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RN Labor and Delivery Per Diem

CommonSpirit Health logoCommonSpirit Health$103.83–$112.14/hrPosted 2d agoStill open, checked every night
  • PRN / per diem
  • BLS
  • NRP

Open in 1 location

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California

2 open

How this pay compares

This posting states $103.83–$112.14 an hour. Open labor and delivery nurse jobs in California post a median of $71.35 an hour, the middle half $65.97–$81.66, across 95 jobs that state their pay, so this one is above the middle half of what they post. Labor and delivery nurses employed in California earn a median of $67.44 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).

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Medicare rating of Dominican Hospital

Medicare gives Dominican Hospital 4 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; California's hospitals average 3.1). 79% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · California hospitals by rating.

What this hospital paid

By Dominican Hospital's report to Medicare, its registered nurse hours averaged $103.61 an hour in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, against $85.20 an hour across California's hospitals. An average over every such hour, not this job's pay: the posting states its own. What California hospitals pay nurses.

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What California law says about nurse staffing

  • Minimum nurse-to-patient ratios: General acute care hospitals must keep licensed nurse-to-patient ratios by unit, for example 1:2 in critical care and 1:5 in medical-surgical units. Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22, § 70217(a) (source: Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22, § 70217(a))

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About the job

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Staff 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.

  • Clinical Practice & Case Management- Provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. Incorporates differences into the provision of care. Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum to include patient and family education.
  • Performs psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrate changing data.
  • Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning. Collaborates with patients/families to identify realistic desired outcomes.
  • Administers prescribed medications and intravenous solutions according to standards of care and hospital protocols.
  • Assesses pain level in all patients using '0-10', 'Faces', or other approved scale to promote comfort and enable patients to participate in their healing. Provides timely/appropriate assessment/intervention. Identifies comfort function goals with patients.
  • Tailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs, including cultural/ethical/spiritual needs. Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs. (i.e. treatment options, patient placement options, end of life options). Adapts standards and guidelines for individual patients.

Job Requirements

Required

  • Associate Of Nursing Or nursing diploma Six months of recent L&D hospitalexperience, upon hire and
  • Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire and
  • Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program, upon hire
  • AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring upon hire

Preferred

  • Bachelors Of Nursing, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1941, Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital is a 188-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Cruz, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, orthopedics, and a Family Birthing Center. Additionally, Dominican Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has been awarded the AMA/ASA’s Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to providing the best stroke care.

One Community. One Mission. One California

From CommonSpirit Health's job posting for Santa Cruz, CA, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

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About CommonSpirit Health

CommonSpirit Health is a Catholic, nonprofit health system based in Chicago, with about 160,000 (source: CommonSpirit Health, 2026 Annual Report (investor resources)) employees, more than 130 (source: CommonSpirit Health, 2026 Annual Report (investor resources)) hospitals (plus 20 (source: CommonSpirit Health, 2026 Annual Report (investor resources)) run through joint ventures), and home care, senior living and other care sites in 24 (source: CommonSpirit Health, 2026 Annual Report (investor resources)) states. Source: CommonSpirit Health, 2026 Annual Report (investor resources)

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