Registered Nurse - Family Birthing Services - Day/Night Rotation

About the Role

The Registered Nurse is responsible and accountable for implementing, directing and coordinating the care of patients through the use of the nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Included is recognition and treatment of the physical and psychosocial changes unique to the age/population group served on the specific unit.

Unit Overview

• 14-bed LDRP unit
• 14-bed postpartum unit
• OB/GYN and Clinical Nurse Managers and APP Providers
• Provides family-centered maternity and newborn care
• Approximately 1,800 births annually
• Level II NICU
• Staffed with Lactation Consultants
• Professional growth through a Clinical Ladder Program
• RN Fellowship Program for non OB experience RNs and graduate nurses

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates safe medication practice.
• Maintains a professional image that reflects the employee's role in health care, with confidence and a positive impression.
• Completes chart check to ensure no missed orders.
• Accurately transcribes physician's orders.
• Demonstrates therapeutic communication skills.
• Demonstrates ability to assess patient education needs and use of patient education resources.
• Demonstrates involvement in unit by attending 50% of staff/committee meetings and in-services for area.
• Demonstrates leadership through the nursing process and supervision while maintaining accountability for treatment and patient outcomes.
• Acts as a resource person regarding patient care, specialty area, orientation and teaching of staff.
• Responds to delays in a calm manner. Apologizes for inconveniences and gives alternatives.
• Analyzes assessment data, identifies priority problems and documents on Plan of Care in PCS for patients and families and significant others.
• Uses effective problem-solving skills to plan patient care.
• Identifies critical factors evidencing changes in patient condition and responds appropriately.
• Completes and documents discharge assessment against plan of care goals.
• Initiates and maintains Intravenous Therapy according to IV standards.
• Responds appropriately to emergency situations.
• Utilizes proper body mechanics to prevent injury to self and others.
• Safely positions, transfers and transports patients.
• Functions as a virtual nurse as assigned which includes, but is not limited to, admissions, discharges, education, documentation through a virtual platform and working collaboratively with the bedside nursing staff.

Family Birthing Services Specific Responsibilities

• Successfully completes the FBS Fetal Monitoring Pathway.
• Provides care to the Family Birthing Services population in accordance with age-specific development.
• Demonstrates accuracy and timely documentation in electronic health record.
• Demonstrates the ability to provide care to the cesarean patient-preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively.
• Demonstrates the ability to provide care to the ante partum patient.
• Demonstrates the ability to provide care to the intrapartum patient.
• Demonstrates the ability to provide care to the mother/baby couplet.
• Demonstrates the ability to provide care to the neonate.
• Demonstrates the ability to function effectively in the resource nurse role upon successful completion of orientation to the resource nurse role and functions.
• Completes and maintains NRP program training.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform newborn metabolic screening.

Qualifications

Education

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing required; Bachelor of Science in Nursing is preferred.
• Evidence of participation in educational programs to update and maintain current knowledge and clinical skills.

Experience

• Experience applying customer service behaviors and communication skills required.
• Previous nursing experience in specialty area preferred.
• For Family Birthing Services, a minimum of 1 year Labor and Delivery experience (within the last five years).
• For Family Birthing position posted as a trainee position, requirement of at least 1 year of experience as an RN with preferred areas of ICU, CCU, IMCU, ED or internal nurse intern upon successfully completing accredited nursing program.
• Experience requirement does not apply to an RN in the Family Birthing Services Fellowship Program (FBSFP).

Certifications and Licensure

• Eligible for or currently licensed as a Registered Professional Nurse in Pennsylvania.
• Certification in specialty preferred.
• CPR certification required.
• ACLS required for FBS, or achieved within one year of start date.
• NRP and Fetal Monitoring education required for Family Birthing Services within one year from start date.
• NRP required for Level II NICU.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program will be provided.
• AWHONN Fetal monitoring, basic and intermediate provided.

Schedule

• Part time (48 hours biweekly)
• Shift: 7-7 (12 hour day/night)
• Every third weekend
• Eligible for shift and weekend differential