Registered Nurse II Labor and Delivery

Job Description Summary

Experienced labor and delivery RN needed in Orangeburg! Now offering $20,000 sign-on bonus for this night shift position!

Schedule:

Full-time night shift 7 pm - 7 am; 3 x 12-hour shifts per week;
Every other weekend requirement.

MUSC Orangeburg Her Place is a 32-bed labor and delivery, antepartum, postpartum, GYN unit. We have private labor suites equipped with continuous fetal monitoring and offer family centered care through the birthing process. We proudly work in collaboration between our patients, families, and our healthcare providers to offer guidance and support through labor, birth, and postpartum recovery, to include lactation, emotional, social service and educational support to empower our patients throughout the birthing process and in the early days of motherhood.

Entity: Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)

Worker Type: Employee

Worker Sub-Type: Regular

Cost Center: CC004762 ORBG - Labor/Delivery Room

Pay Rate Type: Hourly

Pay Grade: Health-28

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

36

Work Shift: Nights (United States of America)

Provide professional nursing care within an assigned unit and coordinate care planning with other disciplines.

Regularly exposed to infectious, contagious and blood borne diseases. Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances. Exposed to unpleasant elements including accidents, injuries and illnesses. Subject to varying and unpredictable situations. Must be able to handle emergency or crisis situations. Is occasionally subject to irregular hours. Occasional exposure to radiation.

LPN, CNA, WS, Tech, MOA

Financial stewardship of supplies and resources.

• Documents initial nursing histories, assesses patients’ conditions per policy requirements and develops individual care plans for patients taking into consideration their physical, psycho-social, environmental, cultural, and spiritual needs.
• Assists physicians with examinations, procedures and other processes related to direct patient care according to established policies and procedures.
• Evaluates outcomes of patient care, consult with other specialists as required and revises nursing care processes as necessary to obtain optimal patient care.
• Coordinates discharge planning.
• Monitors and records patients’ condition.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Using an interdisciplinary approach, formulates a teaching plan based on identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning [including family teaching] as appropriate.
• Coordinates patients’ ordered diagnostic and therapeutic services.
• Communicates patients’ condition during hand-offs.
• Performs other miscellaneous and related duties as assigned by the director of nursing, charge nurse and/or medical staff.
• Performs charge duties as requested by director, after six (6) months nursing experience and appropriate training as required.
• Rounds on patients per policy to improve clinical outcome.
• Orients or mentors new staff members.
• Listens effectively to the patient to facilitate care requirements.
• Provides first line customer service response.
• Follows the MUSC Standards of Behaviors.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical requirements are primarily related to the essential functions of any job. In order to perform the essential functions of this position, you must be able to stand up to twelve (12) hours, walk, sit, use hands, reach, stoop, kneel, talk, hear and smell. Must be able to lift or exert energy up to 35 pounds. MUSC has purchased patient transfer/lift devices to reduce the physical lifting of patients.

Safe patient handling equipment is to be utilized for the transfer and lifting of patients greater than 35 pounds.

Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less), distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more) color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors), peripheral vision (ability to observe area that can be seen move up/down or left/right) and depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances).

Must possess the ability to read and interpret business or safety…