Per Diem Nurse - Labor and Delivery - Nights

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

A Labor and Delivery (L&D) Nurse responsibilities include care of the labor patient before, during and after delivery, care of the newborn immediately after delivery, care of the outpatient that presents to Labor and Delivery, circulating and recovering caesarean sections. The Labor and Delivery Nurse can identify complications including fetal monitoring interpretation and communicates to the Physician. The Labor and Delivery Nurse must maintain a high level in quality, service, critical nursing skills and critical thinking. The Labor and Delivery Nurse must be skilled in managing complex medical cases and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the best outcomes.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum Education: All External Candidates must have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Knowledge necessary to obtain RN license in the state of California
• Current California R.N. license.
• Current American Heart Association BLS, ACLS, and NRP certification.
• Minimum Experience: One (1) year recent Labor & Delivery experience.
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.