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Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery (L&D RN) - Santa Monica

UCLA Health

Santa Monica, CAJob$65.76–97.76/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$65.76–97.76/hr
Location
Santa Monica, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

California RN LicenseBLS CertificationNRP Certification

Job overview

The Registered Nurse will provide nursing care for perinatal patients at UCLA Health, with a main responsibility for Santa Monica Perinatal Units and floating between the Ronald Reagan UCLA and Santa Monica labor and delivery and couplet care units as census needs require. The role includes supervising nursing interventions, assessing learning needs, delivering clinical education, collaborating on care plans, and providing care instructions.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Nursing InterventionsPatient AssessmentCare Plan Development

Qualifications

California RN LicenseBSN or MSNBLS CertificationNRP Certification2 Years Perinatal RN ExperienceRegistered Nursing Program Diploma or Transcripts

Full job description

Description

Become a key member of a world-class health organization. Contribute to the delivery of Magnet® designated nursing excellence. Take your career to the next level. Ucan do all this and more at UCLA Health.

In this exciting and rewarding position, you will provide exceptional nursing care for Perinatal patients. You will offer guidance to team members by supervising nursing interventions and assigning related tasks. You will also assess patient, family and staff learning needs, deliver appropriate clinical education and promote effective working relationships. This involves collaborating with an interdisciplinary team of dedicated professionals to develop and implement a care plan, including providing detailed care instructions.

The expectation is to float between Ronald Reagan (RR) UCLA and Santa Monica (SM) UCLA L&D and couplet care units as censes needs require with main responsibility to Santa Monica Perinatal Units.

Salary range: $65.76-$97.76 Hourly

Qualifications

We're seeking a highly-skilled, self-motivated nursing professional with:

  • Current California RN license required

  • BSN or MSN required

  • BLS from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association required

  • NRP required

  • 2 years of Perinatal (Labor & Delivery + Postpartum) RN experience required

  • Skill in implementing appropriate nursing interventions on a consistent basis

  • Ability to perform historical, physical and behavioral patient assessments

  • Ability to develop and implement and evaluate patient care plan actively involving patients, family, and staff

  • Official Transcripts and/or original diploma from a registered nursing program must be provided upon hire

UCLA Health welcomes all individuals, without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or disabilities, and we proudly look to each person’s unique achievements and experiences to further set us apart.

How this job compares

Set against the 58,370 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$65.76–97.76/hr
  • California median$54–75/hr1,541 hourly ranges
  • US median$38–54/hr24,436 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $81.76/hr, is 28% above the California median midpoint ($64/hr) — in the top quarter of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 2,411 open Registered Nurse jobs in California and 58,370 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (28,451 postings).
Education
4,436 of the 58,370 open Registered Nurse jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 1, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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