RN OB Acute

California Hospital Medical Center•Los Angeles, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Founded in 1887, Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center is a 318-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in downtown Los Angeles, California. Serving over 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, women’s health, and a family birth center. In 2025, we opened our new patient tower, Grand Tower, featuring a dramatically expanded Emergency Department and Family Birth Center that will increase patient comfort and privacy. Additionally, California Hospital Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and recently was awarded the AMA/ASA’s Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to providing the best stroke care. California Hospital Medical Center shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health and CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation’s largest health care systems, dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care. One Community. One Mission. One California. 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. Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes. To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

Requirements

1 year OB acute care experience
Registered Nurse: CA
Basic Life Support - CPR
Neonatal Resuscitation Program
Fire Safety, within 90 Days

Nice To Haves

Bachelors Of Nursing

Responsibilities

Delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery
Leverage expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care
Making critical assessments
Performing skilled procedures
Meticulously implementing patient care plans
Collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team
Provides effective, comprehensive evidence based nursing care to achieve desired health outcomes
Organizes and prioritizes patient care activities balanced with the needs and comfort of the patient
Collaborates with other disciplines to insure comprehensive, holistic and effective plan of care
Applies knowledge of current practice standards, guidelines, statutes, rules and regulations
Demonstrates accountability for own ethical behavior and supports ethical practice by addressing or escalating issues
Serves as a patient advocate
Completes patient assessments competently
Assesses for and identifies needs of unit-specific patient population: Assesses for and identifies any physical, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, discharge and cultural needs
Completes an individualized plan of care based on assessment of the patient
Coordinates with other disciplines when indicated
Prioritizes care needs and sets measurable goals and time frames
Includes patient and family in the planning
Implements interventions based on nursing and medical plan of care
Manages patient population, diagnosis and age specific needs through appropriate adaptation of interventions
Appropriately utilizes equipment and supplies (including following established policies, procedures and protocols governing the transport, handling and storage of intravenous fluids)
After implementation, reassesses the patient to verify effectiveness of interventions
Updates the plan of care to reflect current care needs
Demonstrates the ability to recognize and adapt to changes in patients condition (i.e.. LOC change, vital signs, test results)in a timely and clinically appropriate manner
Uses SBAR to notify physicians and other providers of clinical findings
Follow policies and procedures for contacting physician regarding critical values
Uses appropriate resources and follows chain of command
Recognizes limits of scope of practice
Seeks multidisciplinary collaboration
Integrates & interprets multiple sources of data to make appropriate clinical decisions based on patient needs & desired outcomes
Assesses situations and seeks critical information to make decisions
Implements solutions while reviewing and monitoring effects
Re-evaluates decisions and makes corrective actions when indicated
Makes decisions based on evidence based research
Assumes accountability for decisions made
Delegates tasks based on the needs & stability of the patient, complexity of the task, outcome predictability and skill level & scope of practice of the staff
Delegates tasks but not responsibility and accountability for completion
Verifies that delegated work is completed
Holds self and others accountable
Uses team skills effectively
Uses knowledge of cultural differences to provide patient care that is sensitive to and consistent with cultural values, beliefs and customs
Provides interpretive services for patients and families
Recognizes and utilizes individual differences, diversity and knowledge of the health care team
Recognizes changes in the stability of a patients condition and provides appropriate interventions
Uses information from multiple sources to collaborate, negotiate, coordinate, delegate and evaluate care delivery
Participates in ongoing education
Participates in the development of others through mentoring and precepting activities
Uses negotiation and conflict management strategies
Identifies opportunities for process improvement and actively participates in implementation of changes
Knows and follows hospital and department specific policies and procedures
Documents assessments, plan of care, interventions and reassessments within established timeframes
Documents changes in condition and response to interventions within established timeframes
Documents comprehensive discharge instructions that include diagnosis, home instructions and medications to take
Utilizes electronic documentation system and electronic reporting systems
Connects with and establishes relationships with patients and families using therapeutic communication skills
Takes responsibility and accountability for patient/family satisfaction by using the nursing bundle
Demonstrates AIDET Principles
Demonstrates 8 behaviors of Hourly Rounding and uses the care board when applicable
Assesses patient/family personal needs and provides Individualized Care
Conducts Discharge Phone calls when assigned
Involves patient/family in Shift Bedside Report with oncoming/offgoing nurse
Initiates service recovery when indicated
Uses proper etiquette in person, on the phone & in emails
Assist others by escorting/directing visitors