Where You’ll Work
Founded in 1912, Dignity Health - St. John’s Regional Medical Center is a 265-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Oxnard, California. Serving over 85,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including emergency, heart, orthopedic, and cancer care. Additionally, St. John’s Regional Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and was named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
One Community. One Mission. One California
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.
- Provide comprehensive antepartum, intrapartum, and immediate postpartum nursing care, performing ongoing maternal and fetal assessments and implementing evidence-based interventions for both routine and high-risk pregnancies.
- Monitor and interpret external and internal fetal heart rate tracings, recognize signs of maternal or fetal distress, and respond rapidly to obstetric emergencies, including emergency deliveries and labor complications.
- Perform specialized Labor & Delivery procedures including cervical assessments, sterile vaginal exams, IV therapy, epidural management, medication administration, specimen collection, and point-of-care testing while maintaining strict aseptic technique.
- Collaborate with obstetricians, anesthesia providers, neonatology, and multidisciplinary teams to coordinate individualized care, ensure safe patient handoffs using SBAR, and deliver patient and family education throughout the birth experience.
- Maintain the highest standards of patient safety through accurate documentation, infection prevention, informed consent verification, advocacy, regulatory compliance, and newborn security practices.
Job Requirements
Required
- Six (6) month current medical /surgical nursing maternal-child nursing or speciality area experience
- Registered Nurse: CA RN, upon hire
- Basic Life Support - BLS, upon hire
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support - ACLS, upon hire
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program - NRP upon hire
Preferred
- Spanish speaking experience