RN Perinatal Safety Specialist

Founded in 1928, Dignity Health - St. Bernardine Medical Center is a 342-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in San Bernardino, California. Serving nearly 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level III NICU, heart care, stroke care and orthopedics. Additionally, St.Bernardine Medical Center 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 was recently awarded AMA/ASA’s Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to providing the best stroke care. It was named one of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Prostate Surgery in 2026.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

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.

Required:

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and 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
• Registered Nurse: CA, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire 
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program, within 90 Days

One certifcation from the below list is required upon hire: 

• 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