Registered Nurse RN Postpartum

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About the role

Welcome to Banner Ocotillo Medical Center, serving the Chandler community and surrounding area. As a people-centered facility, the focus of our Banner Ocotillo Women and Infant Services department is family. This state-of-the-art service line allows families to seamlessly move through their birthing experience, from triage to one of 6 fully equipped L&D rooms and finally to one of 18 AP/PP private rooms. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to cross-train and expand their specialty skill set. This facility is open to midwives and doulas, and our level two special care baby unit will be staffed 24/7 with nurse practitioners.

This is a part-time night position (6 PM - 6:30 AM) with self-scheduling for shift and weekend coverage. All candidates must have previous RN working experience in L&D or Postpartum. Nursery and Postpartum Nurses will care for infants in our level II nursery while also floating to Postpartum to care for mother and baby.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge planning needs.
• Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and ensures completion within appropriate timeframe.
• Reviews diagnostics and laboratory data; reports abnormal results to physicians and caregivers.
• Completes assessment and reassessments according to patient need and policy.
• Formulates a plan of care, including discharge planning, utilizing assessment data and input from patient, family, and health team.
• Initiates a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data, and medical plan of care.
• Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision of health care team activities.
• Provides care based on physician orders and nursing plan of care, in compliance with policies, procedures, and standards.
• Delegates appropriately and provides nursing supervision for other licensed nurses and personnel.
• Evaluates patient and family response to care and teaching; revises plan of care as needed.
• Evaluates patient progress toward goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with the health care team.
• Documents assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation in the patient record accurately and timely.
• Participates in unit or facility shared leadership, education, role development, and orientation of personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors.
• Contributes to society through activities leading to excellent patient outcomes.
• Actively participates in improving national nursing quality indicators and outcomes.
• Interacts with staff, physicians, patients, families, and external contacts to support patient care.
• Synthesizes and prioritizes data from multiple sources to support patient and family responses to health status changes.

Requirements

• Current, valid RN license in state of practice, temporary/interim RN license, or compact RN licensure for current state of practice.
• BLS certification required.
• Additional certification or continuing education may be required based on area of practice.
• Experience in the clinical area for which applying is desired.
• Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area of work.
• For Banner Registry and Travel acute care positions: minimum one year of experience in an acute care hospital setting within the past 12 months.
• For Home Health settings: valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and ability to operate a personal vehicle.
• For Behavioral Health settings serving children: Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card required at hire and maintained throughout employment. An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire.
• For Banner Home Care AZ: Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card required at hire and maintained throughout employment.
• For BSS Behavioral Health roles in Arizona: State of Arizona Department of Public Safety Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card required at hire and maintained throughout employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Professional certification preferred.

Benefits

Your pay and benefits are important components of your journey at Banner Health. We provide health and financial security options so you can focus on being the best at what you do and enjoying your life.

• 18% night shift differential.
• Flat rate $3/hour weekend shift differential.