Registered Nurse RN Nights Family Birth Center

About the Role

Registered Nurse – Family Birth Center RN works in a collaborative environment at St Mary’s Health Care System to deliver excellent patient care as part of an interdisciplinary team providing evidence-based medicine and individualized patient care. A Registered Nurse RN is expected to facilitate all aspects of the patient visit experience.

Family Birth Center is a 22-bed unit with 19 LDRPs and 3 triage rooms. Nurses learn all components of the labor process: antepartum, triage/OBED, labor, c-sections, and couplet care. We have 24/7 hospitalists.

Under limited supervision, the Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing patients, including developing, evaluating, and modifying the care plan. The RN interprets and performs complex patient-care procedures specific to their expertise. RNs are members of the Care Team and Support Team and have accountability to function as a team to accomplish patient outcomes identified in the pathway/plan of care. The Registered Nurse is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for the care given to a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN provides care to those patients via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment/technology, and other healthcare team members, according to established standards.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients and develop, evaluate, and modify care plans
• Perform complex patient-care procedures specific to expertise
• Function as part of the Care Team and Support Team to achieve patient outcomes
• Provide care through therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, and healthcare technology

Requirements

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Georgia
• Graduation from an accredited nursing education program approved by the Board of Nursing or found by the Board to be substantially equivalent to the programs in Georgia
• Successful completion of a refresher course within the past 6 months if nursing practice has not occurred within the past 5 years
• Prior experience in the field preferred

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit packages available on Day One of employment including medical, dental, and vision
• Paid time off
• 403B retirement plan
• Education assistance

About the Organization

St. Mary’s is a private, non-profit, Catholic acute care network serving a multi-county area of Northeast Georgia. A member of Trinity Health, St. Mary’s strives to live its Mission to be a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities, committed to the sacredness of human life and the dignity of each person served.

Guided by Core Values: Reverence, Commitment to Those Experiencing Poverty, Safety, Justice, Stewardship, and Integrity, St. Mary’s is proud to be a Regional Health Ministry in Trinity Health, one of the nation’s largest Catholic health care systems.

Located in beautiful Athens, Georgia, a regional hub and city of 128,000, home to the University of Georgia and nationally known for its arts, sports, recreational, cultural, and educational amenities.