RN - L&D / Labor and Delivery
Job Summary
Talented Medical Solutions is seeking a RN - L&D / Labor and Delivery to work in our in-office setting in Ukiah, CA. Shifts are available day and night, with 12-hour shifts ranging from 36 to 48 hours per week. Shifts typically start at 6:00 AM and end at 6:30 PM. The position requires labor, postpartum experience, and Level 2 nursery skills. Scrubs are provided if needed; otherwise, eggplant-colored scrubs are acceptable. The ideal candidate should have experience as an experienced labor nurse, NRP, Intermediate fetal monitoring, ACLS, and BLS.
About the Role
This department provides labor, delivery, and recovery (LDR) services. It includes an OB Triage function if performed by staff in this department. Postpartum, infant care, and ambulatory birthing centers are not included. The facility has been serving the community since 1956, offering a range of services including a 50-bed acute care medical center, level IV trauma center, level II intensive care nursery, physical rehabilitation program, outpatient surgery and diagnostic center, and advanced wound care center. Ukiah is a charming small town with a rich cultural heritage, arts scene, vineyards, and natural beauty. It's conveniently located near San Francisco and the Pacific Coast.
Responsibilities
- Delivers coordinated nursing care for a patient or an assigned group of patients according to established standards of care and the nursing process.
- Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned nursing staff, and coordinates care with other disciplines while utilizing critical thinking, professional, and supervisory discretion, and independent judgment.
- Collects relevant data pertinent to the patient's health or situation.
- Analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnosis and care issues.
- Develops a plan that prescribes interventions to attain outcomes.
- Implements the plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
- Evaluates progress toward attaining outcomes.
- Identifies outcomes for the patient or the patient's situation.
- Collaborates with the team of patient, family, and healthcare providers in providing patient care in a safe, healing, humane, and caring environment.
- Provides learning opportunities for patients/family members and team members.
- Directly provides health information to patients, families, and treatment team.
- Participates in discharge planning in order to provide continuity of care.
- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of healthcare team members.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Education and Work Experience: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN): Preferred Acute care facility experience: Preferred
- Licenses/Certifications: Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Required Facility Specific License/Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQI BLS) certification: Required Department Specific License/Certifications: Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP): Required ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support): Required
Qualifications
Essential Functions:
- Collects relevant data pertinent to the patient's health or situation.
- Analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnosis and care issues.
- Develops a plan that prescribes interventions to attain outcomes.
- Implements the plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
- Evaluates progress toward attaining outcomes.
- Identifies outcomes for the patient or the patient's situation.
- Collaborates with the team of patient, family, and healthcare providers in providing patient care in a safe, healing, humane, and caring environment.
- Provides learning opportunities for patients/family members and team members.
- Directly provides health information to patients, families, and treatment team.
- Participates in discharge planning in order to provide continuity of care.
- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of healthcare team members.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Skills
Experience as an experienced labor nurse, NRP, Intermediate fetal monitoring, ACLS, and BLS.
Benefits
The facility is committed to the safety and wellbeing of its associates and patients. Therefore, all associates must receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.
Pay
Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.
Schedule
Shifts are available day and night, with 12-hour shifts ranging from 36 to 48 hours per week. Shifts typically start at 6:00 AM and end at 6:30 PM.