RN Labor & Delivery
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Job Summary
RN is responsible for assessing planning implementing and evaluating individualized patient care delivery. Our RN provides clinical leadership to the patient care team for the assigned shift.
Responsibilities
- Provides performance feedback to team members input to Manager/Director regarding appraisals.
- Planning - Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected measurable outcomes.
- Coordination of Care- Plans and evaluates care in collaboration with appropriate disciplines for assigned patients.
- Documents and reports care delivered to the physicians and other team members as needed.
- Knowledge - In collaboration with Leader/Director actively pursues required knowledge and skills through orientation activities specific to the unit unit based in-service programs reading current literature and seeking new clinical learning opportunities.
- Provides leadership and supervision to health care team during assigned shift.
- Implementation - Implements care and supervises care delivered by other team members in alignment with the plan of care and approved safety and infection control standards
- Diagnosis - Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnosis problems and issues.
- Relationships - Establishes effective working relationships with peers physicians and other members of the health care team. Identifies and confers with appropriate resources regarding patient care decisions.
- Establishes effective working relationships with peers physicians and other members of the health care team. Identifies and confers with appropriate resources regarding patient care decisions.
- Evaluation- Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes. Reports data and outcomes to as appropriate to physician and/or other disciplines.
- In collaboration with Patient Care Leader/Director actively pursues required knowledge and skills through orientation activities specific to the unit unit based inservice programs reading current literature seeking new clinical learning opportunities.
- Assessment- Collects pertinent data and information relative to the patients health or the situation. Recognizes normal and abnormal findings when gathering data.
- Assesses patients conditions and care delivery through direct observation rounding and data input from other team members.
- Coordinates bed and patient care assignments during shift and in preparation for the next shift to ensure consistency in care delivery.
- Outcomes Identification - Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or situation.
- Enhances professional growth through classes related to communication teaching stress management conflict resolution team building annually. (This is in addition to required unit/patient specific education.)
- Serves as strong positive role model for other health care team members.
- Teaching - Employs teaching strategies to promote health and a safe environment
- ADN Required
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support W/I 90 Days HIGHLY PREFERRED
- BLS or CPR certification within 90 days of hire. HIGHLY PREFERRED
- NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certification (within 1 year of hire) Sarah Bush Lincoln REQUIRED
- RN-Registered Nurse - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation REQUIRED
- 3 years Labor and Delivery experience REQUIRED
Required Skills:
Provides performance feedback to team members input to Manager/Director regarding appraisals. Planning - Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected measurable outcomes. Coordination of Care- Plans and evaluates care in collaboration with appropriate disciplines for assigned patients. Documents and reports care delivered to the physicians and other team members as needed. Knowledge - In collaboration with Leader/Director actively pursues required knowledge and skills through orientation activities specific to the unit unit based in-service programs reading current literature and seeking new clinical learning opportunities. Provides leadership and supervision to health care team during assigned shift. Implementation - Implements care and supervises care delivered by other team members in alignment with the plan of care and approved safety and infection control standards Diagnosis - Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnosis problems and issues. Relationships - Establishes effective working relationships with peers physicians and other members of the health care team. Identifies and confers with appropriate resources regarding patient care decisions. Establishes effective working relationships with peers physicians and other members of the health care team. Identifies and confers with appropriate resources regarding patient care decisions. Evaluation- Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes. Reports data and outcomes to as appropriate to physician and/or other collaboration with Patient Care Leader/Director actively pursues required knowledge and skills through orientation activities specific to the unit unit based inservice programs reading current literature seeking new clinical learning opportunities. Assessment- Collects pertinent data and information relative to the patients health or the situation. Recognizes normal and abnormal findings when gathering data. Assesses patients conditions and care delivery through direct observation rounding and data input from other team members. Coordinates bed and patient care assignments during shift and in preparation for the next shift to ensure consistency in care delivery. Outcomes Identification - Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or situation. Enhances professional growth through classes related to communication teaching stress management conflict resolution team building annually. (This is in addition to required unit/patient specific education.) Serves as strong positive role model for other health care team members. Teaching - Employs teaching strategies to promote health and a safe environment
Required Education:
ADN RequiredACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support W/I 90 Days HIGHLY PREFERREDBLS or CPR certification within 90 days of hire. HIGHLY PREFERREDNRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certification (within 1 year of hire) Sarah Bush Lincoln REQUIREDRN-Registered Nurse - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation REQUIRED
