Perinatal Safety Specialist RN

Where You’ll Work

Dignity Health at Mercy Hospital of Folsom is the community hospital serving the Sierra foothills communities of Folsom El Dorado Hills Granite Bay Cameron Park Shingle Springs and Rescue. With 106 licensed acute-care beds our accredited non-profit hospital has been providing exceptional care for more than 35 years. Mercy Hospital of Folsom provides surgical services including minimally-invasive general urological and gynecological surgeries. We also provide comprehensive and award-winning orthopedic services which include surgery inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and specialty orthopedic care. As a certified Joint Commission Stroke Center Mercy Folsom provides exceptional care to our patients in our Medical Surgical and Intensive Care units as well as our 25-bed Emergency Department. Our Family Birth Center features private and contemporary birthing suites where labor delivery and recovery occur in one room as well as award-winning lactation training and support. Mercy Folsom received Among America’s 250 Best Hospitals recognition and is a Primary Stroke Center.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Perinatal Safety Specialist RN, you will lead the implementation, promotion, and oversight of perinatal patient safety and quality of care initiatives and programs, combining clinical expertise with a fervent focus on patient safety.Every day you will ensure adherence to national clinical standards, disseminate crucial safety information, facilitate educational programs, conduct safety rounds, and actively contribute to quality improvement initiatives.To be successful in this role, you will champion a culture of safety by monitoring clinical outcomes, analyzing adverse events, developing education plans, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality, compliant care for mothers and babies.

• Ensures all care providers on Maternal Child Health adhere to national clinical standards and principles and practice of safety.
• Serves as a patient safety advocate and clinical role model in perinatal nursing obstetrics:
• Keeps staff up to date on Perinatal Safety Initiatives, including education, training, implementation, policies. ○ Keeps abreast of changing national standards of clinical practice and the CommonSpirit Health Perinatal Safety Initiatives.
• Disseminates pertinent safety and specialty related information.
• Participates in patient safety or administrative rounding.

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing (BSN)
• Minimum of 5 years as a clinician in Women’s Services
• Minimum of 2 years of project experience in Women and Infants Perinatal Safety
• Experience with quality improvement/process improvement techniques, project/program management experience
• Active Registered Nurse License in the state of California
• Basic Life Support - CPR from the American Heart Association
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), within 90 Days 
• At least one of the following advanced certifications required:
  • Critical Care Registered Nurse Neonatal 
  • Electronic Fetal Monitoring
  • Maternal Child Nursing
  • Perinatal Nurse
  • Low Risk Neonatal Nursing
  • Maternal Newborn Nursing
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing
  • Inpatient Obstetric Nursing
  • Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
  • OB NEO Quality Safety

Preferred

• Masters Of Science or higher degree