Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery

Intermountain Health • Spanish Fork, UT

18h • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process, technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice, and coordinates care with other health team members. The Spanish Fork Women’s Center is a 20-bed unit (8 Labor & Delivery and 12 postpartum) with 2 Operating Rooms, functioning as a modified LDRP (Labor, Deliver, Recover, Postpartum). Staff cover Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, and the Well Newborn Nursery. It is a level 1 facility for uncomplicated pregnancies 35 weeks and beyond, offering hydrotherapy tubs in labor rooms and accommodating various care plans and pain relief modalities, including unmedicated, low-intervention deliveries. The unit emphasizes keeping mothers and babies together and operates with a primary nurse model, with ratios based on acuity and clinical guidelines. An IBCLC is available for lactation concerns.

Requirements

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
• RNs must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or willing to obtain within four (4) years of their hire date.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.

Nice To Haves

• One or more year of RN work experience
• L&D RN work experience
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Responsibilities

• Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.
• Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).
• Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.
• Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction. Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.
• Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others. Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.

Benefits

• generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged
• PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution
• The PEAK program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees