nurse, 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 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.

• Ensures a professional and responsive atmosphere by greeting patients, visitors, staff, and physicians promptly and courteously. Refers to each individual by name when appropriate. Monitors visitors for Infant Security purposes.

• Performs initial assessment utilizing professional nursing knowledge and skills. Appropriately assess for: a)Physical and psychosocial emotional needs a)Labor status and progression a)Labor, postpartum/postoperative and neonatal pain a)Fetal Well being a)Neonatal transition to extrauterine life a)Breastfeeding ability a)Barriers to learning a)Educational.learning needs a)Discharge need a)Age related needs a)Issues related to assault or abuse

• Analyzes patient related data, such as vital signs, past medical history, prenatal history, physical exam findings, laboratory values and other information, including age specific criteria, to determine appropriate care.

• Provides health education and teaching to patient, family and significant others, that is age specific, providing for any barriers to learning. Clearly communicates health, treatment and discharge information, ensuring the patient, family member or significant other understands all discharge and follow-up instructions.

• Plans nursing care based on priority of physical and psychosocial emotional needs.

• Implements the plan of care including prescribed procedures and treatments.

Up to 10k Sign On Bonus for all Benefited positions!

Up to 10k Relocation offered for new hires!

Per policy current employees are not eligible.

1 Year Minimum in Labor & Delivery to qualify

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduation from an accredited school of professional nursing, and One to two years clinical nursing experience, upon hire

• Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire

• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 90 Days

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program, within 90 Days

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing

Where You'll Work

About Sequoia Hospital - Hello Humankindness

Dignity Health Sequoia Hospital is an accredited, not-for-profit community hospital providing innovative and exceptional health care for generations of Bay Area residents. Sequoia's Heart and Vascular Institute is a nationally known pioneer in advanced cardiac care, affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute. Sequoia has received national recognition from Healthgrades for superior patient safety and was named as one of America's top 100 hospitals for cardiac care. Our Total Joint Replacement program is a designated Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement. Our Birth Center is consistently ranked as a favorite among Peninsula families. We are also known for our comprehensive emergency care and leading-edge tomosynthesis 3-D mammogram technology. Our Pavilion combines the most advanced medical and surgical services with a unique healing environment, including private, spacious rooms and inviting garden areas.

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Pay Range

$71.17 - $94.81 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.