Registered Nurse (RN), Outpatient OBGYN

Company Description

Experience the highest level of appreciation at UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center — named Top Workplace in the Baltimore area by The Baltimore Sun two years in a row (2019 & 2020); Top Workplace in the USA for 2021!  As part of the acclaimed University of Maryland Medical System, our facility is one of three ANCC Pathway to Excellence® designated hospitals in Maryland. UM BWMC features one of the state’s busiest emergency departments, as well as a team of experts who care for our community and one another.  The University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center (UMBWMC) provides the highest quality health care services to the communities we serve. Our medical center is home to leading-edge technology, nationally recognized quality, personalized service and outstanding people. We have 285 licensed beds and we’re home to 3,200 employees and over 800 physicians. Our expert physicians and experienced, compassionate staff are connected to medical practices in the local community as well as at University of Maryland Medical Center in downtown Baltimore. For patients, this means access to high-quality care and research discoveries aimed at improving Maryland’s health.  Our physicians and nursing staff specialize in emergency, acute, medical-surgical and critical care. In addition, our medical center is home to many Centers of Excellence, offering expert outpatient health care.

Job Description

Shift Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 4:30PM

Location: Baltimore Washington Medical Center

Address: 7556 Teague Rd, Suite 430, Hanover, MD 21076

I. General Summary

Under limited supervision, the Registered Nurse is responsible for the assessment of patients including the development, evaluation and modification of the plan of care. The RN interprets and performs complex patient-care procedures specific to their area of expertise. RN’s are members of the Care Team and Support Team and have accountability to function as a team to accomplish patient outcomes identified in the pathway/plan of care.

The Registered Nurse is a professional care giver who assumes responsibility and accountability for care given to a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN provides care to those patients via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment/technology, and other healthcare team member, according to established standards. Patients served include all age groups (Infant through Older Adult as identified in Performance Standards).

II. Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. These are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.

1. Participates as a member of the Patient Care Team by providing functional supervision and by delegating duties to other care team members as they provide appropriate direct patient care duties.
2. Carries out performance standards for charge nurse; when assigned that duty, as delineated in the delivery of care methodology.
3. Assigns nursing care responsibilities to staff.
4. Participates as a member of the care team to provide direct care requiring the skills/qualifications of the RN.
5. Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychological and cognitive status.
6. Formulates a goal-directed plan of care with patient/family which is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnoses/patient care needs/problems and patient outcomes.
7. Functions to establish priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment and supplies.
8. Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures to meet these.
9. Performs documentation duties on unit and in patient record which are timely, accurate, concise and legible.
10. Demonstrates competency in selected psychomotor skills as outlined in generic and unit specific manuals and performance standards; assists physicians with procedures; implements care in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent and continuous manner.
11. Demonstrates appropriate delegation of tasks and duties in the direction and coordination of healthcare members, patient care and unit activities.
12. Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to patient/family rights, as identified with the institution.
13. Demonstrates competence in patient/SO education, as validated by direct clinical observation.
14. Identifies and responds to patients’ need for pain management from arrival to departure.
15. Evaluates effectiveness of care given by all healthcare team members in progressing patient towar