RN LDRP, Forbes Hospital

Highmark Health•Monroeville, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum (LDRP) and level 2 NICU unit assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for assigned individuals and families. The RN is fully responsible for actions taken as a licensed nurse and accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. The unit is the only OB Trauma Center in the Pittsburgh area and includes one operating room, 10 labor and delivery beds, eight postpartum beds, five triage beds, and four NICU beds. It averages approximately 70–100 births per month. Forbes Hospital is a 315-bed Level II trauma hospital in Monroeville and offers services including trauma, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, interventional cardiology, obstetrics, and psychiatry. The role provides professional leadership, collaborates with an interdisciplinary team, supports patient safety and quality initiatives, and promotes compassionate, patient- and family-centered care. The RN may accept assignments outside the primary unit and must perform duties within individual competency. Employees are expected to follow applicable ethical, legal, privacy, information-security, and company conduct requirements.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania RN licensure or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
CPR certification.
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.

Nice To Haves

Certification in the area of specialty.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership in a professional practice setting and help build the team through role modeling, mentoring, and sharing knowledge and skills.
Assign or delegate tasks based on patient needs and the skill level of RNs, LPNs, and support staff; assign duties and lunches when serving in a charge role.
Consider patient safety, condition, intervention complexity, and predictability of outcomes when assigning care.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback regarding clinical practice and role performance.
Participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of clinical care or health services.
Promote patient safety initiatives, including National Patient Safety Goals, and participate in department-specific quality initiatives; ensure appropriate order sets are used.
Supervise, delegate to, and evaluate assigned LPNs within their scope of practice, as appropriate.
Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care according to patient and family needs, prescriptions, and applicable policies.
Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other health care providers.
Analyze the health status of individuals and families and compare findings with norms when possible to determine care needs.
Assess and document changes in patient condition, notify the physician or supervisor, and intervene appropriately.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individual competency.
Pursue lifelong learning and professional development through formal and independent learning, current research, evidence, and professional organizations.
Participate in peer review and seek feedback; identify professional strengths and development needs.
Meet hospital time and attendance guidelines and use time effectively to complete assigned duties within the work shift.
Continuously assess patient and family satisfaction and participate in department-specific satisfaction initiatives.
Promote compassionate, patient- and family-centered communication and assess and attempt to resolve patient or family concerns.
Comply with ethical and legal standards, company policies, HIPAA privacy requirements, information-security guidelines, and the Code of Business Conduct.