Experienced Registered Nurse, Nursing Labor Delivery

Job Requirements

This role is considered the minimum role for all nurses who have greater than 12 months experience.

Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

• Provides independent care to unit specific patient population;
• Serves as clinical resource for others, utilizes and integrates evidence into practice, functions effectively in roles specific to unit (such as arrest team for ICU, triage for ED, etc).
• Accountable to patients and families for the processes and outcomes of care during an episode of care.
• Accountable to peers for the advancement of group practice on the unit, and to the nurse manager for the totality of work performance.
• Serves as an effective primary coordinating nurse; collaborates with interdisciplinary team to plan and coordinate care addressing patient/family needs.
• Serves as clinical resource for others.
• Affords assistance in team development and evaluation of the Relationship-Based Care model; suggests methods for improvement.
• Participates in collection of data related to Relationship-Based Care outcomes (e.g. hand offs, medication safety, etc).
• Participates and contributes to Performance Improvement, or Evidence Based Practice, or research at the unit level.
• Complies with standards and participates with unit level activities for regulatory compliance.
• Supports charge nurse decisions; performs charge role for assigned shifts as needed.
• Follows and supports the AACN guidelines for Healthy Work Environment (communication, collaboration, effective decision making, recognition, leadership, staffing); participates as team member focusing on elements within the Healthy Work Environment.
• Serves as an advocate for the development of clinical practice protocols and standards for unit.
• Participates in unit based process governance activities: Performance Improvement, Professional Development, Clinical Practice, Teamwork, etc; assists in development of action plans and supports implementation.
• Orients Clinical Nurse I to unit level governance structure and councils.
• Serves as preceptor, coach, mentor to new nurses and students.
• Contributes to ancillary personnel skills and development, attends educational offerings and in-services independently.
• Serves as a contributor to development of unit-based peer review processes; actively participates in individual peer review feedback.

Education & Experience

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Maryland, or eligible to practice due to Compact state agreements outlined through the MD Board of Nursing, is required.
• BSN preferred.
• One Year Nursing Experience.
• Solid Knowledge And Clinical Skills.
• Current CPR certification required.
• Maintenance of 10 contact hours of education every two years.
• Member in a professional organization is preferred.
• Recent applicable clinical experience in a comparable setting.