RN - Labor and Delivery

Job Summary

Plans, coordinates and directs quality, compassionate care by maintaining standards of professional nursing practice and creating positive therapeutic relationships with patients/families. Provides leadership to other team members by articulating and delegating expected standards of care, supervising and encouraging team members, and supporting their contributions.

Supervision

• Supervises LPNs, PCAs, PCAs/US, US, Ortho Techs and other non-licensed staff.

Assessment

• Affords assessments on each assigned patient on admission and on an ongoing basis, including physical condition, psychological status, social status, spiritual and cultural needs, pain assessment/management, nutritional and functional status, developmental or age related factors, and discharge planning needs.

Education and Care Planning

• Plans, provides, and documents patient and/or significant other education based on physical, behavioral, psychological, developmental, and age-related factors, after identifying barriers to learning.
• Evaluates and regularly reevaluates patient care; coordinates care planning with patient, family, providers and other disciplines to achieve patient-centered outcomes.

Caregiving and Documentation

• Assigns and delegates nursing care to team members in accordance with the patient’s needs and the capabilities of the team members.
• Applies safety principles when performing care and accurately documents observations, care provided and changes in care plan.

Performance Improvement

• Participates in transition rounds, care planning/problem identification and team shift reports.
• Assists in performance improvement (PI) activities by serving on PI teams as warranted, assisting with PI measures and supporting and implementing changes necessary for improvement.

Competency and Compliance

• Maintains performance, patient and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
• Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook.
• Maintains current Alabama RN license, AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider training, AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training, and AHA Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) training.

Behavioral Standards

• Creates positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues and with self.
• Ensures the safety of patients, visitors and employees.
• Identifies and reduces unsafe practices that may result in harm to patients, visitors and employees.
• Recognizes and takes appropriate action to reduce risks and hazards to promote safety for patients, visitors and employees.

Physical Demands

• Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Tolerate prolonged periods of standing and walking.
• Reach reasonable distances in any direction.
• Stand, walk, kneel, bend, sit and stoop.
• Run in an emergency.
• Lift, push, pull and carry objects.
• Perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Possess stamina to work prolonged shifts.

Work Context

• Demonstrates leadership skills.
• Requires decision making that will affect others.
• Responsible to achieve outcomes.
• Communicates clearly and accurately.
• Delegates to team members and students.
• Addresses conflict and stressful situations.
• Communicates with different personalities and engages in face to face discussion.
• Deals with unpleasant or verbally/physically aggressive personalities.
• Uses electronic mail, telephone and texting.
• Works in groups.
• Performs structured and unstructured work.
• Meets time pressure and time lines.

Physical Factors

• Medium work.
• Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Tolerate prolonged periods of standing and walking.
• Reach reasonable distances in any direction.
• Stand, walk, kneel, bend, sit and stoop.
• Run in an emergency.
• Lift, push, pull and carry objects.
• Perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Possess stamina to work prolonged shifts.