Registered Nurse (RN) - Mother Baby
About The Position
Sentara is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) at Norfolk General Hospital's Mother-Baby Unit, in Norfolk Virginia. This is a full-time, night shift position. The Sentara Norfolk General Mother-Baby Unit is a 30-bed unit where nurses assess, ensure proper healing, and provide self-care education to new mothers during their postpartum stay. The unit encourages rooming-in for mother and baby, and the Mom-Baby Nurse assesses the newborn, educates the mother on infant care, and ensures the baby is fed and swaddled. The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for performing a competent level of nursing care using the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching, health promotion, and evaluation. This role also involves adherence to standards of professional performance such as ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice, quality, evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health. The RN must possess clinical knowledge and skills to meet the standards required by specific clinical areas. All Direct Care RNs are required to have BLS within 90 days of hire.
Requirements
- RN Degree REQUIRED
- Virginia RN License REQUIRED
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification required within 90-days of hire
Nice To Haves
- Prior Women's Health RN experience PREFERRED
Responsibilities
- Assess, ensure that proper healing is occurring, and provide self-care education to our new Moms during the post-partum stay.
- Assess the newborn, clean, feed, and swaddle the baby.
- Educate the new Mom on proper infant care.
- Perform a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by the critical thinking model known as the nursing process.
- Utilize the standards of practice (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care- teaching and health promotion and evaluation).
- Adhere to the standards of professional performance (ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice /nursing research, quality, evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health).
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
- Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
- Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
- Emergency Backup Care
- Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
- Life Insurance
- 401k/403B with Employer Match
- Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
- Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
- Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
- Pet Insurance
- Legal Resources Plan
- Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
