Registered Nurse (RN)- Mother Baby (PT Days)

Job Summary

Registered Nurse (RN)- Mother Baby (PT Days) 7am-7pm. The RN Clinical Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families and significant others receive individualized high quality, safe patient care.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions

• Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence base practice, uses analytical/critical thinking and ensuring that care is individualized
• Provides relationship-based patient centered care that is consistent with population specific characteristics (e.g. age, gender, disease, etc)
• Partners with the patient and significant others using appropriate methods (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; patient teaching)
• Practices using current clinical practice standards
• Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care
• Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration
• Participates and supports performance improvement
• Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education
• Serves as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses
• Promotes Evidence based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing
• Upholds all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies
• Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence-based practice
• Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum
• Participates in the development of protocols and procedures
• Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources

Required Minimum Education

Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing or Bachelors Nursing-Preferred

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s)

• BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
• NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program or ARC-NALS - Amer Red Cross Neonatal Advanced Life Support or NRP-I - NRP - Instructor or NRP-P - NRP-Provisional (180 Days) within 180 Days
• RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact

Required Minimum Experience

Minimum 2 years direct patient care experience Required

Required Minimum Skills

• Ability to read, write and speak English language
• Optimize the use of technology to support clinical care and holds basic computer skills
• Strong interpersonal, collaborative skills along with customer service skills required
• Ability to function in a fast paced environment and respond to emergencies in using a decisive, composed and respectful manner
• Possess excellent time management skills; practices nursing using evidence and analytical skills along with possessing strong critical thinking skills