Experienced Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse
About The Position
St. Peter's Hospital is seeking an experienced Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse for a Full-Time Nights position. St. Peter's provides comprehensive Maternal/Child services, delivering over 2700 babies a year and supporting the largest number of deliveries in the Capital region, including high-risk pregnancies and multiple births. The family-centered team includes physicians, licensed nurse midwives, dedicated perinatal nurses, social work and spiritual care services, skilled techs, and lactation consultants. Nurses will have the opportunity to work with mother and baby as a family unit. St. Peter's recognizes nursing as a challenging and rewarding career and works with nurses to ensure their professional experiences meet their expectations. The Mother/Baby unit offers comprehensive orientation developed by a clinical nurse specialist in maternal/child nursing, on-site BLS and neonatal resuscitation classes, and ongoing clinical education. Staff are involved in quality improvement activities, program development, recognition activities, and team building. The clinical ladder program offers professional growth through mentoring, leadership opportunities, and generous educational funding.
Requirements
- Current NYS RN
- One year of Med Surg or Maternity experience
Responsibilities
- Assessing the needs of each patient to which he or she is assigned
- Planning the nursing care needed to meet those needs, including spiritual, emotional and physiological needs
- Carrying out the plan of care through performance and/or leadership of supervised personnel and evaluating the plan of care
- Directly accountable to the Nurse Manager for the quality of patient care delivered
- Modifying and delivering care that is specific to the age, growth and development of patients according to the unit scope of services
- Assessing the needs of each patient and planning the nursing care needed to meet those needs (when serving in the charge role)
- Performing clinical and leadership functions (when serving in the charge role)
Benefits
- generous tuition allowance
- career development
- on-site BLS and neonatal resuscitation classes
- clinical ladder program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
