Experienced Registered Nurse Labor & Delivery

Mount Sinai Medical Center•Miami Beach, FL

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides nursing care in the Labor and Delivery specialty, including care for laboring, antepartum, postpartum, obstetrical, gynecologic, and newborn patients. The role includes clinical assessment, care planning and implementation, evaluation of outcomes, patient and family education, and collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team. The position works the night shift from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and may float within the maternal-child division according to competency.

Requirements

Florida Registered Nurse license.
BLS certification.
ACLS certification.
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
At least one year of experience as a registered nurse for Level II.
Maintain NRP, obstetrics patient safety course, and fetal monitoring requirements every two years.

Nice To Haves

AWHONN Intermediate course and NRP must be obtained within six months of hire.

Responsibilities

Assist with breastfeeding and follow infant abduction policy.
Assess newborns at delivery and perform neonatal resuscitation; initiate newborn transitional care.
Perform head-to-toe assessments of obstetrical patients and uncomplicated antepartum and gynecologic patients.
Circulate in the operating room and manage patients in post-anesthesia recovery.
Manage labor, antepartum, and postpartum patients; assist during epidural anesthesia; and care for patients with central lines.
Follow the bereavement policy when caring for families experiencing fetal or newborn loss.
Float within the maternal-child division as assigned according to the competency matrix.
Complete and document admission, shift, and ongoing patient assessments; assess education and psychosocial needs; and respond to diagnostic data.
Develop and initiate interdisciplinary plans of care, establish care priorities, and update care plans based on patient progress and changes in condition.
Carry out and document nursing interventions, including emergency interventions, IV therapy, medication administration, dressing changes, specimen collection, glucose monitoring, catheterization, and oxygen therapy.
Use unit-specific equipment safely, follow standard precautions and hand hygiene guidelines, and report abnormal findings and adverse medication reactions promptly.
Coordinate patient transfers and discharges, including obtaining orders, completing transfer documentation and referrals, and giving or receiving report.
Document and evaluate patient responses, progress toward goals, length of stay, and transfer or discharge planning needs.
Complete required annual in-services and competency documentation; participate in huddles, unit in-services, professional organization activities, and unit-based council.
Use established communication channels to resolve problems and interpersonal conflicts; participate in performance improvement activities and document and charge for supplies used.
Engage in learning opportunities and apply current knowledge, including knowledge of FPQC goals and initiatives on the Maternal Child Unit.