RN II-OB (Mandatory Call), Full-Time, Night Shift

Adventist Health•San Luis Obispo, CA

2d•$52 - $84•Onsite

About The Position

The OB/GYN Nurse plans and provides nursing care to patients and their families during antepartum, postpartum, and postoperative periods, including emergency situations. The nurse supervises and delegates care responsibilities to ancillary personnel consistent with their scope of practice. This position is represented by CNA.

Requirements

Associate degree (A.S.) or equivalent.
Two years of OB nursing experience.
Current RN license in the state of practice.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy.
AHA-NRP or ARC-NALS certification.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.

Responsibilities

Complete gestational and comprehensive newborn assessments, recognize and report variances from normal, and perform standard postpartum assessments of the fundus, lochia, perineum, and breasts.
Perform standard postoperative women’s/GYN assessments and recognize and report variances from the normal postoperative course.
Perform physical and psychological assessments while considering patients’ age-specific and cultural needs.
Use appropriate clinical judgment in managing perinatal, postpartum, and other women’s postoperative emergencies, and provide support to grieving families.
Educate patients and families throughout the postpartum or postoperative period using methods appropriate to age, condition, culture, and learning readiness.
Initiate multidisciplinary, goal-oriented care plans in collaboration with the healthcare team and provide care based on those plans.
Complete legible, accurate, and timely documentation of nursing care, including patients’ responses to medications, treatments, and procedures.
Perform unit-specific safety and quality-control checks, including shift and 24-hour physician order checks, verbal/telephone order read-backs, crash-cart checks, urine quality control, refrigerator logs, and expiration-date checks.
Identify and communicate opportunities to improve care, services, and unit operations; remain open to change and new unit goals.
Supervise and delegate care responsibilities to ancillary personnel within their scope of practice.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.