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 the 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. The NorthBay Way principles consisting of Caring, Communication, Collaboration, and Competence are values exhibited daily.
Education:
- Graduate from an accredited school of professional registered nursing.
- Nursing degree of BSN level or higher is required (excludes grandfathered employees).
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:
- At least six months of RN 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.
- The RN provides care to women who are within the childbearing age range (from 11-45 years of age) and to newborns during the transitional period.
- Competent to circulate for c-sections within 6 months of hire.
- Competent to perform OB surgical recovery within 3-6 months of hire depending on previous experience.
- Twenty hours of breastfeeding education that meets the Baby Friendly/WHO/Unicef curriculum requirements within 3 months of hire (original certificates of completion no further than 2 years of date of hire).
- Proficient written, verbal, and electronic communication skills.
Other:
- The NorthBay Way principles consist of Caring, Communication, Collaboration, and Competence. All candidates will be able to demonstrate these values.
- All RNs in the Patient Care Services Department are required to wear Graphite (Dark Gray) colored scrubs per the professional appearance policy.
Compensation:
- Hourly Salary Range Min $72.59 - Max $87.53 (Offered hourly rate based on years of experience).
- Plus, Generous Shift Differentials.
- 15% differential available to external and internal applicants with Per Diem status.
At NorthBay Health, we are committed to providing you with competitive wages and quality benefits for you and your family:
- Wages reviewed annually and adjusted to remain competitive.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits for full and part-time employees and their families. Part-time is 20-39 hours per week.
- Tax-deferred 403b with a percentage matched by NorthBay Health.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Tax-deferred dependent care plan.
- Life Insurance.
- Employee Recognition Program.
- Vacation & Sick Time benefits.
- Disability Insurance.
- Wellness Program.
- Generous shift differentials for eligible staff.
NorthBay Health provides sophisticated healthcare services not only in our two hospitals—NorthBay Medical Center in Fairfield and NorthBay VacaValley Hospital in Vacaville California—but in our primary care, specialty care practices, and urgent care centers. From oncology to open heart surgery, and from birth through the end of life, NorthBay Healthcare has teams of medical experts ready to assist in your care.
It is our goal to exude warmth and caring as we meet and greet patients, family, and visitors in our hospitals and medical offices. Our dedication to our patients continues throughout their healthcare journey.
NorthBay Health was born in Solano County, and we remain committed to delivering advanced medicine here to the community we serve. That’s why we continue to invest in modernizing and expanding our facilities, purchasing cutting-edge equipment and pushing the limits of technology alongside other healthcare pioneers.
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