Clinical Nurse II, Labor and Delivery

Company Description At Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, we know world‑renowned care begins with world‑class caring. That’s why we combine advanced technologies and breakthrough discoveries with family‑centered care. We provide our caregivers with continuing education and state‑of‑the‑art facilities, like the newly remodeled hospital. We need caring, committed people on our team – like you. Join us on our mission to heal humanity, one child and family at a time. Department Description Our Labor and Delivery department consists of 10 labor/delivery/recovery rooms (LDRs), three operating rooms, three short stay/triage rooms, and three post‑anesthesia care unit (PACU) beds. We deliver approximately 5,000 babies per year. Job ID: LP_00016441-2655512 Job Description Job Summary The Clinical Nurse II is an RN who acts as a full partner on the health care team and consistently demonstrates safe practice within the organizational professional practice model. The Clinical Nurse II provides patient care through the nursing process, accepts accountability, and works across all patient ages. The role requires competencies in Patient and Family Centered Care, Evidence Based Practice and Research, Safety, Continuous Quality Improvement, Teamwork, Technology/Informatics, Professionalism, and Leadership. Essential Functions Employees must abide by all Joint Commission requirements, hospital policies, and service standards. Duties include clinical practice, education, safety, quality improvement, and leadership responsibilities as outlined below. Performs all functions of Clinical Nurse I Patient and Family Centered Care: recognizes patients as partners and provides compassionate, coordinated care that respects preferences, values, and needs. Manages complex patient care assignments appropriate to skill level. Participates in building consensus and resolving conflict. Sees the "big picture" and uses clinical experience to refine practice. Engages in problem solving to address complex issues regarding the delivery of safer, high‑quality, patient‑ and family‑centered care. Evidence Based Practice and Research: evaluates and integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences, generates clinical questions, searches and evaluates evidence, and applies findings to practice. Safety: minimizes risk of harm to patients, families, providers, and self through system effectiveness and individual performance, serves as resource for safety concerns, and participates in analyzing errors. Continuous Quality Improvement: utilizes data and QI methods to identify problems and opportunities, participates in design and evaluation of QI initiatives, and integrates them into individual care plans. Teamwork: engages in cooperation, coordination, and collaboration across inter‑ and intra‑professional teams, including virtual teams, and asserts personal perspective to support discussion. Technology/Informatics: utilizes appropriate information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making. Serves as resource for documentation and promotes safe, timely use of clinical systems. Professionalism: demonstrates commitment to lifelong learning, adheres to ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, participates in professional organizations, and fosters development of others. Leadership: collaborates and applies systems thinking for evidence‑based problem solving, communicates confidently, embraces change, and manages resources effectively. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities, and possession of any required licenses or certifications is qualifying. Education Graduate from an accredited nursing program. BSN preferred. Experience Minimum of 1.5 years (18 months) of recent Labor and Delivery experience, preferably in a center serving high‑risk patients. License/Certification Registered Nurse by California Board of Registered Nursing Basic Life Support by American Heart Association (AHA) or RQI Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support NRP Provider Card by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) within 90 days of hire Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support by American Heart Association (AHA) within 90 days of hire or RQI Healthcare Provider Advanced Life Support Advanced Fetal Heart Monitoring (Advanced) by Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) or Intermediate Fetal Heart Monitoring (Advanced) by AWHONN Certification Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C‑EFM) from National Certification Corporation (NCC) Knowledge Skill requirements to perform functions as described in the position description addendum according to the clinical level. Machine, tools, and equipment operated: proficient in the operation of clinical equipment, computers, and technology within the nurse’s practice setting. Fiscal accountability and resource stewardship: judicious use of materials and supplies, prevention of damage or loss of equipment. Supervision: may be responsible for guiding, assisting, and directing unlicensed assistive personnel as defined by the California Nurse Practice Act and the organization’s policies. Physical Requirements The Physical Requirements and Working Conditions are available from the Occupational Health Department. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Additional Information The nurse places the patient and the family at the heart of every decision and empowers them to be partners in care. The nurse evaluates and integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences for optimal healthcare and system effectiveness. The nurse minimizes risk of harm to patients, families, providers, and self through system effectiveness and individual performance. Utilizes data and QI methods to identify potential and actual problems and opportunities to provide safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable care. Engages in cooperation, coordination, and collaboration across inter‑ and intra‑professional teams, including virtual teams. Utilizes appropriate information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making. Demonstrates a commitment to lifelong learning, adherence to ANA’s Code of Ethics, participation in professional organizations, and community outreach. Collaborates and applies innovative, systems thinking to engage in evidence‑based problem solving and decision making to promote effective changes within a complex care delivery system supporting the vision of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Stanford Children’s Health. Pay Range Compensation is based on the level and requirements of the role. Salary within our ranges may also be determined by education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and internal equity. Typically, new team members join at the minimum to mid salary range. Minimum to Midpoint Range (Hourly): $96.35 to $111.14. Equal Opportunity Stanford Medicine Children’s Health (SMCH) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non‑discrimination in all policies and practices, including employment. SMCH does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, disability, or perception of the above. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements, where applicable, in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. #J-18808-Ljbffr