Registered Nurse: Family Birth Center Float Pool

About this position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing compassionate quality care that is customer and family focused. The RN assesses, diagnoses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents care of customers according to hospital and care center policies and standards of professional nursing practices. The RN is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered. The RN defines, implements, and improves practice standards and environment of care while promoting exceptional customer care. Duties may vary based on the assigned customer care center which may include differences in the required specific clinical skills. Actively and consistently demonstrates the mission, vision, values and guiding principles of Maple Grove Hospital.

SPECIFIC ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Reviews maternal prenatal history • Collects current signs/symptoms of the newborn, mother, or child. • Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate customer plan of care. • Performs transition, admission, discharge and transfer assessments while considering both physical and psychosocial elements of newborn, child, mother, and family. • Recognizes risk factors, change in status and interventions appropriate for care. • Initiates corrective action whenever information from monitoring equipment shows adverse symptomatology of the newborn, child, or mother. • Manages basic life support needs and stabilizes newborn, child, or mother until the physician or APRN is available, based upon nursing standards and protocol. • Records customer’s vital signs, assessments, patient care and interventions as ordered. • Works directly with physicians or APRN, assisting them during exams, diagnostic testing, treatments and interventions. • Participates and collaborates in multidisciplinary rounds. • Prepares and administers (orally, subcutaneously, IM and IV) medications and records prescribed medications. • Reports adverse reactions to medications or treatments in accordance with the policy. • Demonstrates phlebotomy skills. • Provides IV therapy. • Provides bedside care. • Operates, maintains and discontinues proper supplies and appropriate medical equipment to care for customers. • Reports any suspected abuse to the appropriate agencies. • Teaches child, parents, and significant others how to manage care or illness by explaining: post-treatment home care needs, diet/nutrition/exercise programs, self administration of medication and rehabilitation, as well as provides referrals to other healthcare professionals for follow-up treatment. • Displays professionalism while completing multiple urgent tasks in a timely manner. • Records all care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format in Epic.

NICU Specific Duties:

• Work collaboratively with essential ancillary departments that support the NICU • Provide care for Level II babies that include but not limited to: o Feed/Grow babies o Neonatal Abstinence o Late Preterm Infants o Nasal Cannula o IVF and antibiotics • Follow NRP guidelines • Utilize critical thinking and collaborate with NICU provider team

L&D Specific Duties:

Utilize critical thinking and collaborate with Ob/GYN provider teams • Performs fetal monitoring and interpretations utilizing NICHD/AWHONN nomenclature and guidelines. • Provide care to low risk inductions/scheduled/unscheduled C/S and provide follow recovery care of mother and baby during recovery period

Post Partum Specific Duties:

Provide care for but not limited to mothers/baby couplet care of: o Day of delivery vaginal births o Non-complicated post C/S births o Healthy infants

Requirements

Education

Associate's degree in nursing; bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.

Experience

-Internal Applicants – minimum of one year RN FBC hospital experience required in any of the combined populations of NICU, L&D, PP, or completion of Nursing Capstone in NICU or L&D

External Applicants – minimum of one year RN FBC hospital experience required in any of the combined populations of NICU, L&D, PP, or completion of Nursing Capstone in NICU or L&D
• Demonstrated ability to maintain composure in high stress situations, acts quickly in response to critical situations. Solid PC skills to include MS applications, Internet, etc.
• Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to express ideas and information (both in written and oral form), clearly and concisely in a manner appropriate to the audience.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with conflict in a positive manner. Has an awareness of, responds to, and considers the needs, feelings and capabilities of others.
• Ability to be accountable for quality customer service and respond appropriately to a variety of personalities and situations.
• Ability to maintain quality, safety, and infection control standards.
• Must be able to read, write and speak effectively in English.

Licensure/Certification

• Current licensure and registration as an RN in the State of MN. Current BLS certification for all areas of nursing practice required.
• Current certification required for the following areas of nursing practice:
• Emergency Care Center – ACLS, TNCC, PALS
• Intensive Care Center & MSCC Lead – ACLS
• L&D – NRP, AWHONN's Intermediate Fetal Heart Monitoring Course (one time only) - Experienced L&D nurses will obtain within 6 months and new L&D nurses will obtain at 1 year of experience
• NICU– NRP, STABLE (one time)
• PCC/PACU/ENDO – ACLS, PALS

The North Memorial Health System is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification listed, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may still be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Work Group: Maple Grove

Hours per two week pay period: 60

Shift: Nights 12 hours

Weekend Requirement: Every 3rd Weekend

Call Requirement: None

Remote or On-site: On-site

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Benefit Eligibility: Health insurance benefits are available for this position. North Memorial Health offers multiple health plans based on work group eligibility.

Salary Range: MG RN A/B/M ($ - $, based on experience

Shift Differential: Compensation may include shift differential pay depending on the position and shift worked.

STI Bonus Eligible: False

Employment Sponsorship: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position