Registered Nurse - Mother Baby
San Francisco, California
- Unit and setting
- Mother-Baby · Hospital
- License
- RN license Preferred Qualifications: Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- Certification
- International Board of Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) certification and has practiced for a minimum of one year as a lactation consultant.
- Experience
- Minimum two (2) years of recent clinical RN experience in an inpatient setting caring for the mother/baby couplet.
- Also asks
- This position requires flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Medical Center locations.
Preferred
- License
- Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California. Preferred Qualifications: Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California. Check your license
- Certification
- International Board of Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) certification Preferred Qualifications: International Board of Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) certification
- Certification
- Current BLS certification Preferred Qualifications: Current BLS certification
- Certification
- Current NRP certification Preferred Qualifications: Current NRP certification
- Education
- BSN Preferred Qualifications: BSN
- Experience
- Experience working in a Baby Friendly USA hospital Preferred Qualifications: Experience working in a Baby Friendly USA hospital
The role and schedule
- Floating
- Floats to other units
The workplace
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- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Labor & Delivery is a specialty you move into. Waitlists are common; med surg keeps you moving.
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The Women’s Health Service Line at UCSF Medical Center is, engaged in clinical, research, and training activities at the Parnassus, Mt. Zion, Mission Bay, as well as satellite locations throughout the Bay Area, with an annual operating budget of $175 million. The mission of the UCSF Department of OBGYN & Reproductive Sciences is to improve the lives and health of all women through excellence, innovation and leadership in Patient Care, Scientific Discovery, Education, Advocacy. “Leading the way in women’s health.” The Mission Bay Birth Center includes 9 LDRP rooms, 24 Post Partum rooms, 12 Antepartum rooms and 9 triage bays.
This position reports directly to the Unit Director of the Birth Center, under Women’s Health and Adult Services.
Job Summary
Provides lactation assistance to women and infants within the Benioff Children’s Hospital, including but not limited to the Birth Center, who are attempting to establish or maintain breast feeding practices. Works to develop, implement and evaluate education around breast feeding for patients, families, and staff.
Utilizes the nursing process for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to provide safe, therapeutic care. Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary and nursing teams; carries out established nursing procedures and performs related duties as required; performs nursing care for patients with more complex needs with assistance and supervision. Assists with the management of patient care administered by other members of the nursing team.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
This position requires flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Medical Center locations. Minimum two (2) years of recent clinical RN experience in an inpatient setting caring for the mother/baby couplet. International Board of Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) certification and has practiced for a minimum of one year as a lactation consultant.
Preferred Qualifications
BSN Experience working in a Baby Friendly USA hospital
Required Licenses / Certifications
Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California. International Board of Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) certification Current BLS certification Current NRP certification
What's around it?
San Francisco, CAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 16% above the US average
- Median rent
- $2,476/mo
- Household income
- $140,970/yr, all local households, not nurse pay