RN - Labor & Delivery

PeaceHealth • Vancouver, WA

5d

About The Position

Provides professional nursing direct patient care in compliance with professional practice and unit standards. Promotes a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach toward patients, families, and all members of the care delivery team. This is a 0.90 FTE day position, scheduled 0630–1900, in Labor & Delivery. All RNs will be cross-trained as necessary to provide mother/baby couplet care.

The role includes assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care; documenting care in the healthcare record according to established standards; and directing and delegating care to team members in accordance with their education, credentials, and demonstrated competence. The RN maintains professional effectiveness through education and professional development and participates in hospital policies, procedures, objectives, quality improvement, safety, environmental, and infection prevention programs.

Labor & Delivery RNs are required to hold Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certifications within six months. Critical Access Hospitals additionally require certification and the S.T.A.B.L.E. Program within six months. The position involves patient handling and other physical demands, exposure to biohazards and body fluids, and work in a potentially noisy environment.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing; nursing education is required.
• Registered Nurse credential required.
• Basic Life Support required upon hire.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to apply age-specific principles of growth and development and life stages to meet each patient’s needs.
• Meet community-specific required credentials for the unit or department.
• Demonstrated ability to promote positive interpersonal relationships and a patient- and family-centered work environment.
• Ability to support and interpret medical center philosophy, policies, and procedures.
• Basic computer skills.
• For Labor & Delivery: minimum two years of acute-care labor and delivery nursing experience within the last five years, or completion of a labor and delivery new graduate training/new-to-specialty fellowship program.
• ACLS required within six months.
• NRP required within six months.
• For Labor & Delivery at Critical Access Hospitals: additional certification and S.T.A.B.L.E. Program required within six months.
• Ability to handle patients weighing no greater than 35 lbs. without assistive equipment or devices.
• Fine motor skills to grasp and control medical equipment and perform precise procedures.
• Ability to frequently push or pull up to 45 lbs. of force.
• Ability to perform hands-on CPR for at least 20 minutes using 100–125 lbs. of force, seldom or occasionally.
• Ability to move around the work area, with frequent sitting; frequently bend, stoop, squat, reach, and kneel.
• Ability to lift non-patient items up to 20 lbs. occasionally and 5 lbs. frequently.
• Ability to work around biohazards, body fluids, airborne particles, and noise.
• Vision and hearing within normal limits; corrective glasses, contacts, and hearing aids are permitted.
• Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• One year of experience as a registered nurse.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care needs.
• Document patient care in the healthcare record according to established standards.
• Direct and delegate care to other team members in accordance with their education, credentials, and demonstrated competence.
• Maintain professional effectiveness through education and professional development.
• Participate in the development of and maintain established hospital policies, procedures, and objectives, as well as quality improvement, safety, environmental, and infection prevention programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Cross-train as necessary to provide mother/baby couplet care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level