RN Labor Delivery Post Partum

As our RN you will assume responsibility for facilitating communicating and collaborating with the healthcare team and patient/family to meet the physical emotional and spiritual needs of the patient advancing modern nursing through compassionate care.

Every day you will promote optimal patient health well-being and safety through the nursing process adhering to patient care standards guidelines and the State Nurse Practice Act and demonstrating personal accountability for relationship-based care and our organizational mission.

To be successful in this role you will be a Registered Nurse with a commitment to compassionate high-quality patient care strong communication and collaboration skills and the ability to apply the nursing process effectively within a supportive mission-driven environment.

• Assess patients physical psychosocial cultural and spiritual needs through observation interview review of medical records & clinical data. Evaluates patients response and intervenes to ensure optimal patient outcome.
• Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including but not limited to IVs incision/wound care medication administration catheterization and specimen collections.
• Thorough and confidential maintenance of patient charts and records. Document ongoing status interventions patient response and outcomes in an accurate timely manner. Use information technology to communicate manage knowledge mitigate error and support decision-making.
• Promote advocate and collaborate to protect the health and safety and rights of each patient.
• Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning readiness needs and ability. Provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness of teaching.

We are offering a $20000 sign-on bonus in addition up to $8000 relocation assistance to new hires who meet the eligibility requirements.

The schedule for this position is three 12 hour shifts per week with rotating weekends and holidays.

• Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
• At least one (1) year of experience as an RN in a Labor & Delivery unit
• RN License in state of employment
• Physical Requirements: Medium Work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently and/or up to 10lbs. constantly

Preferred

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing
• One (1) year of RN experience

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OB Postpartum Unit Description:

The OB Postpartum department at Longmont United Hospital has 11 LDRP beds six Level II Special Care Nursery beds two ORs and a three-bed triage. Our scope is Labor and Delivery postpartum couplet care (mom & well baby) antepartum care C-sections Level II nursery and care for babies 32 weeks and up. Our department gets occasional overflow with gynecological surgery patients.

At Longmont United Hospital we treat the entire patient to leverage the powerful connection of body mind and spirit in the healing process. Here your time at work will be spent with a supportive team of employees and leaders that value self-care flexibility and development opportunities through cross-training and continuing education.

Longmont Colorado is home to more than 2000 acres of parks three public golf courses and numerous trails to hike bike walk or run. Located less than an hour away from the Rocky Mountain National Park (ranked the fourth most visited national park in the country in 2017 by the Denver Business Journal) youll have easy access to the very best Colorado has to offer.