Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery - Optional

Job Description

Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery

PRN/Optional - Tri Health McCullough Hyde Hospital

Location:

110 N Poplar St, Oxford, OH 45056

Work Schedule:

• PRN/Optional
• Varying Shifts as needed

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Collaborative, collegial environment with strong nurse-physician partnerships.
• Opportunity to sharpen rapid assessment and decision-making skills in a fast-moving Labor and Delivery unit
• Autonomy to apply holistic, evidence-based nursing care across diverse patient populations.
• Support for professional development, including BSN attainment and specialty certification.
• A culture that prioritizes patient dignity, safety, and the voices of frontline nurses.

Incentives & Benefits:

In addition to a comprehensive benefits package-including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, retirement plans, and tuition reimbursement as well as student loan repayment options-this role offers career growth opportunities.

Please view our benefits page:

Job Requirements:

• BLS/CPR (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers)
• Registered Nurse licensure
• Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex health care
• needs at various stages of the life cycle
• Preferred membership in related professional organization
• Associate's Degree or Diploma in Nursing
• New hires required to obtain BSN within 5 years of hire.
• Minimum of two years of relevant Labor and Delivery Nursing experience

Job Responsibilities:

• Performs initial and ongoing assessment of patient and family. Completes initial assessment tool. Documents ongoing assessment per unit/Tri Health guidelines. Communicates assessment findings to other health care providers as appropriate. Includes health counseling and health teaching needs in assessment.
• Plans care for patient and family based on assessment, standards of care, and optimal specific outcomes. Initiates and individualizes appropriate patient care guidelines/plan of care or clinical pathways. Updates current plan of care as needed based on patient/family input and healthcare needs. Develops both short and long term goals with patient/family and healthcare team including discharge planning. Communicates plan of care to others.
• Provides a safe, therapeutic environment, maintains patient's autonomy, dignity, and rights, and is sensitive to patient diversity. Seeks resources to help formulate ethical decisions. Balances priorities of the patient's needs and those of the unit/facility. Recognizes emergency situations and takes appropriate action. Completes patient assignment including documentation within scheduled timeframe. Bases interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes and documents accordingly.
  
  Trains/educates other staff and acts an expert resource in specialty area through abilities in existing and newer knowledge and skills. Effectively communicates and understands/executes physician orders.
• Evaluates the plan of care for patient based on optimal specific patient outcomes. Documents the patient/family response to care including teaching. Collaborates with the patient/family and with other members of the health care team, including physicians, to revise plan of care as needed. Supervises the care that was delegated to other health care team members.
• Performs technical skills according to policy and procedure and accepted standards within their area of practice. Safely administers medications/treatments and monitors their effects. Uses all equipment in a safe, appropriate manner.
• Demonstrates organizations responsibilities:
  Identifies areas for self-improvement, functions in relief charge / resource role as requested, completes assignments within scheduled time frames, cooperates with instructor to facilitate effective learning experiences for students, maintains current knowledge in area of practice, demonstrates knowledge of organizational and department changes.

Other Job-Related Information:

The Tri Health Nursing Vision, Mission, and Philosophy speaks to professional development, collaboration, and our nursing culture. To achieve excellence in nursing care, Tri Health encourages: pursuit of improved knowledge through continuing education classes, formal education leading to advancement of degrees, and the attainment of specialty certification; nurse membership in local, regional, and national nursing organizations related to the appropriate nurse specialty;

involvement in activities that better the health of our community; nursing research activities and use of evidence-based practice, and all nurses to foster, support and personally model collaborative relationships amongst nurses, physicians, and other caregivers for the betterment of patient care.

Working Conditions:

Bending - Frequently

Climbing - Rarely

Concentrating - Consistently

Continuous Learning - Consistently

Hearing:
Conversation - Consistently

Hearing:
Other Sounds - Consistently

Interpersonal Communication - Consistently

Kneeling - Occasionally

Lifting