NURSE (INPATIENT CLINICAL/OB-GYN)

Overview

NURSE (INPATIENT CLINICAL/OB-GYN)

 

This position is located at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, at Fort Campbell, KY.

 

This is a full-time position that affords job security, a competitive salary, bonuses, moving expenses, full malpractice coverage, up to 26 days paid vacation, 10 days paid Federal Holidays, a sick leave benefit, 401K, CME opportunities, a first-class health and retirement benefit package.

 

Fort Campbell lies on the Kentucky/Tennessee border between Hopkinsville and Clarksville, directly off of I-24 and only 40 miles NW of Nashville. As the ninth-fastest growing city in the nation, Clarksville is experiencing tremendous change including new schools, a new hospital, and new residential developments. Clarksville is ranked as the 57th “Best Place to Live” by Money Magazine, 11th “Best City in the U.S. for Public Golf” by Golf Digest, and is the state’s fifth largest city with a revitalized and thriving riverfront district. Both visitors and residents enjoy the shops and eateries of downtown Clarksville and with its brick sidewalks, tree lined streets, decorative lighting and park benches, the historic area is drawing new attention. The cost of living is lower than the average for all major U.S. cities. For more information, visit http://www.clarksvillecvb.com/.

 

Working for the Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits and perks to include competitive compensation packages, paid-time off, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions. For more information, please visit the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/benefits/

 

 

Responsibilities

MAJOR DUTIES:

 

1. Provides comprehensive professional nursing care to OB/GYN patients and their newborns with medical conditions ranging from routine care to those having complex complications requiring sophisticated, highly technical care and treatment. Conducts an advanced level of specialized obstetrical and gynecological nursing care to patients based on a provider’s medical care plan and the physical, mental, and emotional needs of the patient and family. Incumbent provides specialized obstetric and gynecologic nursing care to adolescents and adult women throughout the age spectrum and their newborns. Provides care for women requiring low to high-risk ante-partum, intra-partum, postpartum, and gynecological care as well as competence in newborn and couplet care. Administers oxygen, IV fluids, amnioinfusion, blood products, and prescribed medications. Initiates intravenous and indwelling catheters, and patient-controlled analgesia pumps. Sets up and operates specialized monitoring equipment including blood pressure monitoring, pulse oximetry, fetal heart rate monitors (internal and external), neonatal resuscitation equipment, cardiac monitoring, and infant warmers. Recognizes life-threatening conditions that require immediate attention. Provides perioperative care to include serving as the circulating RN for cesarean sections and additional obstetric surgical procedures as needed (i.e., dilatation and curettage, cervical cerclage, cesarean-hysterectomy). Serves as subject matter expert and consultant for nursing staff and healthcare teammates in other areas of the hospital. Remains alert for signs and symptoms of patient distress and provides emergency care including initiation of life sustaining measures such as delivery, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), hypertension therapy, choking first aid, bleeding control, treatment of injuries, etc., in the absence of the provider, and assists with advanced cardiac life support measures. Assists anesthesia providers with placement of epidural catheters and induction of general anesthesia. Maintains lines and dressings in accordance with infection control policies and procedures, and discontinues invasive lines as guided by policy.

 

Serves as Charge Nurse on a rotational basis. Makes decisions regarding priorities for patient care for shift assignments. Assigns duties and delegates patient care to other registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, operating room technicians, and medical assistants, with consideration the difficulty and requirements of the assignment and the qualifications and capabilities of the individual. Monitors and oversees staff performance to assure work is accomplished timely. Ensures staff makes legible, accurate, and complete nursing entries in the electronic health record. Ensures appropriate patient education occurs during the shift and that the correct responses to patient emergencies are made. Verifies and annotates all physicians'/providers' orders written during the shift. Reviews and revises nursing care plans as needed. Advises attending physicians of significant changes in a patient