Registered Nurse - Family Birth Center

The Family Birthing Center Staff RN

Knowledge of/Skill/Ability to:

• Knowledge of basic nursing principles and procedures.
• Knowledge/skill of holistic patient care.
• General understanding of the process of labor and delivery and the needs of the family.

Job Requirements:

• Licensed as a Registered Nurse by the Oregon State Board of Nursing.
• Current BLS through American Heart Association required and kept current henceforth.
• ACLS through American Heart Association and NRP required and kept current henceforth, new graduates or employees who are new to this unit will have six months to complete.
• STABLE required and to be obtained within one year of hire.
• AWHONN Fetal Monitoring course completion to be obtained within 18 months of hire.

Education And/or Experience:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Mother/Baby or Labor and Delivery experience within last 18 months preferred.
• Minimum one year current impatient and outpatient experience preferred.

Physical Demands and Work Environment Conditions / ADA Compliance:

• Ability to lift and transfer patients is required, usually with the assistance of co-workers.
• Normal or corrected vision is required.
• Normal or corrected hearing is necessary to distinguish differences in monitor alarms, heartbeats, and breathing.
• Manual dexterity is required to operate equipment.
• Works inside. Walking and standing much of the time while on duty. Long shifts necessary at times.
• Occasional exposure to infectious diseases.
• Pushes/pulls loaded adult stretchers, beds, wheelchairs, crash carts and equipment carts.
• Transfers patients to/from cars, stretchers, beds, chairs and ambulates as necessary.
• Tolerates bending, sitting, standing, walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling for 12 hours (shift dependent).
• Lifts or carries up to 50 lbs.