Charge Nurse: Labor & Delivery

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Labor & Delivery role at Hoag Health System
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• Clinical supervision of patient care for all patients in the department.
• Job performance supervision of all employees on an assigned shift in a Maternal Child Health unit.
• Planning, coordinating, and providing optimum patient care on the unit.
• Managing schedules and patient assignments, delivering annual employee performance evaluations and counseling conversations, and providing direct patient care when relieving nurses.
• Maintaining the Standards of Nursing Care and providing care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act.
• Assuring utilization of the nursing process based on research and evidence‑based outcomes.
• Making recommendations on hiring, department budgets, trainings, and serving as a leader in the department.

• BSN required at Magnet designated facilities. MSN preferred.
• Mother/Baby:
  Experience in the specialty is required.
• LDR:
  Experience in the specialty is required. National certification in specialty area preferred; minimum of one year experience and satisfactory completion of OB competencies.
• LDRP:
  Experience required. National certification in specialty area preferred; minimum of one year experience and satisfactory completion of OB competencies.
• NICU:
  Two years NICU experience required. National certification in specialty area preferred.

• Registered Nurse in the State of California - Current and in good standing.

• Current BLS certification prior to clinical rotation.
• LDRP/LDR: NRP; ACLS; AWHONN or Relias Advanced Fetal Monitoring upon hire and must be renewed every 3 calendar years.
• Perinatology: AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring upon hire and must be renewed every 3 calendar years;
  Ultrasound certification required within two years from hire.
• MBU: NRP, IBCLC, and/or MNM RNC preferred.
• NICU/SCN: NRP certification required. NICU didactic course and STABLE preferred.

• MBU-Mother/Baby: NRP or IBCLC or MNM RNC.
• NICU: NICU didactic course and STABLE.
• Perinatology:
  Ultrasound certification.

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is a nonprofit regional health care delivery network in Orange County, California, consisting of three acute‑care hospitals with sixteen urgent care centers, eleven health centers and a network of more than 1,800 physicians, 100 allied health members, 8,000 employees, and 2,000 volunteers. More than 30,000 inpatients and 550,000 outpatients choose Hoag each year.

For over 70 years, Hoag has delivered a level of personalized care that is unsurpassed among Orange County’s health care providers. Since 1952, Hoag has served the local communities and continues its mission to provide the highest quality health care services through the core strategies of quality and service, people, physician partnerships, strategic growth, financial stewardship, community benefit and philanthropy.

Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of health care services including six institutes providing specialized care in the areas of cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, women's health, orthopedics, and digestive health through our institutes.

Hoag was the highest ranked hospital in Orange County in the 2024‑2025 U.S. News & World Report, the only Orange County hospital ranked in the top 10 for California. The organization was ranked the #5 hospital in the Los Angeles Metro Area and the #10 hospital in California. To learn more about Hoag’s awards and accreditations, visit: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

Hoag is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Hoag is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Hoag hires a diverse group of people in a manner that allows them to reach their full potential in the pursuit of organizational objectives.