RN – Recovery at Providence Petaluma Valley Hospital in Petaluma, CA. This position is Per Diem and will work 8-hour Day shifts. Providence Petaluma Valley Hospital provides outstanding patient care which has garnered our placement on the Maternity Honor Roll for the California Health and Human Services Agency.
Neighborhoods+Petaluma is broadly divided by the Petaluma River into its historic West Side and its modern East Side. The West Side includes the Oak Hill-Brewster District and the Western District (featuring historic A Street and sprawling D Street mansions), known for walkable streets, Victorian architecture, and vintage Craftsman homes. Newer or hillside enclaves on the west include the Victoria Subdivision near trails and luxury contemporary builds in Fox Hollow. The East Side, encompassing neighborhoods like Cader Farms, Kingsmill, and the residential streets around Meadow Elementary School, offers a more suburban layout with larger floor plans and subdivisions. Riverfront living surfaces at McNear's Landing, while Quarry Heights sits elevated on a hillside with sweeping valley views.
Petaluma is broadly divided by the Petaluma River into its historic West Side and its modern East Side. The West Side includes the Oak Hill-Brewster District and the Western District (featuring historic A Street and sprawling D Street mansions), known for walkable streets, Victorian architecture, and vintage Craftsman homes.
Newer or hillside enclaves on the west include the Victoria Subdivision near trails and luxury contemporary builds in Fox Hollow. The East Side, encompassing neighborhoods like Cader Farms, Kingsmill, and the residential streets around Meadow Elementary School, offers a more suburban layout with larger floor plans and subdivisions.
Riverfront living surfaces at McNear's Landing, while Quarry Heights sits elevated on a hillside with sweeping valley views.
Getting around+Petaluma sits directly along U.S. Highway 101, approximately 39 miles north of San Francisco, making it the gateway city to Sonoma County. Commuting north into Santa Rosa or south across the Marin County border involves navigating regular peak-hour bottlenecks on 101. For north-south rail travel avoiding highway gridlock, residents utilize the SMART train (Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit), which connects through central Sonoma County into northern Marin. Local drives within town generally take under half an hour, though cross-town travel between the East and West sides relies on a limited number of river crossings.
Petaluma sits directly along U.S. Highway 101, approximately 39 miles north of San Francisco, making it the gateway city to Sonoma County. Commuting north into Santa Rosa or south across the Marin County border involves navigating regular peak-hour bottlenecks on 101. For north-south rail travel avoiding highway gridlock, residents utilize the SMART train (Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit), which connects through central Sonoma County into northern Marin.
Local drives within town generally take under half an hour, though cross-town travel between the East and West sides relies on a limited number of river crossings.
Outdoors+Outdoor activity in Petaluma centers on the Petaluma River, which cuts through the city and serves as a hub for paddleboarding, kayaking, and riverside walking paths. On the southwest edge of town, Helen Putnam Regional Park provides hilltop trails with panoramic views of the city, open pastures, and rolling hills popular for trail running and mountain biking. On the East Side, the expansive Tolay Lake Regional Park offers extensive hiking, horseback riding, and wildlife viewing across rolling southern Sonoma rangelands, complemented by local golf at Rooster Run Golf Club.
Outdoor activity in Petaluma centers on the Petaluma River, which cuts through the city and serves as a hub for paddleboarding, kayaking, and riverside walking paths. On the southwest edge of town, Helen Putnam Regional Park provides hilltop trails with panoramic views of the city, open pastures, and rolling hills popular for trail running and mountain biking.
On the East Side, the expansive Tolay Lake Regional Park offers extensive hiking, horseback riding, and wildlife viewing across rolling southern Sonoma rangelands, complemented by local golf at Rooster Run Golf Club.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Petaluma
Positioned at the southern boundary of Sonoma County along the Petaluma River, Petaluma offers healthcare professionals a rare blend of historic architectural charm, agricultural roots, and convenient Bay Area access. The city is defined by its distinct geography: the walkable West Side showcases iron-front commercial facades downtown, the bustling Mystic Theatre, and historic Victorian homes in the Oak Hill-Brewster District, while the East Side features suburban master-planned developments in Cader Farms and Kingsmill near Meadow Elementary. Outdoor recreation is immediately accessible, whether paddling along the downtown riverfront or hiking the windswept ridgelines of Helen Putnam Regional Park and Tolay Lake Regional Park. Commuting nurses can travel north into Santa Rosa or south toward Marin via U.S. 101 or by catching the SMART rail line, though peak-hour highway traffic can be demanding. Between morning marine fog rolling through the Petaluma Gap, farm-to-table dining along Western and Water streets, and a fiercely protective civic culture, Petaluma provides a close-knit, highly scenic Wine Country lifestyle if you can navigate its tight housing market and commute bottlenecks.
