Labor and Delivery Nurse
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30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
Located conveniently in the heart of Phoenix Arizona St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center is a 571-bed not-for-profit hospital that provides a wide range of health social and support services. Founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Mercy St. Josephs was the first hospital in the Phoenix area. More than 125 years later St. Josephs remains dedicated to its mission of caring for the poor and underserved.
We are extremely proud to be a nationally recognized center for quality quaternary care medical education and research. St. Josephs includes the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute Norton Thoracic Institute Cancer Center at St. Josephs Ivy Brain Tumor Center and St. Josephs Level I Trauma Center (which is verified by the American College of Surgeons). The hospital is also a respected center for high-risk obstetrics neuro-rehabilitation orthopedics and other medical services. St. Josephs is considered a sought-after destination hospital for treating the most complex cases from throughout the world. Every day approximately 20 percent of the hospitals patients have traveled from outside of Arizona and the United States to seek treatment at St. Josephs.
U.S News & World Report routinely ranks St. Josephs among the top hospitals in the United States for neurology and addition St. Josephs boasts the Creighton University School of Medicine at St. Josephs and a strategic alliance with Phoenix Childrens Hospital.
St. Josephs is consistently named an outstanding place to work and one of Arizonas healthiest employers. Come grow your career with one of Arizonas Most Admired Companies. Look for us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
Responsibilities
As a nurse in this department you will have varying roles and responsibilities. You may work in Obstetrics - triaging patients or perform screening exams on walk-ins or you may guide patients through a routine induction and delivery. Youre busy monitoring the mothers dilation progress while also keeping close watch on the babys fetal heart rate. Youll be coaching mom as the baby is delivered and providing updates and support to the patients partner and loved ones.
To thrive in this role youll need to appreciate that routine is never routine. We have some wonderful days in this department and get to be with people through huge milestones in their lives. We also have some hard days and are with people as they grieve. You must be sensitive and understanding to different circumstances. Above all else you must remain calm in an emergency. A patients status can change quickly and its never good for the patient or family to see the nurse in a panic. Youre calm. Youre in control. Youre handling the situation.
Responsibilities
- Triage walk-ins to determine if a patient is in labor water is broken false alarm etc
- Support pregnant patients in labor including induction epidural assistance (if needed) general pain management and fetal monitoring
- Assist and circulate in the operating room for cesarean sections tubal ligation cerclage and emergency procedures
- Educate patients on various interventions or procedures - medications (name and purpose) exams and labor stages
- Assess newborn and provide care.
- Communicate with the care management team including anesthesiologist physician or midwife lactation nurse charge nurse postpartum unit patient and family
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Qualifications
Key Skills
- Forklift
- Customer Service
- Organizational skills
- Basic Math
- Dealership Experience
- Laundry
- SyteLine
- Warehouse Experience
- Dispatching
- Personal Injury Law
- Translation
- Project Coordination
About Company
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