Registered Nurse - Women's Health and Birth

Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital•Grand Rapids, MN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital, a part of Fairview Health Services, is seeking an enthusiastic Registered Nurse to join their team in the Women's Health & Birth Center. This position offers the advantage of a long-tenured management team that takes a personal interest in every employee. Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital is a non-profit organization and a leading provider of primary care services in the Northland area, serving approximately 50,000 people. They are committed to transforming rural healthcare by achieving high standards in quality, access, and value, driven by teamwork and collaboration among a diverse group of professionals. With over 600 employees, Grand Itasca offers various career opportunities.

Requirements

Registered with the Minnesota Board of Nursing.
Equivalent of one (1) year LDRP experience within past 2 years.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certifications required and maintain certification.
Current NRP certification or attends NRP within 3 months of employment and maintains certification.
Demonstrated ability to follow and adhere to Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital policies, vision, mission and values.
Maintains reliable and consistent attendance.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
Completion of Fetal Heart Monitoring course preferred, or completes within 6 months of employment.
If no candidates meet the above requirements, consideration will be given to those with 1 year relevant Acute Care Hospital experience within the past 3 years or 1 year LDRP experience in the past 3 years.

Responsibilities

Provides quality care to all patients and ensures patient safety throughout the continuum of patient care, advocates for the patient respecting advanced directives and patient decisions.
Completes admission assessment according to unit policy, utilizing past medical history, therapeutic communication and physical assessment. Utilizes critical thinking and analysis.
Identifies accurately nursing diagnosis/collaborative problems to determine appropriate interventions within the framework of accepted standards of care.
Assesses the individual needs of the adult, geriatric, adolescent and pediatric patients and developing appropriate plans of care
Maintains accurate, objective patient records.
Ensures efficiency and accuracy of orders.
Assumes patient care responsibilities by organizing workload effectively and remaining flexible to environmental changes.
Utilizes departments equipment correctly and efficiently; demonstrates knowledge of special preparations or equipment needed for department specific procedures.
Nursing skills/competencies include but are not limited to: Assess, implement and evaluate education and nursing care for antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients, newborns and other assigned patients. IV access, airway management, pain management, neurological assessment, fluid management, infection control measures, and respiratory management.
Communicates professionally and collaborates effectively with patients, families, co-workers, health care team members and ancillary departments to ensure patient centered coordination of care.
Demonstrated abilities to manage large volumes of multiple patient, family, staff and physicians' priorities within short time frames and organize workload; includes critical thinking, delegation skills and respectful communication.
Ensures plan of care is consistent with nursing standards and hospital policy and procedures.
Participation in performance improvement activities.
Maintains knowledge of The Joint Commission standards and incorporates the standards into the practice of Critical Care nursing.
Collaborates with and delegates to ancillary/professional staff as appropriate; assures adherence to their scopes of practice, considering licensure and/or certification.
Participates in professional growth and self-development activities to ensure accountability for own professional nursing practice.
Participates in staff meetings, committees and special projects; actively contributes to Women's Health and Birth Center's quality and development.