Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery

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Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Labor and Delivery (L&D) unit, you will coordinate and provide patient care for all assigned patients. You will conduct initial and ongoing assessment of the patient and family, develop an individualized patient care plan, provide family-centered patient teaching, identify and correct variances from the patient care plan, and facilitate discharge planning and teaching.

• You will complete an admission interview upon patient arrival and completely document the patient assessment

• You will identify changes in the patient’s condition and act promptly and appropriately to report changes to the physician or charge nurse

• You will assess and document patient educational needs and instructions given upon admission and throughout hospitalization

• You will provide psychological and social support to the patient and family

• You will facilitate interdisciplinary discharge planning

• You will accurately administer and legibly document medications

• You will keep the physician and/or Clinical Nurse Coordinator aware of significant information or changes related to the patient and family

• You will continuously evaluate the plan of care to determine need for modifications

• You will provide individualized nursing interventions based on the plan of care, and document patient responses to interventions

What qualifications you will need:

Experience

• 1 year of clinical nursing experience as a Registered Nurse (RN)

Education

• Associate’s degree in Nursing(ADN) from an accredited nursing program

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)– preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• Current State of Texas Registered Nurse (RN) license or Compact Registered Nursing License. If Compact License, Texas license must be obtained within
  90 daysof hire

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certificationrequiredper St. David’s Healthcare policy

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) or Advanced Life Support (ALS) certificationrequiredper St. David’s Healthcare policy

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certificationrequiredper St. David’s Healthcare policy

• Registered Nurse, Certified in Inpatient Obstetrics (RNC-OB) – preferred

Benefits

St. David's South Austin Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity…