Registered Nurse - Family Birth Center: Mother/Baby - RN

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Family Birth Center, located on EI32, provides care and emotional support for families experiencing high-risk pregnancy situations. Prenatal education and support are provided on a one-to-one basis. A maternal-fetal surveillance system interfaces with the monitoring system in Labor and Delivery. The Mother/Baby unit on EI32 provides couplet care, keeping mothers and babies together 24 hours a day to promote bonding, confidence, and collaboration in caring for oneself and baby. The 8-bassinet newborn procedural area is located within the mother/baby unit and is available for medically-necessitated nursing observation of infants, for infant exams, circumcisions, and newborn testing not able to be done in the room. The Family Birth Center cares for antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum patients and their newborn babies, with a focus on family-centered care delivered through a couplet care model. OB/GYN triage is located at Eisenberg Desk 3C, just off of the center elevators, and is comprised of four triage rooms and a desk area staffed with nurses and a health unit coordinator. Patients and family members start here to determine labor or assist with complications, and family and visitors receive passes and direction to patient rooms.

Requirements

Registered Nurse (RN)
State licensure
Completion of the VisaScreen or equivalent certification (for TN sponsorship)
Excellent communication skills
Skillful in mentoring and teaching

Nice To Haves

Experience in a Mother/Baby/Antepartum unit
Experience with couplet care model
Experience in OB/GYN triage

Responsibilities

The registered nurse (RN) is accountable for the coordination of nursing care, including direct patient care, patient/family education and transitions of care.
The RN supports professional nursing practice across practice settings and across the continuum of care to meet the needs of the patient and family.
The RN will function within the Mayo Clinic Nursing Professional Practice Model, which includes accountability for planning, implementing, evaluating and communicating all phases of nursing care for assigned patients.
The ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice provide a basis for the practice of the RN.
The RN provides leadership through activities such as preceptor role, informal and formal leadership roles, and quality improvement efforts.
The RN delegates patient care according to skill level, experience, patient acuity, fiscal accountability and availability of resources.
The RN possesses excellent communication skills; is skillful in mentoring and teaching; and may participate on committees or projects.
A subset of employees may be required to drive their personal vehicle as a part of the responsibility of their role.