RN Labor & Delivery
US-CA-GLENDALE
commonspirit_careers
Req #: 429295
Type: Night
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Overview: Founded in 1926, Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center is a 334-bed, acute care, nonprofit, community hospital located in Glendale, California. The hospital offers a full complement of services, including its award winning heart center, the colorectal surgery institute, a gastrointestinal program, and is a Los Angeles County approved primary stroke center. The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health, one of the nation's five largest health care systems. Visit here https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/glendalememorial for more information. One Community. One Mission. One California Responsibilities: We are currently offering a 10% sign-on bonus for experienced Labor and Delivery (L&D) Registered Nurses with two or more years of experience. As a Labor & Delivery Nurse at Glendale Memorial Medical Center, now part of CommonSpirit Health formed between Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health, you'll guide patients through the labor and childbirth process, focusing on the safety of the mother and baby, with kindness and compassion. As a nurse in this department, you will have varying roles and responsibilities. You may work in Obstetrics - triaging patients or perform screening exams on walk-ins or you may guide patients through a routine induction and delivery. You're busy monitoring the mother's dilation progress while also keeping close watch on the baby's fetal heart rate. You'll be coaching mom as the baby is delivered and providing updates and support to the patient's partner and loved ones. To thrive in this role, you'll need to appreciate that routine is never routine. We have some wonderful days in this department and get to be with people through huge milestones in their lives. We also have some hard days and are with people as they grieve. You must be sensitive and understanding to different circumstances. Above all else, you must remain calm in an emergency. A patient's status can change quickly and it's never good for the patient or family to see the nurse in a panic. You're calm. You're in control. You're handling the situation. * Triage walk-ins to determine if a patient is in labor, water is broken, false alarm, etc * Support pregnant patients in labor including induction, epidural assistance (if needed), general pain management and fetal monitoring * Assist and circulate in the operating room for cesarean sections, tubal ligation, cerclage and emergency procedures * Educate patients on various interventions or procedures - medications (name and purpose), exams, and labor stages * Assess newborn and provide care. * Communicate with the care management team, including anesthesiologist, physician or midwife, lactation nurse, charge nurse, postpartum unit, patient and family We are not currently accepting new graduate or new to speciality applications. Our next posting period will be July 1, 2026 for an October 16, 2026 start date. Positions can be found under National Resident RN (12 months experience as an RN. #LI-DH #RN@DH Position is represented by CNA. Qualifications: Requirements * 6 Months acute care experience in labor and delivery required. * Minimum education as required for licensure. * AHA BLS & ACLS & NRP required. * Basic Fetal Monitoring required. * Current California license as a Registered Nurse. Preferred * Bachelors Of Nursing, upon hire * One year acute care experience preferred
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