RN-Womens Svcs

Job Summary:

Provides direct patient care to patients using the nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice. Provides care for patients with various types of obstetrical, gynecological and/or newborn situations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Recognize, triage, assess and effectively treat life-threatening conditions of the obstetrical patient
• Transfer the 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
• 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

Reports To: Director of the Women's Center

Qualifications:

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action

License/Certification:

• 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

Education:

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

Salary : $90,000 - $110,000