Registered Nurse (RN) - Mother & Baby Unit (OB) - St. Rita's Medical Center

Mercy Health • Lima, OH

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Obstetrics Registered Nurse provides nursing care to patients at St. Rita's Medical Center, applying organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status, prioritize problems and needs, implement clinical interventions, and develop and carry out care plans that improve outcomes. The role helps maintain a safe and therapeutic environment and collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team.

The nurse provides woman-, newborn-, and family-centered care, including care for people who do not identify as women or exclusively as women and all people parenting newborns. Responsibilities include applicable outpatient and inpatient obstetrical and women's health care; care through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, gynecological and other women's health concerns; and care of neonates from birth through discharge across differing gestational ages, diagnoses, and complications. The nurse also provides triage, prioritization, assessment, education, stabilization, resuscitation, and emergency management for women of all ages, and administers medications according to state practice requirements and organizational policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited associate's or bachelor's degree program in nursing.
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• One year of professional experience practicing as a Registered Nurse.
• BLS Basic Life Support certification must be obtained from an approved source before direct patient care; ACLS is acceptable in lieu of BLS.
• NRP Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification must be obtained within three months of hire.

Nice To Haves

• Recent OB, ED, or critical care experience.
• BLS certification upon hire.
• NRP certification at hire.
• Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification from the National Certification Corporation, preferred if interpreting fetal monitoring.
• EPIC Electronic Health Record training.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team.
• Provide woman-, newborn-, and family-centered care, including care for people who do not identify as women or exclusively as women and all people parenting newborns.
• Provide episodic outpatient and inpatient obstetrical and women's health nursing care where applicable.
• Apply the nursing process to care for women during pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and gynecological and other women's health issues, as well as neonates from birth until discharge.
• Provide care to women of all ages requiring triage, prioritization, assessment, education, stabilization, resuscitation, and emergency management.
• Administer medications safely in accordance with state practice requirements and organizational policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses, and 403(b) with employer contributions when eligible.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage; HSA/FSA options; life insurance; mental health resources; and discounts.
• Paid time off, parental and FMLA leave, short- and long-term disability, and backup care for children and elders.
• Tuition assistance, professional development, and continuing education support.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree