Job Description
JOB SUMMARY: RN - OB, L&D
Coordinates/provides nursing care for patients, participates in patient and family teaching and provides leadership by working cooperatively with nursing, ancillary, and other patient team personnel in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.
Because the primary patients for whom the OB Department provides care are females of child-bearing age and newborn infants, the OB staff nurse must be competent in the assessment of teenage and adult mothers for appropriate behavior, motor skills, and physiological and psychological norms. He or she must be knowledgeable in issues of antepartum/postpartum and newborn medication and safety, and cognizant of social issues frequently seen in dealing with new parents, and competently provide care as needed by patient and family groups.
In addition, the OB nurse must be competent in the assessment of newborn infants and able to evaluate newborn infants for appropriate behavior, motor skills, and physiological norms. The OB staff nurse must also be able to administer newborn medication doses as calculated by weight and size and competently provide patient care as required by the newborn.
REQUIREMENTS
Must have current California RN license. Graduate from a school of nursing with either diploma associate degree or B.S.N.
Additional:
- Minimum of 1 year of recent experience (within the last 18 months) on a Labor & Delivery Unit.
- Maintains BLS certification (American Heart Association).
- Maintains ACLS/NRP certification (American Heart Association).
- NIHSS/Stroke Scale Certification.
- Maintains Fetal Monitor Certification (AWHONN/ACOG endorsed, includes NICHD nomenclature).
- Computer-literate (working knowledge of Word and Excel). Experience with EMR.
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Inland Empire Winner of the Top Workplace
(Awarded: 2015, 2016, 2018 & 2019)
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital is a 79-bed, non-profit community hospital, with a dedicated team of highly qualified professional staff. We are looking for enthusiastic, energetic, and dedicated healthcare professionals who want to become a part of our team as we grow to meet the needs of our ever-growing community. Take advantage of our competitive salaries and excellent benefits package and see why working at SGMH is the right move to make. We are also the recipients of the Inland Empire’s Top Work Places Award presented by the Press-Enterprise.
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital (SGMH) is located between the cities of Banning and Beaumont, which sits astride Interstate 10 between the Inland Empire and the Coachella Valley in the San Gorgonio pass. The cities are a friendly and wholesome place to work and raise a family. There are multiple mountain areas where you can go hiking, fishing, camping and boating, as well as numerous parks and recreational areas for baseball, soccer, swimming and more.
The area is experiencing major, smart growth with master-planned communities. The cities have their own airport and transit system and the area is home to Mt. San Jacinto College, recently picked as one of the top 50 community colleges in the nation. Los Angeles is about 75 miles west and Palm Springs is only 20 miles to the east. With its even temperature throughout the year, the Pass area is a wonderful place to live and work.
