Registered Nurse, Labour and Delivery

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto), Sinai Health; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto), part of Sinai Health, seeks a Registered Nurse for Labour and Delivery to support complex perinatal care and high-risk deliveries. You will assess fetal health, labour status, and neonatal needs while educating families and coordinating with a multidisciplinary team.

The Labour and Delivery unit is a tertiary level centre in Toronto, delivering about 6,500 patients yearly, with 19 birthing suites and 5 ORs.

Qualifications

• Current certificate of registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
• Graduate of a CNO-approved bachelor’s degree in nursing program, or equivalent education/experience
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification
• Active Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) provider status, completed within 3 months of hire
• Fetal Health Surveillance in Labour (FHSL) course completed within 3 months of hire

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care in the Labour and Delivery unit, Triage, Operating Rooms, Recovery Room
• Conduct fetal health, labour, antenatal and neonatal assessments
• Communicate with patients, families, and interdisciplinary team
• Provide patient and family education
• Conduct infant feeding and bloodwork
• Provide high-risk delivery care
• Perform other duties consistent with the job classification as required

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication

Decision making

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

CNO registration

Job description

Are you a Registered Nurse looking for an exciting challenge that allows you to develop Perinatal and Perioperative nursing skills? As a Registered Nurse, Labour and Delivery, no two days are alike. Every shift offers unique opportunities to apply your nursing expertise and experience some unparalleled rewards. If you’re seeking a dynamic, fast-paced work environment that allows you to be part of unforgettable milestones, an opportunity on our Labour and Delivery unit awaits you.

Is this you?

You are compassionate and knowledgeable in this area of care, pairing confidence with courtesy and respect. This dynamic environment will require you to draw on your expertise to make decisions in a timely manner, all while communicating with your patients, colleagues and members of a care team in a productive manner.

You want to further develop your nursing skills in this area. These include fetal health assessments, labour assessments, bloodwork, patient and family education, infant feeding, high-risk delivery care, antenatal assessments and neonatal assessments to name a few.

About This Team

The Labour and Delivery Unit is a tertiary level care centre in Toronto. We deliver approximately 6,500 patients and their families each year. Our patients are antenatal and perinatal. We provide both low and high risk obstetrical care. Our space is comprised of 19 birthing suites, 7 Triage beds, 5 Operating Rooms and 5 ODU beds within an Observation Day Unit (ODU)

In This Role You Will

• Provide direct care in the Labour and Delivery unit, Triage, Operating Rooms, Recovery Room
• Conduct assessments such as fetal health assessments, labour assessments, antenatal assessments and neonatal assessments
• Effectively communicate with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team
• Provide patient and family education
• Conduct infant feeding and bloodwork
• Provide high risk delivery care
• Perform other duties consistent with the job classification, as required

Job Requirements

Mandatory

• Current certificate of registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
• Graduate of a CNO-approved bachelor’s degree in nursing program, or equivalent combined education and experience
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification
• Active Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) provider status. Applicants not currently enrolled in an NRP program may be considered. This program must be successfully completed within three (3) months of hire
• Successful Fetal Health Surveillance in Labour (FHSL) course completion. Applicants not currently enrolled in an FHSL program may be considered. This program must be successfully completed within three (3) months of hire

Preferred

• A baccalaureate degree from a CNO-approved nursing program. Applicants in their final year or near completion will be considered

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent critical thinking, decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Superior interpersonal and communication skills

Note: Preference will be given to applicants with recent labour and delivery experience; consideration for hire may also be given to nursing graduates who have completed their practicum consolidation in labour and delivery.

If this sounds like you and you feel ready to build your career within Labour and Delivery.

Job Type: Full Time

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Vacancy Type: New/Replacement Vacancy

Union: ONA