Labor and Delivery Nurse

Where You'll Work
Founded in 1973, Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women's health, and neurology. Additionally, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.
One Community. One Mission. One California
Job Summary and Responsibilities
$15,000 Sign on bonus offered for fully qualified new hires. Current employees are not eligible, per policy.
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.
Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.
To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery 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 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 resource to staff from other nursing departments.

Job Requirements
Required

• Associate Of Nursing ADN
• (1) year labor and delivery experience required in an acute care setting. (Exception: When the unit is staffed with enough experienced nurses to support a trainee or graduate nurse, applicants without requisite experience may be considered).
• Registered Nurse: CA (CA RN)
• Basic Life Support CPR (BLS) through the American Heart Association
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through the American Heart Association within 90 Days
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) within 90 Days
• AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring course every two years thereafter or obtain NCC Fetal Monitoring Certification and
  maintain as specified. (Basic AWHONN fetal monitoring acceptable at hire, but must complete the Intermediate AWHONN course within 6 months hire ).

Preferred

• 1 year Labor and delivery C/Section/PACU, OBED, Postpartum/Newborn Nursery Unit experience.