Registered Nurse - Family Birth Place - Casual

Position Summary

Collaborates with physician to provide a plan of care that will return the patient to optimal health. Provides bedside nursing care and carries out medical orders.

Delegate to and oversee LPN, Nurse Assistant, Patient Care Associate, OB Care Associate, Surgical Service Assistant and Nursing Clerk functions.

Responsible for evaluating effectiveness of care plan.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities :

1. Assumes responsibility for a leadership role encompassing :

• Integrating evidence-based knowledge into practice.
• Delegation and coordination of tasks and assignments of nursing care.
• Facilitates / participates in patient conferences.
• Identifies and provides the means to meet patients’ ongoing and discharge / transfer teaching needs by communicating with the appropriate resource persons and attending discharge / transfer planning conferences.
• Assumes the responsibility for professional growth by seeking out educational opportunities and utilizing programs in the hospital or elsewhere in the community.
• Teaches and / or guides professional and ancillary personnel.
• Percepting / mentoring new employees and students.
• Functioning as a team leader to ensure proper patient placement and delegation of assignments.

2. Communicates relevant information in a manner that is understandable and effective.

3. Shows organizational skills through effective planning.

4. Utilizes the nursing process on admission and throughout hospitalization, actively involving the patient and family in the plan of care through :

A. Assessment B. Planning C. Implementation D. Evaluation.

5. Demonstrates safe medication administration in accordance to established procedure.

Qualifications : Required :

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and holding a current license to practice in the state of Michigan.
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or Red Cross Certification.
• Minimum one (1) year of comparable experience for the unit they are hired into
• Must possess the same qualifications as required by regular staff in the unit to which they have been hired.
• Basic fetal monitoring course, basic dysthymia course, and neonatal resuscitation program.

Preferred : · Six-month experience in acute care setting or equivalent · Previous experience in OBWH Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities / Females / Disabled / Veterans

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We are an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s race, color, age, religion, sex / pregnancy (including pregnancy / childbirth or pregnancy / childbirth-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status prohibited by applicable laws.

We also make good faith efforts to recruit, hire, and promote qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.