RN OB Coordinator- Sign on BONUS!

Essential Job Functions

• Aids in fulfilling Syringa Hospital & Clinics mission by providing and coordinating quality healthcare services for all OB-related needs.
• Coordinates hospital OB visits and communicates OB care with clinics and providers.
• Maintains up-to-date policies and procedures related to OB services.
• Collaborates with the quality assurance team to ensure goals and objectives are met.
• Participates in PI projects and data collection, including development and review of internal quality measures.
• Communicates OB-related issues, needs, and outcomes to the Clinical Nurse Manager and/or Chief Nursing Officer.
• Identifies staff training/educational needs and establishes learning priorities for OB nursing personnel.
• Serves as a mentor/preceptor and resource for OB nursing staff.
• Encourages and fosters OB nursing staff participation in continuing education activities.
• Organizes or provides in-services, learning materials, skills fairs, computer training, bulletin boards, and ongoing training to ensure OB staff can perform procedures, stay informed, and adapt to new technologies.
• Analyzes OB patient care and system operations data for trends and causative factors.
• Performs OB chart audits to ensure quality documentation.
• Uses data to drive decisions and plan/implement performance improvement strategies related to OB care management.
• Fosters the implementation of evidence-based practice to improve OB client care.
• Assists in monitoring OB patient satisfaction and communicates feedback to staff.
• Performs clinical rounds on OB patients to observe staff performance and participate in physician and other discipline conferences.
• Participates in continuing quality improvement initiatives, in-service education programs, unit meetings, and committee functions as assigned.
• Assists in OB employee performance evaluations based on personal observations and interactions.
• Serves as a professional role model and OB resource person, providing guidance and support.
• Promotes clear communication among the OB care team and treating clinicians.
• Evaluates OB clinical care, utilization of OB resources, and development of new OB clinical tools, forms, and procedures as needed.
• Serves as the first step in the chain-of-command for hospital OB.
• Sets and submits monthly reports of all OB activities and participant numbers to the Chief Nursing Officer for submission to the hospital board of directors.
• Participates and collaborates in shared governance programs to develop, plan, and implement nursing education and increase staff competency.
• Participates actively in site-specific and system work groups, task forces, committees, etc., contributing OB expertise.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or associate degree in nursing from an ACEN or CCNE accredited school.
• Current Idaho Board of Nursing license.
• Two years of experience in a hospital-based healthcare setting with three years of OB-specific experience in Labor and Delivery and post-partum care.
• Current BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP certification required.