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Title: Registered Nurse – Birth & Women's Care Center

FTE: 0.9 FTE (36 hours per 2-week pay period)

Schedule: Three 12-hour shifts per week (nights or rotating day/night)

Holiday Rotation: Per Unit Guidelines

Weekend Rotation: Every third weekend

On Call Requirements: Yes, additional 12 hours of weekend call and 6 hours of weekday call

Provides quality, professional, nursing care to obstetric and newborn patients, including labor and delivery, following all standards, practices, policies and procedures.

• Provide triage for Obstetric outpatients.
• Perform a thorough nursing admission assessment, review of health history including prenatal records, and document according to policy.
• Initiate fetal monitoring and interpret and document fetal tracing according to guidelines.
• Perform vaginal exams.
• Monitor progress of laboring mothers and notify provider when appropriate utilizing the Situation Background Assessment Recommendation (SBAR) format.
• Support patient's choice for pain management. Provide labor support to both patients and support for their families.
• Perform sterile setup of delivery instruments.
• Explain procedures and treatments to patient.
• Following hospital policy, prepare patients for a cesarean section; both scheduled and emergent.
• Care for patients who are have their labor induced or augmented.
• Document all nursing care, according to policy, in the electronic medical record (EMR).
• Assist providers during procedures such as internal monitor placement, Amniocentesis or External Cephalic Version.
• Assist Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) during the placement of regional anesthesia.
• Provide care for the delivering patient.
• Perform postpartum care to mothers according to protocol.
• Provide lactation support and education.
• Perform nursery care for newborns.
• Provide bedside shift to shift report utilizing the SBAR format.
• Accompany obstetric patients on transfer to another facility.
• Care for the newborn requiring additional nursery care such as IV therapy, oxygen.
• Respond to life-threatening situations based upon nursing standards, policies, procedures, and protocol.
• Maintain strict confidentiality.
• Create environment that fosters good team relationships.
• Assure that the unit is clean, stocked with the appropriate supplies and equipment is ready for use.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills with coworkers, physicians, patients and patients' family members.
• Delegate duties to others as appropriate.
• Float to other units as necessary.
• Participate in department or unit quality improvement activities.
• Attend 75% of unit meetings.
• May have precepting responsibility for another person.
• Treat all patients equally, with compassion and without regard to medical condition, social status, or race.
• Protect patients' rights.
• Participate in continuing education through staff meetings, online education, webinars, simulation/drills, and case review CMEs.

Education:

• Required: Associate Degree in Nursing
• Preferred: Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Experience:

• Required: None
• Preferred: None

Licenses and Registrations:

• Required: Current State of Wisconsin Registered Nurse license or Multistate Nurse License
• Preferred: None

Certification(s):

• Required: Basic Life Support required within 3 months of hire. Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) required within one year of hire. Sugar & Safe Care, Temperature, Airway, Blood Pressure, Lab Work, Emotional Support (STABLE) required within 1 year of hire.
• Preferred: Advanced Cardio Life Support (ACLS)

• Competitive health and dental insurance options
• Flexible paid time off to balance work and life
• Retirement plan with immediate vesting and employer match
• Discounted membership to our state-of-the-art fitness facility
• Generous tuition reimbursement
• Employer provided life and disability insurance
• Free parking at facility