Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery

Mount Nittany Health • State College, PA

3d

About The Position

Responsible to the Unit Director for overall nursing practice. The role includes assessing childbearing women from adolescence through middle adulthood and their families, developing and implementing plans of care, and evaluating nursing care based on outcomes. The nurse promotes optimal outcomes for the woman and fetus, supports a physically safe and emotionally satisfying labor and delivery experience, provides neonatal assessment immediately after delivery, and maintains current knowledge and skills in obstetric nursing practice. The position receives minimal supervision from the Unit Director and supervises others only while serving as Charge Nurse.

Requirements

• Completion of an accredited registered nurse program.
• Current Pennsylvania RN licensure.
• Meet the American Heart Association standards for Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) and renew BLS every two years.
• Within one year of orientation to Labor and Delivery, meet the American Heart Association standards for Healthcare Provider Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and renew ACLS every two years.
• Complete the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) within one year of the hire or transfer date and renew NRP every two years.
• Effectively function as a team member and liaison between patient and staff.
• Support and encourage harmonious communication.
• Demonstrate strong verbal, non-verbal, and written communication skills.
• Communicate in a highly professional manner.
• Demonstrate mental and emotional tolerance and even temperament when dealing with ill people, using tact, sensitivity, sound judgment, and a professional attitude with patients, families, and coworkers.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Previous RN experience.
• Charge-qualified status.
• Experience in antepartal, neonatal, obstetrical, and/or pediatric nursing.
• Relevant certification upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Assess childbearing women and their families, including comprehensive health histories and physical assessments, risk factors, fetal well-being, labor status, need for referrals, and physical, psychological, and emotional responses to pregnancy and impending birth.
• Incorporate the patient's developmental level into the plan of care.
• Participate in health education for patients and families in collaboration with other healthcare team members.
• Assess and stabilize patients and families and perform ongoing assessments and data collection.
• Collaboratively develop, implement, evaluate, and revise plans of care with patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Provide nursing care during operative delivery and immediate post-anesthesia recovery as needed, including scrubbing and circulating for cesarean sections, newborn resuscitation, fetal monitoring, and recovery care.
• Provide neonatal assessment and care immediately after delivery.
• Maintain awareness of professional issues and update obstetric nursing knowledge and clinical skills.
• Stay current on concepts, trends, scientific advances, biomedical equipment, and ethics related to labor and delivery.
• Assist with ambulance transports as needed.
• Perform related and miscellaneous duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree