Registered Nurse Birth Assistant

Beloit Health System•Roscoe, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Beloit Health System has an Immediate Registered Nurse Birth Assistant opening at Beloit Memorial Hospital in our beautiful NorthPointe Birth Center in Roscoe, IL. The NorthPointe Birth Center is a healthcare facility that will uses alternative care model to provide services during pregnancy, labor/delivery and postpartum care. The Registered Nurse Birth Assistant is responsible for assisting the providers with client care in the office and delivery suites. The Registered Nurse Birth Assistant provides care for the client and family during labor, birth, and postpartum period at NorthPointe Birth Center. The Registered Nurse Birth Assistant may also participate in the provision of extended postpartum care, home visits, client education programs, community outreach, and center operations in collaboration with the Administrator and/or Director of Midwifery.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current License as Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois.
BLS required within 3 months of hire.
NRP certification within 6 months of hire.
Self-directed and committed to providing superior care.
When placed on call must be able to arrive within 30 minutes of being called in.
Must adhere to established health system and department policies, rules and regulations.

Nice To Haves

Previous Experience in neonatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Greet clients in the waiting room after obtaining the chart from the receptionist.
Prepare clients to be seen by Certified Nurse Midwife or Nurse Practitioner, performing intake assessment, vitals, and weight.
Complete lab draws and testing.
Administer various point of care testing as ordered: urine dip, random glucose, hemoccult.
Perform non-stress test via electronic fetal monitor. CNM to review prior to client being removed from monitor.
Collect newborn metabolic screening samples.
Administer vaccines, immunizations, and medications as ordered.
Start IVs for client hydration and monitor vital signs as ordered by CNM.
Complete OB inquiries on perspective new OB clients.
Triage incoming calls and answer questions and document conversations.
Schedule and log consults, and provide results to CNM/provider.
Attend all required meetings, trainings, and drills.
Perform fetal heart rate monitoring through intermittent auscultation.
Assist CNM with birth.
Provide immediate postpartum and newborn care.