Registered Nurse (Birth Center)

This position is Sign-On Bonus Eligible   

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital seeks a Registered Nurse (RN) for their Birth Center.  Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital has received the prestigious international recognition as a Designated Baby-Friendly hospital by Baby-Friendly USA Inc., the authority for implementing the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. We welcome 2400 new babies into the world each year.  

QUALIFICATIONS:

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently. 

Education:

• Preferred: Bachelors of Science in Nursing Degree.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

• Minimum: Current California Registered Nurse (RN) license
• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS)
• American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
• American Heart Association (AHA)/APP Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
• Advanced Fetal Monitoring Class within the last 2 years

Years of Related Work Experience:

• Minimum:  1 year experience in Labor and Delivery preferred

This is not an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees will be required to perform any job, with related instruction given by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.

• Utilizes the nursing process in collecting data and performing nursing care interventions on an on-going basis. (10%)
• Documents all required information in a timely, thorough, and accurate manner, such as patient care changes and updating plan of care. (10%)
• Delivers quality care in an organized manner within the scope of practice. (20%)
• Coordinates, orders, and meets multiple patient needs and requests within acceptable time frame by managing workflow utilizing team resources. (30%)
• Monitors and ensures the quality of healthcare practices, such as the safe implementation of standards of care and accessing process improvement when needed in a manner compliant with The Joint Commission, HIPAA and Title 9 Regulations (DHCS). (30%)

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.

LEVEL OF EDUCATION
Preferred:

• Bachelors of Science in Nursing Degree

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Minimum:

• Current California RN license. American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS). See addendum for additional certifications in specialty area that may be required. If working under an Interim Permit, must have an RN available as a resource on the assigned unit at all times.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

Minimum:

• Previous experience with medical technology/equipment as needed based on assigned patient care unit.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES
All knowledge, skills, and abilities listed indicate the minimum level deemed necessary to perform this job proficiently.

• Respects various points of view. Values and accepts others input.
• Communicates clearly and requests clarification when needed.
• Applies experience and judgment to organization situations, set priorities and use abstract thought to understand the relevance of clinical situations. Accurately recognizes potential emergency/rapidly changing situations (immediate problems of routine patients) and takes life sustaining or other appropriate steps to manage situations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of nursing principles, theories, and practices, including infection control with demonstrated clinical expertise in area of practice. Knowledge of administration of prescribed medications and treatments.

Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.

Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classifica