#97371 (RN) Registered Nurse - Perinatal L&D/Postpartum - DESCRIPTION UC San Diego Health is a Magnet designated organization, which is a prestigious recognition that applies to only 6% of all U.S. hospitals. Magnet is the gold standard for nursing excellence and is based on strengths in five key areas which include transformational leadership, structural empowerment, exemplary professional practice, new knowledge, innovation and improvements and empirical quality results. UC San Diego Health has held its Magnet status since 2011. The Postpartum Perinatal RN is hired into a progressive perinatal nurse training program. Nurses applying should be committed to professional development and the perinatal nursing model. Training will be completed in the Postpartum and Labor & Delivery units. After completing training in each area, candidates will have scheduled rotations through each area. - Those successful will have excellent critical thinking and time management skills and be self-motivated, patient advocates, and effective communicators. Autonomous nursing care is the ability of a nurse to assess and provide nursing actions as appropriate for patient care populations based on competence, professional expertise, and knowledge. The nurse is expected to practice autonomously consistent with ANA Standards of Practice and Professional Performance. Independent judgment is expected to be exercised within the context of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to patient care. - MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - Must be a graduate from an accredited school of nursing. - RN license issued by the State of California. - BART or BLS at time of hire with commitment to get BART w/in 6 months of hire date. - NRP certification. - AWHONN Fetal Heart Monitoring certification. - Minimum two years of L&D RN experience. - PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - BSN. - AWHONN Advanced Fetal Heart Monitoring certification. - Regional Perinatal Maternal Newborn Nursing Course completion. - LDRP/Postpartum/Couplet experience. - SPECIAL CONDITIONS - Must be able to work various hours, days, shifts, on-call and various locations based on the 24-hour Medical Center's business needs. - Selected candidate may be hired at the CNIII level pending review and approval by the Nurse Executive Council. - Employment is subject to a criminal background check and pre-employment physical.