Registered Nurse (RN) - Labor & Delivery

Fairview Health Services•Maplewood, MN

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Registered Nurse for the Labor & Delivery Unit at St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, Minnesota. St. John’s is a 184-bed facility offering a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. The hospital describes its environment as warm and inviting and is committed to delivering outstanding health care in its growing community. The unit has 29 LDRP (labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum) beds, two triage rooms, one water birth room, and two operating room suites. It provides single-room care throughout patients’ stays, averages more than 200 deliveries per month, manages daily outpatients for antenatal testing, and has a daily census of 18 mother-and-baby couplets. Its newly remodeled NICU has expanded care to higher-risk patients at 28 weeks’ gestational age. The RN is 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 those 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 practice standards of the American Holistic Nurses’ Association. This is a 0.6 FTE position, or 48 hours per two weeks, on the night shift with 12-hour shifts and an every-third-weekend rotation.

Requirements

At least 2 years of Labor and Delivery experience.
Charge trained or capable.
Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
Minnesota Registered Nurse license.

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.
The posting lists 1 year of experience as preferred, although it separately requires at least 2 years of Labor and Delivery experience.

Responsibilities

Coordinate care for a group of patients as a key leader of the interdependent team, including assessing patient and family needs, identifying outcomes, establishing plans of care, monitoring progress, and modifying plans as needed.
Demonstrate dedication to the Professional Partnership Model and achievement of the HealthEast nursing vision and strategy.
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 when holistic therapy is offered.
Communicate effectively with patients and families, physicians, the interdependent team, and other disciplines about plans of care.
Assess and document patient and family learning needs and develop individualized education plans.
Participate in developing and implementing point-of-care improvements related to clinical quality, customer experience, nursing engagement, efficiency, and effectiveness.
Comply with regulatory, accreditation, nursing board, patient safety, infection control, and other established practice requirements, policies, guidelines, and procedures.
Coordinate the interdependent team while promoting collaborative teamwork and cooperation.
Participate in developing and achieving department goals for safety, cost, quality, patient experience, and employee engagement.