RN-L&D Experienced

Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery

We are seeking a patient-driven and highly motivated Registered Nurse to join our Labor and Delivery Unit at Methodist Hospitals! We are offering a sign-on bonus, competitive benefits, PTO, and salary. Come be a part of a Magnet-recognized team at Methodist Hospitals, and help lead the way to better health.

At Methodist Hospitals, our nurses exemplify the INURSE values through integrity, nursing excellence, unity, respect, scholarship, and evidence-based practice.

Job Description

• Administers medications within the scope of practice and the hospital's policies and procedures.
• Assesses, evaluates, interprets, and documents the patient's physical and mental status.
• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and significant others in a position to understand care requirements and works to resolve patient problems through the use of multidisciplinary teams.
• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patients and significant others to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing and other governing agency regulations.
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from healthcare support personnel; protects patients and employees by adhering to policies and protocols.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential; maintains continuity through documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs in the electronic medical record.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Completes annual competency and regulatory education.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results measured by Press Ganey/HCAPS, AIDET, and Model of Care and Conduct.

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of a variety of medical equipment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to administer medications per policy and procedure.
• Ability to follow the National Patient Safety Goals.
• Ability to interpret lab and diagnostic results as it relates to patients' status.
• Ability to communicate with all disciplines using SBAR.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Demonstrates courteous, kind, caring, compassionate, positive attitude and support to the organization.
• Clinical skills, bedside manner, infection control, nursing skills, physiological knowledge, administering medication, medical teamwork, multi-tasking, listening, verbal communication, health promotion, and maintenance.

Education

• College Diploma in Nursing required.
• Bachelor's in Nursing preferred.
• 1 year of experience required.
• Licensed Registered Nurse.
• Certified in Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).

Standards of Behavior

Meets the Standards of Behavior as outlined in Personnel Policy and Procedure, Employee Relations Code.

Confidentiality/HIPAA/Corporate Compliance

Demonstrates knowledge of procedures for protecting and maintaining security, confidentiality, and integrity of employee, patient, family, organizational, and other medical information. Understands and supports the commitment of Methodist Hospitals in adhering to federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations governing ethical business practices for healthcare providers.