OB Registered Nurse (PRN, Nights)

Description

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for managing the care of the women and their infants during the labor and childbirth.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide support for the mother during labor, delivery, recovery, and post-partum.
• Monitor the fetal heart rate, contractions and mother’s vital signs.
• Administer medications and perform diagnostic tests including antenatal Non-Stress Testing.
• Consult with physicians and other members of the care team to provide safe, up-to-date care.
• Assist with inducing labor and augmenting labor.
• Coach the mother and family during labor.
• Identify and assist with complications and report them to the providers.
• Assist with various procedures, including Cesarean Sections.
• Monitor and perform tests on newborns in Level 1 Nursery.
• Provide education and support to mothers and families before, during, and after the delivery.
• Maintain records to the standard of WMMC and joint commission.
• Mentor other members of the team or student nurses.
• Maintain current fetal monitoring skills.
• Maintain training in health stream.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
• Perform other essential duties as assigned.

Requirements

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS REQUIRED:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Graduate from an accredited professional school of nursing.
• Currently licensed to practice as a professional registered nurse in the state of Missouri.
• One-year previous Labor/Delivery and Postpartum experience required.
• Current BLS required.
• Current ACLS required or obtain within 6 months.
• Current NRP required or obtain within 6 months.
• Current Basic Fetal Monitor Course or obtain within 9 months.
• This individual should be knowledgeable regarding growth and development and assessing the physical and psychological needs of patients in the following stages of life: Babyhood, adolescence, early adulthood, and middle age.
• Must be self-motivated and have the ability to work within the established policies, procedures and practices prescribed by the hospital/clinic.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able to sit and stand, intermittent 12 hours a day.
• Must be able to use standard office equipment, including the telephone and computer keyboard.
• Continuously works under pressure of near 100% accuracy while meeting inflexible deadlines.
• Continuously utilizes manual/bi-manual dexterity, near vision, speech, and hearing.
• Frequently stands, walks, sits and utilizes eye/hand coordination and color definition.
• Occasionally reaches above shoulder, regularly required to life and/or carry up to 35 lbs.
• Occasionally walks on uneven surface.