RN Labor and Delivery NICU

Banner Health•Tucson, AZ

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides newborn transition care at delivery, serving as the first hands-on caregiver for each baby. The nurse performs newborn assessments and stabilization immediately after birth, adapts to changing patient volumes by supporting the Labor and Delivery team as needed, collaborates with a specialized fetal surgery team that performs in-utero surgeries, and floats to Postpartum as needed. The role is part of a team-first environment and includes varied shifts across days, nights, and weekends. The nurse assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. The position is accountable for the quality of nursing services provided by the nurse and those under their direction, and requires specialized nursing knowledge and judgment to provide care appropriate to patients’ physical and developmental ages. The nurse assesses patient and family needs; develops and revises plans of care in collaboration with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary team; implements care through direct care, coordination, delegation, and supervision; evaluates responses to care and teaching; and documents care and physician orders. The role also involves evidence-based practice, participation in shared leadership and quality improvement, supporting education and development of others, and collaboration with staff, physicians, patients, families, and external care providers. The schedule is three 12-hour shifts per week, with varied day, night, and weekend shifts. The position rotates every third weekend, requires one mandatory call-in per month, and may float to the Postpartum and Labor and Delivery units.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing program with an Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master's degree in Nursing, or completion of a specialized nursing diploma program that includes at least two years of specialized training and/or experience.
Current, valid RN license in the state of practice, a temporary/interim RN license in the state of practice, or compact RN licensure for the current state of practice.
BLS certification.
Additional certification or continuing education may be required based on the area of practice.
Maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the work area, demonstrated through annual validations.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in Mother Baby, Labor and Delivery, Newborn Nursery, NICU, or Postpartum is highly preferred.
Experience in the clinical area for which the nurse is applying is desired.
Bachelor's degree preferred.
Professional certification preferred.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform newborn assessments and stabilization immediately after birth.
Support the Labor and Delivery team when patient volumes increase, until deliveries are complete.
Collaborate with the fetal surgery team performing in-utero surgeries.
Float to the Postpartum unit as needed.
Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs.
Review patient history, physical information, diagnostics, and laboratory data; report abnormal results to physicians and appropriate caregivers.
Formulate and revise plans of care and discharge plans in collaboration with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary team.
Implement care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision of health care team activities.
Promote continuity of care by communicating patient status accurately and completely to other caregivers.
Evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching, patient progress toward goals, and the effectiveness of teaching; revise plans of care as needed.
Document assessments, plans, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.
Provide evidence-based care and potentially participate in research activities within clinical practice.
Participate in unit or facility shared leadership and quality improvement activities, including improvement of nursing quality indicators and outcomes.
Support the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors; precept and mentor when appropriate.
Collaborate with staff across departments, physicians, patients, families, and external health care contacts, and communicate with other providers to report, request, or clarify information.
Work three 12-hour shifts per week, rotate every third weekend, complete one mandatory call-in per month, and float to Postpartum and Labor and Delivery as assigned.