Per-Diem Registered Nurse -Mother Baby

About the Role

The Women’s Health Service Line at UCSF Medical Center is engaged in clinical, research, and training activities across Parnassus, Mt. Zion, Mission Bay, and satellite locations throughout the Bay Area, with an annual operating budget of $175 million. The mission of the UCSF Department of OBGYN & Reproductive Sciences is to improve the lives and health of all women through excellence, innovation, and leadership in patient care, scientific discovery, education, and advocacy.

The Mission Bay Birth Center includes 9 LDRP rooms, 24 postpartum rooms, 12 antepartum rooms, and 9 triage bays. This position reports directly to the Unit Director of the Birth Center, under Women’s Health and Adult Services.

Provides lactation assistance to women and infants within the Benioff Children’s Hospital, including but not limited to the Birth Center, who are attempting to establish or maintain breastfeeding practices. Works to develop, implement, and evaluate education around breastfeeding for patients, families, and staff. Utilizes the nursing process for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to provide safe, therapeutic care. Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary and nursing teams; carries out established nursing procedures and performs related duties as required; performs nursing care for patients with more complex needs with assistance and supervision. Assists with the management of patient care administered by other members of the nursing team.

Responsibilities

• Provide lactation assistance to women and infants to establish or maintain breastfeeding practices.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate breastfeeding education for patients, families, and staff.
• Utilize the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation) to deliver safe, therapeutic care.
• Function as a member of interdisciplinary and nursing teams, performing established nursing procedures.
• Perform nursing care for patients with complex needs, with assistance and supervision.
• Assist in managing patient care administered by other nursing team members.

Requirements

• Flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Medical Center locations.
• Minimum two (2) years of recent clinical RN experience in an inpatient setting caring for the mother/baby couplet.
• International Board of Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) certification and a minimum of one year of practice as a lactation consultant.
• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.
• Current BLS certification.
• Current NRP certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN degree.
• Experience working in a Baby Friendly USA hospital.