Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery

TriHealth•Cincinnati, OH

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse – Labor & Delivery at Good Samaritan Hospital provides hands-on, patient-centered care in a fast-paced environment. The nurse monitors maternal and fetal well-being, supports labor and birth, and responds to changing clinical needs. The role partners with physicians, midwives, and neonatal teams to support safe, empowering birth experiences for families. The position is full-time, scheduled for 72 hours biweekly, with 7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m. night shifts, a third- or fourth-weekend rotation, and holiday rotation. The nurse assesses patients and families, plans and delivers individualized care, evaluates outcomes, documents care, and collaborates with patients, families, and the healthcare team. The nurse also maintains a safe and therapeutic environment, administers medications and treatments, uses equipment safely, may train or educate staff, and may function in a relief charge or resource role as requested. New hires are required to obtain a BSN within five years of hire.

Requirements

Associate's degree or diploma in nursing.
Registered Nurse.
BLS/CPR (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers).
New hires must obtain a BSN within five years of hire.
Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex healthcare needs at various stages of the life cycle.

Nice To Haves

Labor and Delivery experience is strongly preferred.
Membership in a related professional organization is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform initial and ongoing assessments of patients and families, complete the initial assessment tool, and document ongoing assessments according to unit and TriHealth guidelines.
Communicate assessment findings to other healthcare providers and identify health counseling and teaching needs.
Plan care based on assessments, standards of care, and desired outcomes; initiate and individualize care plans or clinical pathways.
Update care plans based on patient and family input and healthcare needs, develop short- and long-term goals with the patient, family, and healthcare team, and include discharge planning.
Communicate the plan of care to others.
Provide a safe, therapeutic environment while maintaining patient autonomy, dignity, and rights and being sensitive to patient diversity.
Seek resources to help formulate ethical decisions and balance patient needs with unit and facility priorities.
Recognize emergency situations and take appropriate action.
Complete patient assignments and documentation within scheduled timeframes.
Base interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes and document them accordingly.
Train and educate other staff and serve as an expert resource in the specialty area.
Communicate effectively and understand and execute physician orders.
Evaluate the plan of care against desired patient outcomes and document patient and family responses, including responses to teaching.
Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare team members to revise the plan of care as needed.
Supervise care delegated to other healthcare team members.
Perform technical skills according to policy, procedure, and accepted standards of practice.
Safely administer medications and treatments and monitor their effects.
Use equipment safely and appropriately.
Identify areas for self-improvement, maintain current knowledge, and demonstrate knowledge of organizational and departmental changes.
Function in a relief charge or resource role as requested.
Cooperate with instructors to facilitate effective learning experiences for students.
Demonstrate TriHealth SERVE standards and ALWAYS behaviors, including service, quality and safety improvement, respect, responsible use of resources, courtesy, and compassion.