RN, Mother Baby Unit Resource

Oregon Health & Science University

Job Location:

Portland, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 5 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Department Overview

The Mother Baby Unit at OHSU provides postpartum antepartum transgender and gynecological care to low and at risk populations. They provide well newborn care as part of rooming in service and in a well newborn nursery. Care is provided and assignments made based on acuity and strives to follow the Guidelines for Professional Nurse Staffing for Perinatal Units published by Association for Womens Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (2010).

Function/Duties of Position

Intermediate care is provided to patients with complications and generally utilizes a 2 patients: 1 RN ratio.

Care is provided to mothers and their newborn infants to antepartum patients who require periodic fetal monitoring and to stable surgical gynecologic patients without complex co-morbidities.

Required Qualifications

1-year postpartum experience or medical surgical experience
Will consider new graduate who has had their senior capstone in a postpartum setting
BSN Graduates: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from a program accredited by Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (CNEA) 30 days before start date.
ADN Graduates: Associate Degree in Nursing from an accredited program 30 days before the start date.
Associate degree Nurses required to enroll in BSN program within 3 years of hire and complete within 5 years of hire
Current unencumbered Oregon State Registered Nurse License
BLS and NRP from AHA required. New hires will be enrolled and required to complete during orientation
Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without accommodation

Preferred Qualifications

Maternal Newborn Certification
Inpatient Obstetric Certification
Medical/Surgical Certification
International Board of Certified Lactation Consultation (IBCLC)
Prefer 1-2 years experience in a high risk obstetric unit LDRP unit or medical surgical experience.

Additional Details

Length of Orientation Experienced Nurse

External candidates: OHSU & Nursing New Employee Orientation (NEO) for about a week.
Either Transition to Practice (TTP) Program Specialty Fellowship/Fellowship Learning Pathway or Orientation experience for 3 days-26 weeks depending on the care area. An employment service agreement may apply.

Why apply to OHSU

We are Oregons only public academic health center.

In addition to caring for patients we lead groundbreaking research. We also train the next generation of health care professionals. As Portlands largest employer we give you opportunities to learn and advance in a system of hospitals and clinics across Oregon and Southwest Washington.

All are welcome.

OHSU welcomes people of all ages ethnicities genders national origins religions and sexual orientations. We are striving to build an anti-racist multicultural institution and encourage people with diverse backgrounds to apply.

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Department OverviewThe Mother Baby Unit at OHSU provides postpartum antepartum transgender and gynecological care to low and at risk populations. They provide well newborn care as part of rooming in service and in a well newborn nursery. Care is provided and assignments made based on acuity and stri...