Registered Nurse (RN) - Post Partum

Fairview Health Services•Maplewood, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Registered Nurse for the Postpartum Unit at St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, Minnesota. The 184-bed hospital provides a range of diagnostic and therapeutic services and describes its care environment as warm, inviting, and supported by innovative technology and experienced specialists, nurses, and staff. The unit has 29 labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum beds, two triage rooms, one water birth room, and two operating room suites. It provides single-room care, averages more than 200 deliveries per month, and manages daily outpatients for antenatal testing. Its daily census is 18 mother-and-baby couplets, and its recently remodeled NICU has expanded care for higher-risk patients from 28 weeks’ gestational age. The RN is the key leader of an interdependent team and coordinates care for a group of patients to achieve patient and unit outcomes. The role includes assessing patient and family needs, identifying outcomes, establishing and monitoring plans of care, and modifying those plans as needed. The position is 0.6 FTE (48 hours per two weeks), working eight-hour night shifts on a variable schedule, including every other weekend. Fairview offers a nurse residency program for eligible new graduate RNs.

Requirements

At least one year of postpartum or labor and delivery experience, or an internship, preceptorship, or capstone in labor and delivery or postpartum.
Associate degree in Nursing.
Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
Registered Nurse licensure in Minnesota.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification from the American Heart Association; some positions may require ACLS depending on the unit and patient population.

Responsibilities

Coordinate care for a group of patients and lead the interdependent team to achieve patient and unit outcomes.
Assess patient and family needs, identify desired outcomes, establish plans of care, monitor progress, and modify plans as needed.
Apply the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to coordinate outcome-focused patient care.
Incorporate holistic nursing theory based on Watson’s Theory of Caring and align holistic therapy, when offered, with American Holistic Nurses’ Association practice standards.
Communicate the plan of care effectively with patients and families, physicians, the interdependent team, and other disciplines.
Assess and document patient and family learning needs and develop individualized education plans.
Participate in developing and implementing point-of-care improvements to advance clinical quality, customer experience, nursing engagement, and efficiency and effectiveness.
Comply with regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, board of nursing requirements, patient safety requirements, infection control practices, and established practice standards, policies, guidelines, and procedures.
Promote collaborative teamwork and cooperation while coordinating the interdependent team.
Participate in developing and achieving department goals related to safety, cost, quality, patient experience, and employee engagement.
Demonstrate dedication to the principles of the Professional Partnership Model and to achieving the HealthEast nursing vision and strategy.