Labor and Delivery (RN)

Medical Solutions Direct Hire is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Labor and Delivery for a nursing job in White Plains, New York.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Labor and Delivery

• Discipline: RN

• Duration: Ongoing

• 3 hours per week

• Shift: 12 hours, days

• Employment Type: Staff

Direct hire

Labor & delivery registered nurse (l&d RN)

Schedule

Three 12-Hour Shifts per Week | Alternating Weekends & Holidays Shift: Evenings | 12-Hour Shifts

Job requirements

Experience & Skills

• Minimum 5 years of Labor & Delivery experience required.

• Minimum 1 year of acute care nursing experience, not including orientation, required.

• BSN or MSN required.

• Knowledge of current nursing, medical, and healthcare trends and practices in patient care.

• Strong patient assessment skills.

• Sound problem-solving, judgment, and decision-making skills.

• Ability to adapt and perform effectively in a high-stress, fast-paced environment with multiple interruptions.

• Ability to recognize and respond to emergency sounds and signals.

• Ability to operate computers, medical equipment, and other devices as required.

• Ability to maintain concentration on fine details and complete tasks for extended periods despite interruptions.

• Ability to understand and apply multiple related concepts while managing multiple tasks throughout the day.

License & Certification

• Registered Nurse (RN) License – New York State Board of Nursing required.

• BLS – Basic Life Support, American Heart Association required.

• ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association required according to applicable new-hire timeframe.

• NRP – Neonatal Resuscitation Program, American Heart Association required for all RNs working in Labor & Delivery, Mother-Baby, and NICU. Newly hired L&D, Mother-Baby, and NICU nurses must obtain NRP within 180 days.

• PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support, American Heart Association required within applicable new-hire timeframe for designated pediatric, emergency, PACU, urgent care, and ambulatory surgery areas.

Job description

Role Overview

The Registered Nurse provides direct patient care and collaborates with patients, families/significant others, physicians, peers, and members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. The RN assesses patient needs, develops and implements individualized care plans, and evaluates medical and nursing interventions in accordance with hospital policies, procedures, standards, and nursing philosophy. The position demonstrates leadership, professional accountability, and commitment to ongoing growth.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, respectful, and patient-centered care that promotes mutual respect, shared decision-making, informed consent, patient autonomy, and dignity.

• Provide respectful birthing care to Labor & Delivery patients.

• Utilize the nursing process to address age-specific patient needs, including:
• Biophysical care.

• Psychosocial needs.

• Patient/family education.

• Safety and environmental needs.

• Discharge planning.

• Assess patients and establish appropriate priorities for care.

• Recognize and appropriately address patient care and unit-based issues.

• Administer blood and blood products according to hospital policy.

• Collaborate and communicate effectively with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.

• Integrate patient rights and nursing ethics into daily practice.

• Adhere to infection control standards to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections.

• Follow Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals.

• Delegate activities to ancillary staff in accordance with the State Nurse Practice Act.

• Practice in accordance with the ANA Code of Nursing Ethics and Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice.

• Support and promote the WPH Professional Nursing Practice Model.

• Support and advance the Magnet model.

• Participate in Performance Improvement initiatives.

• Utilize appropriate cost-containment practices.

• Assume Charge Nurse responsibilities as assigned.

• Support the management of NICU infants requiring inter-facility transport, as applicable.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Unit / Facility Details

• Labor & Delivery

• Mother-Baby

• NICU

• L&D RNs provide comprehensive and respectful birthing care.

• NICU responsibilities may include management of infants requiring inter-facility transport.

Patient Population

• Labor & Delivery patients.

• Mothers and newborns in the Mother-Baby setting.

• Neonatal patients in the NICU, including infants requiring inter-facility transport.

Schedule

• Evenings

• Three 12-hour shifts per week

• Alternating weekends and holidays

• 12-hour shifts

Additional Info

• Must be able to work effectively in a high-stress, fast-paced clinical environment.

• Must be able to detect and respond to emergency sounds/signals at all times.

• Must be able to continuously operate computers, equipment, and other devices.

• Must be able to maintain attention to detail and concentrate for extended periods despite interruptions.

• Must be able to manage multiple responsibilities and retain/apply information throughout the workday.

• Must understand and adhere to WPH Performance Standards, Policies, and Behaviors.

Market information

Schedule

• Three 12-hour shifts per week with alternating weekends and holidays
• Shift: Evenings
• Shift Length: 12 hours

About Medical Solutions Direct Hire

At Medical Solutions, we’re people who care, helping people who care. No matter how you look at it, there’s a whole lot of care going on in our world and that’s just the way we like it. What do we do?

Medical Solutions is one of the nation’s largest providers of total workforce solutions in the healthcare industry, connecting nurses and allied health clinicians with hospitals and healthcare systems across the country and around the corner. Through our family of brands, we also serve a segment of clients outside of the healthcare space. And we’re the very best at what we do.

You’ll love our culture that’s filled with heart and soul. As a company and employer, we’re sincerely and unabashedly us. We lead as humans first and believe the unique qualities of each team member make us better together.

We share a purpose for helping others and the drive to make a difference. And we offer endless opportunities for personal and professional growth, throughout your career. At Medical Solutions, you’ll find a great place to work and a career home.

We’ve received Best Places to Work awards, landed top industry awards, and received accolades for the impact we’ve made in business and within our community. But the only way to really get to know us, is to join us. We think you’ll fit right in.

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