You’ll need
Certifications
✓Basic Life Support (BLS) - CPR
✓Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - CPR within six (6) months
✓Neonatal Resuscitation Program, within six (6) months
✓Must achieve or maintain a current National Certification Corporation (NCC) certificate in Electronic Fetal Monitoring OR, Association of Women's Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Certification:
✓Experienced RNs with greater than one (1) year of labor and delivery experience will have six (6) months from hire to obtain certification.
✓New Grad or RN with no prior L&D experience will have twenty-four (24) months to complete orientation and certification (if L&D orientation is completed sooner, then the certification will need to be completed accordingly).
✓Should orientation need to be extended, the nurse will be granted additional time accordingly to obtain certification which will be communicated by leadership and / or educator.
✓Staff hired originally into the cost center 638000-Obstetrics Acute by May 1, 2021 are not required to obtain or maintain electronic fetal monitoring certification unless they are cross-trained to 740000Labor and Delivery.
Qualifications
✓Registered Nurse: CA
✓Registered Nurse: Greater than one (1) year recent experience in Post-Partum or Med-Surg. or
✓Experienced Registered Nurse:Greater than one (1) year of recent experience in Labor and Delivery
✓Staff hired after May 1, 2021 must complete Postpartum and Labor and Delivery cross training within twenty-four (24) months from date of hire.
✓Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire.
✓This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility
✓outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.
✓Where You'll Work
✓Founded in 1873, Dignity Health - Mercy Medical Center is a 186-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Merced, California.
✓Serving over 150,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, the Mercy Cancer Center, and a family birth center.
✓Additionally, Merced Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.
✓One Community. One Mission. One California
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About the role
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.