Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery

About the role

The Labor and Delivery Nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital delivers hands-on, patient-centered care in a fast-paced, high-impact environment. You will monitor maternal and fetal well-being, support labor and birth, and respond quickly to changing clinical needs. You will partner with physicians, midwives, and neonatal teams to create safe, empowering birth experiences for every family.

Responsibilities

• Performs initial and ongoing assessment of patient and family, completing initial assessment tool and documenting ongoing assessment per unit/TriHealth guidelines.
• Communicates assessment findings to other health care providers as appropriate, including health counseling and health teaching needs in assessment.
• Plans care for patient and family based on assessment, standards of care, and optimal specific outcomes, developing short- and long-term goals with patient/family and healthcare team including discharge planning.
• Provides a safe, therapeutic environment, maintains patient’s autonomy, dignity, and rights, and is sensitive to patient diversity, seeking resources to help formulate ethical decisions.
• Balances priorities of the patient's needs and those of the unit/facility, recognizing emergency situations and taking 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 as 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, documenting 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.
• Safeguards the care that was delegated to other health care team members, performing technical skills according to policy and procedure and accepted standards within their area of practice, safely administering medications/treatments and monitoring their effects.
• Uses all equipment in a safe, appropriate manner.
• Demonstrates organizations responsibilities: identifies areas for self-improvement, functions in relief charge/resource role as requested, completes assignments within scheduled timeframes, cooperates with instructor to facilitate effective learning experiences for students, maintains current knowledge in area of practice, demonstrates knowledge of organizational and department changes.

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 at various stages of the life cycle

Qualifications

• Preferred membership in related professional organization

Skills

• Perform initial and ongoing assessment of patient and family
• Complete initial assessment tool and document ongoing assessment per unit/TriHealth guidelines
• Communicate assessment findings to other health care providers as appropriate
• Develop short- and long-term goals with patient/family and healthcare team including discharge planning
• Provide a safe, therapeutic environment, maintain patient’s autonomy, dignity, and rights, and be sensitive to patient diversity
• Recognize and take personal responsibility to address and recover from service breakdowns when a customer's expectations have not been met
• Work on improving quality, safety, and service
• Respect cultural and spiritual differences and honor individual preferences
• Speak positively about my team members and other departments in front of patients and guests
• Value the time of others by striving to be on time, prepared and actively participating
• Show courtesy and compassion with customers, team members and the community

Benefits

TriHealth offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, retirement plans, and tuition reimbursement. Please view our benefits page: here.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job description.

Schedule

The full-time day shift work schedule is 72 hours bi-weekly, with a work schedule of 7am - 7:30pm, and a 3rd or 4th weekend rotation and holiday rotation.