Nurse Family Birth Center

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our day full time Family Birth Center (FBC) Registered Nurse (RN) at Mercy San Juan Medical Center you will be a pivotal healthcare professional delivering compassionate high-quality care so you can significantly impact our patients well-being and recovery. Our Family Birth Center operates as the Level 3 High Risk Facility for the greater Sacramento Dignity Hospitals. It is comprehensively equipped with 28 beds including 12 labor beds 2 Operating Rooms a 2-patient PACU 2 triage bays and a 14-bed private Mother-Baby unit. We are proud to be Joint Commission Certified for Perinatal Care and committed to the 10 steps for successful breastfeeding. As a high-risk facility we frequently receive antepartum patient transfers from across Northern California. We average 150 deliveries monthly supported by a robust team including Nurse Shift Managers a Perinatal Safety Specialist a Perinatal Certified Nurse Specialist an in-house OB hospitalist and a designated OB anesthesiologist. Furthermore our Level III NICU is conveniently adjoined to our FBC providing essential support.

Every day you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized comprehensive care making critical assessments performing skilled procedures and meticulously implementing patient care plans for our diverse patient population. You will be expected to collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes particularly in our high-risk setting. Your role will involve close coordination with our dedicated support staff ensuring the highest level of care for every patient.

To be successful in this specialized and vital role you must possess keen assessment skills acute critical thinking and a patient-first mindset driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others especially those facing high-risk pregnancies or deliveries. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery within our Level 3 High Risk Facility but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Assessment: Performs total body and system assessment each shift/visit according to unit standards.
• Care of Patient: Including planning implementing evaluating and educating.
• Clinical/Technical Skills: Utilizes technology procedures protocols standards and interventions specific to the assigned unit.
• Documentation: Performs legible timely concise and accurate documentation according to policies and procedures. Proficient and competent with the computerized documentation system.
• Leadership: Accepts responsibility and accountability for own decisions and behaviors. Recognizes accepts and cooperates with direction from facility leadership.
• Precepting/Mentoring: Participates in orientation of new staff ancillary personnel and mentors students in a constructive and positive manner. Serves as a resource to staff from other nursing departments.

Job Requirements

• Minimum One (1) year of Labor & Delivery and Postpartum RN experience from an accredited hospital
• Fetal monitoring experience
• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of California
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification - American Heart Association
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification - American Heart Association
• Current NRP certificate
• NCC fetal monitoring certificate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring course completion within twelve (12) months of hire.

Preferred

• Cesarean Section experience

Where Youll Work

Founded in 1967 Dignity Health - Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 377-bed acute care nonprofit hospital located in Carmichael California. Serving over 100000 patients annually the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center Level III NICU heart care cancer care womens health and neurology. Additionally Mercy San Juan Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Comprehensive Stroke Center the highest level of stroke care certification awarded by The Joint Commission.

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