Labor & Delivery​/Acute Care Registered Nurse

Labor & Delivery/Acute Care Registered Nurse (RN)

Department:
Hospital

Reports To:

Director of Nursing
FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

Hours:

36/week
Shift: Graveyards, 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.

Calling all RNs:
Work on a tight-knit, supportive team and experience a wide variety of nursing skills. Enjoy the flexibility to be present for your family’s needs and events, and receive a $5,000 sign-on bonus for full-time nurses.

The Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse is a highly skilled, compassionate, and autonomous L&D RN in a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) setting. As an L&D nurse in a rural community, you will provide comprehensive, patient-centered care for mothers and newborns throughout the entire birthing process (antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum). This role requires a versatile clinician comfortable with a wide scope of practice, capable of managing low-volume, high-stakes scenarios with significant responsibility, and serving as a key liaison among patients, family, and our provider team.

In addition to being an L&D nurse, you will hold the responsibility of an Acute Care Unit RN, who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care. You will utilize the nursing process with technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice, and coordination of care with other health team members under facility and departmental policies and following standards of professional nursing practice.

As an Acute Care RN, you will play a crucial role in maintaining and enhancing Franklin County Medical Center's standards of care. Your primary focus will be to provide patient care and help manage patient outcomes. This position is deemed safety-sensitive and will adhere to all associated policies.

• Provide direct care to patients in labor, including monitoring fetal heart rates and maternal vital signs
• Evaluate patients in triage, conducting assessments to determine if they are in active labor or experiencing pregnancy complications (e.g., preeclampsia, preterm labor)
• Proficiently manage obstetric emergencies such as shoulder dystocia, cord prolapse, and postpartum hemorrhage until transfer or provider intervention
• Safely titrate high-alert medications, including Oxytocin (Pitocin) and Magnesium Sulfate
• Provide education and support to patients and families regarding labor, delivery, newborn care, and breastfeeding
• Maintain accurate, timely documentation in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system
• Collaborate with physicians, midwives, and support staff to ensure safe, high-quality patient outcomes
• Provides professional nursing care for patients in the acute care unit
• Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources
• Familiarity with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the acute patient care unit
• Comply with evaluation, treatment, and documentation guidelines
• Promotes nursing professionalism and participates in the development of others
• Follow hospital regulatory and professional guidelines, policies, and procedures
• Performs head-to-toe assessments of each patient promptly
• Ensures established inventory standards for medicines, solutions, supplies, and equipment, and accounts for narcotics
• Prepares and administers injections, performs routine tests, manages wound care, and changes bandages
• Administers medications within the scope of license, monitors, and documents treatment progress, and patient response
• Participates in the implementation and evaluation of patient care based on practice guidelines, standards of care, and federal/state laws and regulations
• Establishes rapport with patients, families, and others who need to understand care requirements
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families
• Reports all changes in the patient’s condition and accidents/incidents to the Charge Nurse as soon as practical
• Cooperates with other personnel to achieve department objectives and maintain good employee, interdepartmental, and public relations
• Provides or…