RN Family Birth Place

Department: 46004400 Obstetrics
Shift: Permanent Nights (United States of America)
Hours: 30
Contract: MNA-11-St Francis Clinical Professionals
Weekend Rotation: Every 3rd
Job Profile Summary: Allina Health is a not-for-profit health system that cares for individuals, families and communities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. If you value putting patients first, consider a career at Allina Health. Our mission is to provide exceptional care as we prevent illness, restore health and provide comfort to all who entrust us with their care. This includes you and your loved ones. We are committed to providing whole person care, investing in your well-being, and enriching your career.
Job Description:

Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human response to actual or potential health problems. This includes establishing an intentional therapeutic relationship between a registered nurse and a patient and family. As a leader and the integrator of care, the professional nurse has the responsibility, authority, and accountability for planning, coordinating and evaluating the patient’s care needs.

Provides care to the obstetrics patients and their families during the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum period.

Principle Responsibilities

• Comprehensive assessment of patient and family needs; identification of outcomes based on needs assessment; establishing the plan of care; supervising the progress; and modification of the plan of care as needed.
• Maintains education and competencies to remain proficient to provide high quality patient care practice and skills.
• Incorporates evidence-based nursing practice taking into consideration current statutes, rules and regulations when developing the plan of care.
• Establishes, in the collaboration with the family and patient, realistic and measurable patient expected outcomes based on nursing diagnoses, patients present and potential capabilities, goals, available resources and plan for continuity of care.
• Identifies outcomes that are age appropriate, culturally appropriate, realistic and attainable.
• Coordinates, collaborates, and delegates appropriately to ensure care is provided in a safe, effective fashion.
• Fulfills all organizational requirements.
• Supplemental roles:
  • Charge Nurse (only when acting in this role).
    
    
    • Demonstrates ability to coordinate, delegate, and direct unit operation, collaborates effectively with unit staff, leadership and other disciplines.
  • Preceptor (only when acting in this role).
    
    
    • Demonstrates ability to identify the orientee's learning needs, plans appropriate learning experiences and demonstrates ability to validate clinical competence of orientee.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Associate's or Vocational degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Labor and delivery experience

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse – MN Board of Nursing required if working in state of MN upon hire
• Must meet at least ONE of the requirements below:
  
  • Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association
  • Current BLS certification from the American Red Cross
  • Allina in-house BLS training (within 30 days of hire)
• NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation - Multisource required for identified units per hiring manager
• ACLS required for identified units per hiring manager
• RN-C in related specialty preferred

Physical Demands

• Medium Work*:
• Lifting weight: Up to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), Up to 25 lbs. frequently

Additional Job Description:

• 0.75 FTE (60 hours every two-week schedule)
• 12-hour, night shifts
• Every third weekend
• MNA represented position

Tier one: Labor experience required, postpartum experience required, Special Care Nursery experience required.
Tier two: Labor experience required, postpartum experience required, Special Care experience preferred. Must train to labor and Special Care Nursery as needed.
Tier three: Labor experience preferred; NICU or PICU experience required. Must train to labor and special care nursery as needed.