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

Mercy Health•Lima, OH

About The Position

The Obstetrics Registered Nurse provides exceptional nursing care to patients in the Mother & Baby/OB setting. The role uses organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status, prioritize patient problems and needs, implement clinical nursing interventions for acute and critical patients requiring intensive medical care, develop and carry out patient care plans to improve outcomes, and maintain a safe, therapeutic environment. The RN provides woman-, newborn-, and family-centered care, including care for people who do not self-identify as women or exclusively as women, and all people parenting newborns. Care may include episodic outpatient and inpatient obstetrical and women’s health nursing. The RN applies the nursing process to care for patients during pregnancy, birth, postpartum, gynecological and other women’s health concerns, and to care for neonates from birth until discharge across differing gestational ages, diagnoses and complications. The position also provides triage, prioritization, assessment, education, stabilization, resuscitation and emergency management for women of all ages.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited associate degree 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 is required before direct patient care, obtained from an approved source; 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

Assess patient status using strong organizational and leadership skills.
Determine the priority of patients’ problems and needs.
Implement clinical nursing interventions for acute and critical patients requiring intensive medical care.
Develop and perform patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes.
Ensure a safe and therapeutic environment.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team.
Provide woman-, newborn-, and family-centered care, including care for people parenting newborns who do not self-identify as women or exclusively as women.
Provide episodic outpatient and inpatient obstetrical and women’s health nursing care where applicable.
Apply the nursing process to care for patients during pregnancy, birth, postpartum, gynecological and other women’s health issues, and to care for neonates from birth until discharge.
Provide triage, prioritization, assessment, education, stabilization, resuscitation and emergency management for women of all ages.
Administer medications safely in accordance with state practice requirements and organizational policies and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.