Job Summary and Responsibilities

This position is responsible for serving as the primary Registered Nurse delivering care to patients who are admitted to the Family Birth Center. This patient population may include low-risk and high-risk pregnancies, as well as providing care to postpartum patients and well newborns.

Essential Job Functions:

● Conducts Maternal-Fetal Assessment.● Provides nursing support to the laboring patients, utilizing pharmacological andnon-pharmacological pain management.● Provides stabilization and transition of the normal newborn at delivery.● Circulates for Cesarean Sections.● Cares for the post-surgical patient.● Assists the anesthesiologist with insertion of an epidural and provides care to the patient withregional anesthesia.● Provides care to the High-Risk maternity patient● Assesses and cares for post-partum and newborn patients.● Identifies and provides appropriate interventions to mothers with post-partum complications.● Provides support and education to breast-feeding mothers.● Identifies full-term infants at risk for complications and provides appropriate care to the full-terminfant with complications.

Please take a virtual tour of our Family Birth Center at SMMC:

https://youtu.be/P-4ewnT7mYY

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing upon hire and one to two years Med/Surg experience with completion of Mother/Baby Education program or, New graduate with completion of senior practicum in L&D, Mother/Baby unit or nursery.
• Registered Nurse: WA, upon hire 
• Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS certification. Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program, within 6 of date of hire 

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and One year of related work experience in an acute care setting, upon hire 
• Previous Mother-Baby experience 
• Electronic Fetal Monitoring offered by National Certification Corporation (NCC), or American Nurses Credentialing Center certification

Where You’ll Work

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has exciting and rewarding careers with competitive salaries and benefits.  We are a family of hospitals, health care services, and medical providers delivering compassionate care to people throughout South Puget Sound. We are part of Catholic Health Initiatives, one of the largest not-for-profit health care systems in the country.

St. Michaels Medical Center delivers approximately 2000 babies annually and is the only hospital on the Kitsap Peninsula that offers obstetrical, delivery and postpartum care. We are proud to be recognized as among the country’s top performing programs, designations that are only awarded to maternity care programs that maintain exceptional outcomes, and deliver patient focused care. 

• U.S. News & World Report recognizes St. Anne Hospital, St. Francis Hospital, St. Joseph Medical Center and St. Michael Medical Center as High Performing Hospitals for Maternity Care (2024-2025). 

Our offerings include High-Risk Pregnancy Care, Level II Special Care Nursery with a partnership with the Neonatal Practitioner Team from Seattle Children’s Hospital, 24-hr OB Hospitalists, Childbirth and Family Education Classes, Breastfeeding support both inpatient and outpatient, Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC), and a volunteer doula program to provide physical and emotional support to pregnant patients both before and after childbirth.

Our mission is to deliver high-quality care that meets our patients' medical needs while providing emotional and spiritual support to patients and their families. We believe this three-part approach — physical, emotional, and spiritual — is essential to healing the whole person. Come join our team!

While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that may include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, annual bonus eligibility, and more!