Clinical Nurse Leader; RN - Labor & Delivery Shift

Clinical Nurse Leader (RN) - Labor & Delivery - Full Time - Shift

Job Category
:
Nursing - Registered Nurse

Requisition Number
: CLINI
004593

• Posted :
  December 31, 2025
• Full-Time

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Bakersfield, CA 93306, USA

Kern Medical has been a community cornerstone since its founding in 1867. Today, we are an acute care teaching center with 222 beds, offering the only advanced trauma care between Fresno and Los Angeles. Kern Medical offers a range of primary, specialty, and multi-specialty services including high-risk pregnancy care, inpatient psychiatric services integrated with county mental health programs, and a growing network of outpatient clinics providing personalized patient-centered wellness care.

Kern Medical cares for 15,500 inpatients and 125,000 clinic patients a year.

Career Opportunities within Kern Medical include many benefits such as:

• New Hire Premium
  : +6% of base rate of pay, matched up to 6% if contributed to Deferred Compensation Plan.
• Shift Differential Pay
  : P.M. shift (7:00 PM - 7:30 AM) = 10% of base pay.
• A Comprehensive Benefits Package
  : includes Holidays, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance.

Position
:
Clinical Nurse Leader - Labor & Delivery - Full Time - Shift

Compensation

The estimated pay for this position is $53.3075 to $83.0513. The rates shown include a 6% premium pay (base= $-$ plus 6%). This reflects only a portion of the total compensation package for this position. Additional compensation may be available for this role through differentials, incentives, and bonuses. In addition, this position may be eligible for participation and company contributions into the Kern County Employees’ Retirement Plan.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

The Clinical Nurse Leader classification has supervisory responsibility for a nursing unit or units during a shift. Incumbents assist the Clinical Director and Clinical Supervisor in assessing total patient needs, evaluating performance of staff, and coordinating the unit with other Hospital units and services. The Clinical Nurse Leader assumes full responsibility for management of the unit in the Clinical Director or Clinical Supervisor’s absence.

Essential Functions:

• Supervises staff and the operation of the unit on his/her designated shift, and is a role model for all staff.
• Serves as a consultant, advisor, and as needed, a resource for complex clinical problem decisions and unit operations.
• Assists with development of unit schedules and daily staff assignments.
• Participates in the performance appraisal process as assigned.
• Ensures patient care providers meet approved Standards of Practice.
• Promotes cooperative working relationships with physicians and other health care providers.
• Develops assignments based upon patient care priorities and staff competency/skill level.

Essential Functions (continued):

• Assists in implementing departmental policies and procedures.
• Promotes departmental and unit based priorities/objectives including safety, environment of care, infection control standards, customer satisfaction, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Collects and documents data about patients commonly seen on the unit according to prescribed methods.
• Interprets complex assessment data to determine whether patient has physiological and/or psycho social risk factors; records and reports assessment data.
• Makes appropriate nursing decisions based on the assessment of the patient and interpretation of clinical data.
• Establishes nursing diagnoses and initiates appropriate interventions; uses appropriate resources to formulate a written plan of care; evaluates the effectiveness of nursing intervention and revises patient care plans as necessary.
• Implements therapeutic care for patients and responds to changing patient conditions and/or complications of treatment; collaborates with the health care team in setting patient care priorities.
• Anticipates patient care problems and responds to changes on the unit by prioritizing changes in patient status, emergencies, and unusual occurrences.
• Assists in service restoration through conflict resolution. Communicates both potential and actual problems to Clinical…