Registered Nurse (Rn) Labor And Delivery Full Time Nights

Night - 12 Hour (United States of America)Job Summary
The Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct patient care, practicing in an evidence-based manner, within the Scope of Practice of the California Nursing Practice Act, regulatory requirements, standards of care, and hospital policies. The RN performs all the steps of the nursing process including assessing patients, interpreting data, planning, implementing, and evaluating care. In addition, the RN coordinates care with other providers and acts as a teacher to the patient and family to provide the knowledge and skills needed to manage their care and prevent complications.
Essential Functions
The essential functions listed below are general examples and not a description of comprehensive duties. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing nature or scope of this position or level of responsibility. May be asked to perform other duties as assigned.

• Assesses patients by collecting and documenting data about patients through interviewing, history taking, personal needs and physical assessment findings.
• Safely performs and documents care plan using the nursing procedures required for the patient assignment consistent with the standards of care.
• Evaluates effectiveness of interventions and monitors patient for adverse responses and side effects.
• Safety performs all provision of care for any age-related needs of the patients served on the unit, including growth and development principles
• Creates and maintains a climate conducive to healing through being present to patient & family, identifying and managing discomforts and providing emotional support and education.
• Teaches needed information for self-care and illness prevention to patient and family members.
• Employee must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the C-I-CARE Standards of the Hospital. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford Healthcare – ValleyCare’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions
• Obtains accurate and relevant assessment screening data and interprets the data as normal v. abnormal.
• Determines nursing diagnosis. Monitors and evaluates data as frequently as needed based on stability.
• Works to support the achievement of department strategic and organizational goals.
• Attends meetings and serves on departmental and/or hospital committees as assigned.
• Recognizes and communicates to proper authority ethical and legal issues relative to patient care; completes incident report.
• Assesses patient/family level of understanding and documents information on clinical records.

Job Qualifications
Education

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing

Experience

• Minimum of one-year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required

License/Certification

• Current CA R.N. License
• Current American Heart Association BLS Certification
• Relevant departmental certification as required (i.e.: PALS, NRP, ACLS)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability positively influences others to meet patient needs and achieve shared goals
• Strong communication skills - Ability to read, write and understand the English language.
• Ability to work as a valued team member, but also autonomously
• Ability to effectively prioritize to provide quality and valued patient care
• Ability to use information and keep abreast of developments in technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making in patient care
• Strong attention to detail
• Knowledge of principles, practices and current trends in health care and hospital system organization and administration sufficient to provide clinical management, leadership, coordination, and operational direction for assigned areas of responsibility
• Ability to problem solve and adapt to a changing environment

Physical Demand and Working Conditions
The Physical Requirements and Working Conditions in which the job is typically performed are available from the Occupational Health Department. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care - ValleyCare (SHC - VC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

• Assesses patients by collecting and documenting data about patients through interviewing, history taking, personal needs and physical assessment findings.

• Employee must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the C-I-CARE Standards of the Hospital. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford Healthcare – ValleyCare’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions
• Safely performs and documents care plan using the nursing procedures required for the patient assignment consistent with the standards of care.
• Attends meetings and serves on departmental and/or hospital committees as assigned.
• Teaches needed information for self-care and illness prevention to patient and family members.
• Works to support the achievement of department strategic and organizational goals.
• Creates and maintains a climate conducive to healing through being present to patient & family, identifying and managing discomforts and providing emotional support and education.
• Determines nursing diagnosis. Monitors and evaluates data as frequently as needed based on stability.
• Obtains accurate and relevant assessment screening data and interprets the data as normal v. abnormal.
• Safety performs all provision of care for any age-related needs of the patients served on the unit, including growth and development principles
• Assesses patient/family level of understanding and documents information on clinical records.
• Evaluates effectiveness of interventions and monitors patient for adverse responses and side effects.
• Recognizes and communicates to proper authority ethical and legal issues relative to patient care; completes incident report.

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing

• Minimum of one-year prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required

• Current American Heart Association BLS Certification
• Relevant departmental certification as required (i.e.: PALS, NRP, ACLS)
• Current CA R.N. License

• Strong communication skills - Ability to read, write and understand the English language.
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to problem solve and adapt to a changing environment
• Ability positively influences others to meet patient needs and achieve shared goals
• Ability to effectively prioritize to provide quality and valued patient care
• Knowledge of principles, practices and current trends in health care and hospital system organization and administration sufficient to provide clinical management, leadership, coordination, and operational direction for assigned areas of responsibility
• Ability to work as a valued team member, but also autonomously
• Ability to use information and keep abreast of developments in technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making in patient care

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $61.92 - $75.10 per hour