Nurse Family Birth Center

Nurse Family Birth Center

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Nurse Family Birth Center

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Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our 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.

We are offering a $15,000 Sign On Bonus to new hires who meet the eligibility requirements.

Job Requirements

Required

• 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 You'll 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 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, cancer care, women's 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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Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.

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Your Potential Career Path

This is a snapshot of your potential career path highlights the series of job positions that help you progress towards your goals and objectives. Ultimately, your career path depends on your career values and personal goals.

While you're busy impacting the healthcare industry, we'll take care of you with benefits that may include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid time off, tuition assistance, adoption assistance, and more!

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Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible employees may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time.

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