About this role
At Northbay Health, as a Registered Nurse on the Labor & Delivery Unit, you will provide safe, effective, quality, excellent nursing care to our patients following Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring, the Relationship Based Care, and Northbay’s professional nursing practice model. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for all patients assigned to your care. You will also use a therapeutic professional relationship with the patient and their family along with your interdisciplinary team to facilitate the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health for the patient.
Education
- Graduate from an accredited school of professional registered nursing Clinical Nurse II: Graduate from an accredited school of professional registered nursing, BSN required.
- Collegiate Clinical Nurse II: Graduate from an accredited school of professional registered nursing, ADN required. Must be completed with a BSN or MSN program within 36 months of hire into Collegiate Clinical Nurse position.
License and Certifications
- Valid, current and unencumbered RN license by the State of California.
- Current AHA or AHA equivalent BLS required. ACLS within one year of hire.
- Neonatal Resuscitation Provider Course required within 4 months of hire.
- National nursing certification is preferred
Experience, Knowledge, and Skills
- Six months of acute care experience or six months of same day surgical experience.
- One year of L&D RN experience highly preferred.
- Demonstrates skills in the following areas including but not limited to: advanced patient assessment specifically labor assessments, vaginal examinations, safe utilization of medications, electronic fetal monitoring interpretation, care of the antepartum patient, newborn assessment during the transition period and surgical skills such as circulating and OB surgical recovery.
- Competent to circulate within 6 months of hire. The Clinical Nurse 1 must be competent to circulate within 12 months of hire.
- Competent to perform OB surgical recovery within 3-6 months of hire depending on previous experience. The Clinical Nurse 1 must be competent to perform OB surgical recovery within 8 months of hire
- Attend a 4-hour Lactation Class within 6 months of hire and spend 4 hours with a Lactation Specialist during initial orientation.
Other
- All RNs in the Patient Care Services Department are required to wear Graphite (Dark Gray) colored scrubs per the professional appearance policy.