RN Labor & Delivery - Nights

About the role

As a Registered Nurse at Merit Health Natchez, you'll play a vital role in providing quality care to our patients.

Responsibilities

• Affirms patient's needs, formulates a plan of care and provides care based on identified needs and physician orders according to standards, policy, and procedure.
• Develops and implements patient education plans.
• Communicates and collaborates with other team members to facilitate the delivery of care.
• Serves as a primary caregiver, responsible for the patient for whom care is provided, self and peers as professional nurses, the charge nurse, clinical supervisor, unit director, and CNO.
• Supervises LPNs and unlicensed personnel and may serve as a preceptor to orientees and nursing graduates.
• Works effectively toward collaborative relationships with medical staff and other members of the healthcare team and administrative personnel.
• Maintains a cooperative working relationship with ancillary departments and the entire healthcare team.
• Must be able to communicate verbally, in writing, and utilize the EMR.
• Continuously provides expertise to the staff by assessing the quality and quantity of care and evaluating and intervening in the management of care problems, as necessary.
• Oversees the unit's operations in the absence of the Director or CNO and collaborates with them on an as-needed basis.

Requirements

• MS RN license
• Associate degree in Nursing, Bachelor preferred
• BLS certification, ACLS preferred
• 6mos - 1 year experience preferred