Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery

About the role

Bethesda North Hospital seeks a full-time night shift Labor and Delivery Nurse to join our dedicated team. This position offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, retirement plans, and tuition reimbursement.

Responsibilities

• Performs initial and ongoing assessment of patient and family.
• Completes initial assessment tool and documents ongoing assessment per unit/TriHealth guidelines.
• Communicates assessment findings to other health care providers as appropriate.
• Develops both short- and long-term goals with patient/family and healthcare team including discharge planning.
• Communicates plan of care to others.
• Provides a safe, therapeutic environment, maintains patient’s autonomy, dignity, and rights, and is sensitive to patient diversity.
• Seeks resources to help formulate ethical decisions.
• Balances priorities of the patient's needs and those of the unit/facility.
• Recognizes emergency situations and takes appropriate action.
• Completes patient assignment including documentation within scheduled timeframe.
• Bases interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes and documents accordingly.
• Trains/educates other staff and acts an expert resource in specialty area through abilities in existing and newer knowledge and skills.
• Evaluates the plan of care for patient based on optimal specific patient outcomes.
• Documents the patient/family response to care including teaching.
• Collaborates with the patient/family and with other members of the health care team, including physicians, to revise plan of care as needed.
• Supervises the care that was delegated to other health care team members.
• Performs technical skills according to policy and procedure and accepted standards within their area of practice.
• Safely administers medications/treatments and monitors their effects.
• Uses all equipment in a safe, appropriate manner.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree or Diploma in Nursing.
• New hires required to obtain BSN within 5 years of hire.
• BLS/CPR (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers).
• Registered Nurse Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs a various stages of the life cycle.

Qualifications

• Preferred membership in related professional organization.

Skills

• Effective communication and understanding of physician orders.
• Collaboration with the patient/family and with other members of the health care team.
• Supervision of the care delegated to other health care team members.
• Administration of medications/treatments and monitoring their effects.
• Use of equipment in a safe, appropriate manner.

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, retirement plans, and tuition reimbursement.

Pay

$6hr Night Shift Premium $4hr Night Shift Differential.

Schedule

Full Time - (72 hours bi-weekly) 7pm - 7:30am 3rd or 4th Weekend rotation Holiday rotation.