Registered Nurse RN Labor and Delivery

Banner Health•Gilbert, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Banner Health is hiring a Registered Nurse for its Labor and Delivery unit at Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert, Arizona. The Level II unit supports moderate- and low-risk patients and has 11 labor, delivery, and recovery rooms and two operating room suites. The position provides nursing care to women experiencing childbirth in a supportive environment. Staff are encouraged to participate in the department’s Shared Leadership teams. Banner Gateway is a Magnet-designated facility with comprehensive electronic medical records and advanced patient-monitoring resources. The nurse assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. The role requires specialized nursing knowledge and judgment to provide care appropriate to the physical and developmental needs of assigned patients, and accountability for the quality of nursing services delivered by the nurse or others under their direction. This is a full-time night-shift position, scheduled from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. The posting states an 18% night-shift differential and a flat $3-per-hour weekend-shift differential. Banner Health offers a variety of benefit plans and health and financial security options. New graduate nurses with less than 12 months of experience are directed to search for RN New Grad openings.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited nursing program with an Associate’s, Bachelor’s, or Master’s degree in Nursing, or complete a specialized nursing diploma program that includes at least two years of specialized training and/or experience.
Hold a current, valid RN license in the state of practice, a temporary/interim RN license in the state of practice, or compact RN licensure applicable to the state of practice.
Maintain BLS certification.
Relate the experience, training, and education needed to perform the job during the interview process.
Maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the work area through annual validations.
New graduate nurses with less than 12 months of experience should apply through the RN New Grad openings.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the clinical area for which the applicant is applying is desired.
Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Professional certification preferred.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs; review patient history, assessments, diagnostics, and laboratory data, and report abnormal results to appropriate caregivers.
Develop, initiate, review, and revise patient-specific plans of care and discharge plans in collaboration with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary health team.
Implement care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision of health care team activities, following physician orders, policies, standards of care, and regulatory requirements.
Promote continuity of care by communicating patient status accurately and completely to other caregivers.
Evaluate patients’ and families’ responses to care and teaching, progress toward goals, and the effectiveness of patient education; revise care plans as needed.
Document assessments, planning, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders accurately, legibly, and promptly in the patient record.
Provide evidence-based care and, when applicable, 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 others when appropriate.
Contribute to safe, effective, equitable, and efficient patient outcomes and participate in improving nursing quality indicators and outcomes.
In some roles, supervise department staff and workflow.
Collaborate with staff, physicians, patients, families, external health care contacts, and clergy; synthesize and prioritize information from multiple sources to support patients and families through changes in health status.