RN - Maternity (Full Time, Nights), St. Vincent

Highmark Health•Erie, PA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families for whom the nurse is responsible. The RN is fully responsible for actions as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. The position is in the 5N Maternity/Post Delivery Unit at St. Vincent Hospital. The unit has 23 postpartum beds, each with two associated nursery beds, and cares for postpartum and GYN patients, including low-risk and high-risk patients and breastfeeding patients. St. Vincent Hospital is a Magnet-designated hospital serving the Lake Erie region. Allegheny Health Network is a nine-hospital system within Highmark Health that emphasizes collaborative, patient-centered care, inclusion, and employee growth and educational opportunities.

Requirements

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

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 and mentoring.
Assign or delegate tasks according to patient needs and staff skill levels; assign duties and lunches when serving in a charge role.
Maintain a safe environment while considering patient condition, intervention complexity, and predictability of outcomes.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance, and share knowledge and skills with colleagues.
Participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of clinical care and health services, patient safety initiatives, and department-specific quality initiatives.
Ensure appropriate order sets are used and supervise, delegate, and evaluate LPN practice as appropriate.
Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care in accordance with provider direction and hospital policy, involving patients and families.
Establish culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other health care providers.
Analyze the health status of individuals and families to identify 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 ongoing learning and professional development, use current research and evidence, participate in professional organizations, and engage in peer review and feedback.
Meet hospital time and attendance guidelines and manage time effectively to complete assigned duties during the work shift.
Continuously assess patient and family satisfaction, participate in department-specific satisfaction initiatives, communicate compassionately, and attempt to resolve patient and family concerns.