Perinatal Safety Nurse - Women's Health - F/T Days

Hackensack Meridian Health•Hackensack, NJ

43d•Onsite

About The Position

The Perinatal Safety Nurse is a registered professional nurse who demonstrates clinical and systems expertise through advanced education, knowledge, and skills in Obstetrics. Collaborates with the medical and nursing teams to promote a culture of patient safety and adherence to national clinical standards. Serves as a visible and recognized advocate for safety locally and in the network. Provides clinical advice and coordinates instruction to the nursing team, families, and other health care providers using advanced knowledge and skills. Ensures the safe delivery of patient care and supports the mission, vision, and goals of Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH).

Requirements

Master's degree in Nursing.
Minimum of 3 years of acute care nursing in obstetrics.
Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and systems thinking skills.
Current valid NJ State Professional Registered Nurse license.
Maintains American Heart Association Basic Life Support HCP Certification.

Nice To Haves

Minimum of 1 year as an instructor and experience with curriculum development, evaluative methods, and contact hour application.
Background in nursing research.
Professional certification in an area of clinical practice.
Maintains Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification.
Maintain Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification.

Responsibilities

Serves as a patient safety advocate and clinical role model in Obstetrics (OB) by keeping abreast of changing national standards of clinical practice and safety, disseminating pertinent specialty-related information, assisting in creating and maintaining quality through new initiatives and quality improvement projects and research, participating in and coordinating safety and quality-related activities and programs, participating in and contributing to clinical care review activities, and compiling, analyzing, and communicating specialty-specific metrics.
Monitors Clinical outcome by encouraging team members to identify and report adverse events and near misses, contributing to Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) review, performing collaborative reviews of clinical care and incorporating improvement opportunities into educational efforts, collaborating with appropriate departments and OB team to coordinate briefings, debriefing, and RCA-related activities, and maintaining the database of all clinical indicators collected and reviewed in the department.
Facilitates interdisciplinary communication and education by coordinating simulation programs, collaborating with educators and leadership to promote educational programs and clinical drills, facilitating and supporting teamwork-training programs, promoting the adoption of specialty-specific best practices, acting as a resource and mentor, developing, reviewing, and revising policies and/or procedures related to the Obstetrical/Maternity Patient Population in collaboration with the Team, monitoring educational outcomes through Performance Improvement (PI) activities, reviews, and PI data results, and collaborating with the Obstetrical team on educational programs.
Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e. age, culture, hearing and /or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (i.e. developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).
Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.