Registered Nurse; RN - L&D

Overview

Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance. At Desert Regional Medical Center, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. We offer a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance.

The available plans and programs include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status.

If the Clinical Nurse serves as Charge/Resource Nurse, the nurse is responsible for the day-to-day shift operations in the department, which includes, but is not limited to:

• Staffing the current and following shift, assuring that staffing ratios and acuities are being adhered to
• Entering staffing information for the current shift into Opt Link and on the staffing assignment sheets
• Rounding on the unit and equipment (including One East) that requires daily checks and ensuring log sheets are complete
• Managing unit resources in a cost-effective manner
• Demonstrating the ability to respond and provide direction in changing workload during crisis and emergency situations
• Interfacing with physicians and their offices regarding scheduling procedures for the Perinatal Unit
• Overseeing and evaluating the Labor and Delivery unit, including the antepartum and postpartum units
• Serving as a resource to staff and addressing issues of patient care with staff and physicians when appropriate
• Helping to ensure regulatory compliance

The Clinical Nurse assumes principal responsibility for the total nursing care, assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation of each assigned patient and completing all documentation as required. The clinical nurse initiates teaching and educates the patient and family/significant other to attain optimal health. The RN has access to all patient health information for treatment purposes only.

• Must have 1 year current L&D experience

• Current CA Registered Nurse License
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification (maintain current at all times)
• American Heart Association ACLS certification within six months of start date
• NRP certification within six months of start date
• EKG certification within 30 days of start date (excluding those who exclusively care for postpartum patients and newborns)
• Initial Intermediate or Advanced AWHONN Fetal Monitoring (excluding those who exclusively care for postpartum patients and newborns) within six months of start date
• Effective verbal and written skills to communicate with people at all levels and maintain positive working relationships with parents, families, and coworkers
• Active listening skills
• Compassionate and nonjudgmental caregiver and advocate
• Able to independently manage multiple priorities
• Must comply with Annual Health Review

Tenet complies with federal, state, and local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.

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