OB RN

Registered Nurse: Labor & Delivery

Position Overview:

Provides general nursing care to patients during labor and delivery and to the mother/baby couplet by performing the following duties.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides direct patient care and watches the patient's response to labor, delivery and postpartum phases of pregnancy, aiding and education in breastfeeding as needed.
• Ability to read/interpret Fetal monitor strips and respond appropriately.
• Provides outpatient care: iron infusions, NST’s, assessment of labor, circumcisions, bilirubin checks.
• Promotes wellness for patients during all phases of labor and postpartum through continuous education.
• Provides education and support.
• Documents all events and education.
• Communicates patient's condition to the physician and the nursing supervisor.
• Help other OB staff with keeping skills and learning new procedures and equipment.
• Provide care of mother / baby couplet.
• Aid mother with breastfeeding.
• Help physicians with procedures.
• Helps nurse manager as asked.
• Respectful interactions with patients, physicians, visitors, and co-workers. Continually strives to set up and keep good rapport and working relationships to foster positive intra- and interdepartmental communications.
• Follows department policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Adheres to hospital Safety guidelines.
• Cares for post-surgical hysterectomies
• Helps with emergencies in other nursing units when possible.
• Will work rotating shifts based on the needs of the department. (12-hour shift) every third weekend.
• Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe environment for all patients in the OB unit.
• Clerical duties as needed in the department.
• Maintains inventory and requisitions supplies as needed.
• Monitors equipment for proper functioning; arranges for repairs, as necessary.
• Attends at least 50% of OB staff meetings and reads minutes of all meetings. Attends in-services as asked.
• Helps in Performance Improvement projects and data collection.
• Will float to another department to help when needed.

Note: McKenzie Health reserves the right to assign, reassign, or eliminate duties and responsibilities, as necessary. The description of critical job features is not exhaustive and may change as believed appropriate.