CLINICAL NURSE III - LABOR AND DELIVERY

Salary Range: $52.7600 - $81.7600 /hour. Actual compensation may vary based on geographic location, work experience, skill level, and education.

The Clinical Nurse III – Maternal Child Health role provides direct patient care by the Nurse Practice Act for assigned patients in Maternal Child Health departments including Perinatology, LDR, Mother/Baby, LDRP, and NICU.

• The nurse collaborates with other disciplines of the health care team to ensure the delivery of safe, timely, and appropriate quality patient care.
• This includes providing physical assessments, nursing interventions, pain management, medication administration, specimen collection, meeting nutritional and emotional needs, and education and discharge needs of the patients assigned.
• Utilizes the nursing process based on evidence-based best practices to meet patient care needs.
• Evaluates and adjusts the nursing care process as necessary with consultation as needed and confers with the appropriate resource personnel when making ethical/legal/medical dilemma decisions.
• Maintains a working knowledge of departmental and hospital standards, policies, and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 
• In addition to the above responsibilities, the Clinical Nurse III is involved in the Hoag Committee/Council with at least 50% attendance, communicates quarterly to UPC (Unit Practice Council) on committee/council work, and completes four supplemental activities a year. 

Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) required.
• Three years of continuous employment as an FT/PT RN in an acute care hospital. 
• Sixteen (16) hours of lactation education and four (4) hours of demonstrated bedside hands-on competencies within 6 months of hire are required.

License Required

• Registered Nurse in the State of California - Current and in good standing.

Certifications Required

• Current BLS certification before clinical rotation and National Certification in specialty area and LDR and LDRP: NRP, and ACLS, and Basic Fetal Monitoring or Advanced Fetal Monitoring (to be obtained within one year of hire).

Hoag is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Hoag is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Hoag hires a diverse group of people in a manner that allows them to reach their full potential in the pursuit of organizational objectives.