Registered Nurse [Perinatal Training Program] - DPH (2320)

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Under general supervision, the registered nurse in the Birth Center provides specialty professional nursing duties. Essential job functions include:

* Completion of training and/or orientation to the Birth Center an dInfant Care Center;

* Completion of hospital orientation and all ongoing HealthStream (CBT) requirements in a timely fashion;

* Providing nursing care to ante partum, intrapartum,postpartum, GYN and well-infant paitents within an assigned unit or clinic;

* Providing Dyad Care within postpartum area;

* Circulating in the operating room;

* Implementing medical and nursing care plans;

* Directing and supervising the patient care provided by nursing personnel assigned to the unit;

* Maintaining all competencies for the OB/GYN specialty, including specialized training in fetal monitoring every other year;

* Maintaining all unit-based point of care testing (POCT)competencies;

* Attending all mandatory meetings as required by the Nurse Manager;

* Reading and responding to all written and electronic communication as required;

* Maintaining standard unit activities in the absence of the Nurse Manager; and

* Performing other related duties as assigned/required.