Women's Services Nurse

Job Overview

We are seeking a Registered Nurse to join our Women's Services team. This individual will provide direct patient care to patients using the nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care to patients using the nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice.
• Care for patients with various types of obstetrical, gynecological, and/or newborn situations.
• Recognize, triage, assess, and effectively treat life-threatening conditions of the obstetrical patient and transfer that patient to a higher level of care if indicated.
• Admit an obstetrical patient to labor and/or induce the patient and deliver and care for the patient and the newborn after delivery.
• Admit a gynecological patient with the possibility of preparation of surgery of that patient as well as care for the patient post operatively.
• Assess a newborn, recognize anomalies, transfer a newborn to a higher level of care if indicated, and educate the mother and family unit of newborn care.

Requirements

• Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days from hire.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP) within 6 months of hire date.
• Fetal Monitoring within 6 months of hire date.
• ACLS within 6 months of hire date.
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of VA or eligibility to sit for the NCLEX exam, or Compact licensure as a Registered Nurse which includes the Commonwealth of VA, and in good standing with the Board.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least one year of previous experience in a Labor and Delivery, Nursery, Post Partum or GYN Department as an RN is strongly preferred.

Benefits

The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic healthcare team providing high-quality patient care.

Salary : $92,288 - $109,328