SFGH Birth Center Preceptorship

[mswtruth]

I have a great opportunity to possibly do my senior nursing preceptorship at SFGH's Birth Center. I've done a few other clinical rotations at the hospital but did my L&D/ Postpartum/ NICU rotations at another hospital. I was lucky enough to do a one day clinical rotation at SFGH's Women's Options Clinic which I enjoyed very much. I'm hopefully going to be doing some volunteer doula work at the Birth Center later this year.

I plan on pursuing my nursing career in Women's health with a long term goal of becoming a CNM. So far I love the working culture at SFGH, love the population at the hospital (I really feel like I can make a difference in people lives with the care I give) and the hospital seems invested in its employees which I like.

My question is what's the working nursing culture like at SFGH in their birth center? Would it be a good place to precept? Do they currently have any new grad programs at SFGH's birth center?

Thanks for your input!

[HHNurse<3]

Go to sfdph.org for employment opportunities. I dont know what its like to work there but if you want to work in l&d its a good idea to precept where there are job openings because you will have a better chance of getting hired. It can be hard to get a job at sfgh as it is county and pediatric and labor as well as ambulatory care positions are competitive. There are many hospitals in the bay area you can research.

[mswtruth]

Thanks anna565 for the advice. I did do some research and SFGH does have an ongoing new grad training program for both the Perinatal and NICU depts as well as RN positions. I'm interested in both. For any people who have done clinical preceptorships or any of the new grad training programs at SFGH do you have any advice on leveraging my experience doing a preceptorship there into a job at SFGH?