Registered Nurse - Maternal Child Health Float Pool - Night

Float Pool – Maternal Child Health – Registered Nurse – Full time

• The Float Pool provides staff the opportunity to train to various departments within Patient Services.
• Minimum requirements are to work in the Family Birthing Services, NICU and Pediatric Units
• Previous FBS, NICU and/or Ped experience required.
• Every 4th weekends.
• Float Pool differential is $3.50 per hour.
• Full time (72 hours biweekly)
• Shift:  12-hour Night 
• Eligible for shift and weekend differential

The Registered Nurse is responsible and accountable for implementing, directing and coordinating the care of patients through the use of the nursing process: assessment, planning implementation and evaluation.  Included is recognition and treatment of the physical and psychosocial changes unique to the age/population group served on the specific unit.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities
Job Class Specifics
1.    Demonstrates safe medication practice.
2.    Maintains a professional image that reflects the employee’s role in health care, with confidence and a positive impression.
3.    Completes chart check to ensure no missed orders. 
4.    Accurately transcribes physician’s orders.
5.    Demonstrates therapeutic communication skills.
6.    Demonstrates ability to assess patient education needs and use of patient education resources.
7.    Demonstrates involvement in unit by attending 50% of staff/committee meetings and in-services for area.
8.    Demonstrates leadership through the nursing process and supervision while maintaining accountability for treatment and patient outcomes.
9.    Acts as a resource person regarding patient care, specialty area, orientation and teaching of staff.
10.    Responds to delays in a calm manner.  Apologizes for inconveniences and gives alternatives.
11.    Analyzes assessment data, identifies priority problems and documents on Plan of Care in PCS for patients and families and significant others.
12.    Uses effective problem-solving skills to plan patient care.
13.    Identifies critical factors evidencing changes in patient condition and responds appropriately.
14.    Completes and documents discharge assessment against plan of care goals.
15.    Initiates and maintains Intravenous Therapy according to IV standards. 
16.    Responds appropriately to emergency situations. 
17.    Utilizes proper body mechanics to prevent injury to self and others.  Safely positions, transfers and transports patients.
18.    Functions as a virtual nurse as assigned which includes, but is not limited to, admissions, discharges, education, documentation through a virtual platform and working collaboratively with the bedside nursing staff. 
 
Department:    Family Birthing Services  

1.   Successfully completes the FBS Fetal Monitoring Pathway. 
2.   Provides care to the Family Birthing Services population in accordance with age-specific development.
3.   Demonstrates accuracy and timely documentation in electronic health record.
4.   Demonstrates the ability to provide care to the cesarean patient-preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively.
5.   Demonstrates the ability to provide care to the ante partum patient.
6.   Demonstrates the ability to provide care to the intrapartum patient.
7.   Demonstrates the ability to provide care to the mother/baby couplet.
8.   Demonstrates the ability to provide care to the neonate requiring intermediate nursery care.
9.   Demonstrates the ability to function effectively in the resource nurse role upon successful completion of orientation to the resource nurse role and functions.
10.   Completes and maintains NRP program training.
11.   Completes and maintains S.T.A.B.L.E. program training (neonatal education program to focus on the post-resuscitation/pre-transport stabilization care of sick infants).
12.   Demonstrates the ability to perform newborn metabolic screening.

Qualifications and Standards

Education:
•   Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing required; Bachelor of Science in Nursing is preferred.
•   Evidence of participation in educational programs to update and maintain current knowledge and clinical skills.

Experience:   
•   Experience applying customer service behaviors and communication skills required. 
•   Previous nursing experience in specialty area preferred.
•   For Cath Lab, one year of acute carenursing experience (ED, Cath Lab, CCU, IMCU, Tele-Observation) preferred.     
•   For Cardiac Rehab, two years experience in Critical Care and/or Progressive Care required.
•   For Cardiovascular Services, two years of experience reading cardiac monitors and be self directed in responding to abnormalities or cardiac arrests codes as a team memb