Registered Nurse (RN) - Post Partum

Fairview Health Services•Maplewood, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Registered Nurse for the Postpartum Unit at St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, Minnesota. The 184-bed hospital provides diagnostic and therapeutic services and serves the surrounding community. The unit has 29 labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum beds, two triage rooms, one water birth room, and two operating room suites. It provides single-room care, averages more than 200 deliveries per month, manages daily outpatient antenatal testing, and has a daily census of 18 mother-and-baby couplets. The hospital’s newly remodeled NICU has expanded care to higher-risk patients, including those at 28 weeks gestational age. The Registered Nurse serves as a key leader of the interdependent team and coordinates care for a group of patients to achieve patient and unit outcomes. This includes assessing patient and family needs, identifying desired outcomes, establishing and monitoring plans of care, and modifying plans as needed. The role applies the nursing process and, when holistic therapy is offered, incorporates holistic nursing theory based on Watson’s Theory of Caring and the practice standards of the American Holistic Nurses’ Association. The position is 0.7 FTE (56 hours per two weeks), with eight-hour night shifts, a variable schedule, and every-other-weekend rotation. Fairview offers a nurse residency program to eligible new graduate RNs joining the organization.

Requirements

At least 1 year of postpartum or labor and delivery experience, or an internship, preceptorship, or capstone in labor and delivery or postpartum.
Associate degree in Nursing.
Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
Minnesota Registered Nurse licensure.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification from the American Heart Association; some positions may require ACLS depending on the unit and patient population.

Responsibilities

Coordinate care for a group of patients and lead the interdependent care team to achieve patient and unit outcomes.
Assess patient and family needs, identify outcomes, establish plans of care, monitor progress, and modify plans as needed.
Apply the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to coordinate outcome-focused patient care.
Incorporate holistic nursing theory based on Watson’s Theory of Caring and American Holistic Nurses’ Association practice standards whenever holistic therapy is offered.
Communicate the plan of care effectively with patients and families, physicians, the interdependent team, and other disciplines.
Assess and document patient and family learning needs and develop individualized education plans.
Participate in creating and implementing point-of-care improvements to support clinical quality, customer experience, nursing engagement, and efficiency and effectiveness.
Comply with regulatory, accreditation, nursing board, patient safety, infection control, and other established practice requirements, standards, policies, guidelines, and procedures.
Promote collaborative teamwork and cooperation while coordinating the interdependent team.
Participate in developing and achieving department goals related to safety, cost, quality, patient experience, and employee engagement.
Demonstrate dedication to the patient care model (Professional Partnership Model) and the HealthEast nursing vision and strategy.