Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery PRN

HCA Healthcare•Thornton, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides safe, appropriate, age-sensitive care based on patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, safety, and learning needs, following the Standards of Nursing Practice and the organization’s philosophy and plan of care. The nurse may be asked to float beyond the assigned service area and performs only duties for which competency has been demonstrated. The position includes delegated duties within the scope of practice and requires participation in department call coverage and fulfillment of established call-shift requirements. Labor and Delivery responsibilities include caring for low- and high-risk antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients; scrubbing and circulating in the operating room for cesarean sections and other obstetric surgeries; providing postoperative recovery care; providing routine care to healthy newborns; and initiating resuscitation for compromised newborns. The nurse also performs assigned laboratory testing under established protocols, documents and communicates critical results, completes required competencies, follows safety and quality-control procedures, and initiates corrective action when testing issues arise. The role requires current Colorado or active multistate RN licensure, BLS, NRP, and ACLS certifications, graduation from an accredited nursing school, and one year of Labor and Delivery experience for PRN work. A BSN is desirable; specified fetal-monitoring credentials and other certifications are preferred. The position is PRN at Mountain Ridge, formerly North Suburban Medical Center, a 157-bed Level II state-designated trauma facility in the Denver metro area. The employer describes a total rewards package that may include medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine coverage; wellbeing and counseling resources; paid time off and paid family leave; disability coverage and leaves of absence; retirement and savings resources; education assistance; and additional family-building, insurance, legal, and consumer benefits. Benefit eligibility may vary by location.

Requirements

Current Colorado Registered Nurse license or current active multistate Registered Nurse license.
Current BLS certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
Current NRP certification through the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Current ACLS certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing.
One year of Labor and Delivery experience for PRN work.
Demonstrated organizational skills, appropriate judgment, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to provide safe and appropriate patient care within the Standards of Nursing Practice.
Colleagues in a transition-to-practice program must have all required certifications by completion of the program and transition to independent practice.
Educational records (diploma or transcript) are mandatory for staff performing non-waived testing.

Nice To Haves

BSN is desirable.
AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring or Advanced Fetal Monitoring certification preferred.
C-EFM preferred.
RNC preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care to patients based on their physical, psychosocial, cultural, safety, and learning needs.
Provide care for low- and high-risk antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients.
Scrub and circulate in the operating room for cesarean sections and other surgeries related to obstetric care.
Provide recovery-room care to patients undergoing surgery related to obstetric care.
Provide routine care to healthy newborns and initiate resuscitation for compromised newborns.
Float to areas outside the assigned service area when asked, performing only duties for which competency has been demonstrated.
Perform delegated duties within the scope of practice and the organization’s plan of care.
Perform assigned laboratory testing according to each test’s protocol; document results and communicate critical results as defined.
Complete required competencies and follow laboratory testing safety, maintenance, quality-control, and proficiency-testing requirements.
Follow good laboratory practices and initiate corrective action when issues occur with a test system or result.
Take call and meet the call-shift requirements established by the department.
Communicate positively and professionally with internal and external customers and use sound judgment and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine plans.
Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
Time-away-from-work programs, including paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay based on years of service.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and flexible spending accounts.
Preferred banking partnerships, retirement-readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
Fertility and family-building benefits and adoption assistance.
Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans.
Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.