Registered Nurse RN Labor and Delivery

Banner Health•Queen Creek, AZ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in Labor and Delivery at Banner Ironwood Medical Center assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. The role uses specialized nursing knowledge and judgment to provide care appropriate to patients’ physical and developmental needs and is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by the nurse or others under their direction. The nurse works in the Women and Infants Services Department, a family-centered Level II facility serving low- to moderate-risk patients. The department provides 24-hour coverage by obstetricians, certified nurse midwives, neonatologists, neonatal nurse practitioners, and anesthesia. It includes 8 labor, delivery, and recovery rooms, 2 operating rooms, a 2-bed PACU, a 4-bed triage unit, a 6-bed Special Care Nursery, and 23 postpartum rooms. The unit has approximately 90 deliveries per month and offers lactation support and an emphasis on skin-to-skin bonding after birth. This is a full-time night-shift position, scheduled from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. The role offers self-scheduling for shift and weekend coverage, an 18% night-shift differential, and a $3-per-hour weekend differential. New graduates with less than 12 months of experience are directed to search for RN New Grad openings.

Requirements

Current, valid RN license in the state of practice, temporary/interim RN license in the state of practice, or compact RN licensure for the current state of practice.
BLS certification.
Ability to relate experience, training, and education needed to perform the job during the interview process.
Maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the practice area through annual validations.
Experience in the clinical area is desired.
Banner Registry and Travel acute care roles require at least one year of acute care hospital experience, including work as a Registered Nurse in the specialty area within the past 12 months.
Banner Registry and Travel physician practice roles require at least one year of Registered Nurse experience in a physician practice or acute care setting.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.
Professional certification.
Additional related education and/or experience.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs; review patient history, assessments, diagnostic results, and laboratory data, and report abnormal findings to appropriate caregivers.
Develop and revise patient-specific plans of care, including discharge plans, in collaboration with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary health care team.
Implement care through direct patient care and by coordinating, delegating, and supervising health care team activities in accordance with physician orders, care plans, policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
Evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching, assess progress toward goals, and revise care plans as needed.
Document assessments, plans, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.
Provide evidence-based care and may participate in clinical research activities.
Participate in unit or facility shared leadership and support education, role development, and orientation of personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors; precept and mentor when appropriate.
Contribute to excellent patient outcomes and improvement of nursing quality indicators through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
May supervise staff and departmental workflow in some roles.
Communicate and collaborate with staff, physicians, patients, families, external health care contacts, community providers, agencies, and clergy regarding patient care and support needs.