Charge Nurse Labor and Delivery Full Time Nights

BHS; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Louisville, KY is seeking a Charge Nurse for Labor & Delivery on a full-time night shift. This entry-level management role coordinates care on designated shifts and provides leadership to the unit staff within the Kentucky Nurse Practice Act.

The Labor and Delivery unit handles about 3,000 births yearly and offers 24/7 anesthesia, neonatology, and OB hospitalist support. The Charge Nurse collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes and participates in

Qualifications

• Active Kentucky RN License is required.
• Associate’s degree in nursing is required.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) required.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certification (NRP) required.
• 2 years previous experience in NICU, Newborn Nursery, or applicable Neonatal experience required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care on designated shifts for the Labor & Delivery unit.
• Provide leadership to unit staff in patient care.
• Promote positive patient outcomes and quality of care through governance participation.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes.
• Act as a role model and participate in ongoing professional development and hospital governance.

Skills

Active Kentucky RN License

BCLS

ACLS

NRP

NICU/Neb neonatal experience

Education

Associate’s degree in nursing

Job description

Summary

Job Description:

Charge Nurse Labor & Delivery- Full Time, Nights

Status: Full Time

Shift: Third

About The Unit:

The Labor and Delivery unit is made up of 14 Labor/Delivery/Recovery rooms, three operating rooms, and a four bed OB Emergency Department.The unit delivers approximately 3,000 babies each year. Nurses work with a variety of patients from natural childbirth to high-risk preterm multiple gestation pregnancies. Nursing staff roles include the labor nurses who support labor and delivery, and delivery team nurses caring for newborns during the immediate newborn period.The unit has 24/7 in-house anesthesia, neonatology, and OB hospitalist support.

Job Summary:

The Charge Nurse is an entry-level management position responsible for the coordination of care on designated shifts.He/she will provide leadership to the staff members of the unit in the area of patient care.

A) As a Registerednurse, he/she implements the nursing process for each patient regardless of age (i.e. infancy to geriatric)assigned to his/her care and is responsible for the patient’s care within the parameters of the Kentucky NursePractice Act. The charge nurse promotes positive patient outcomes; quality of care and initiates change throughactive involvement in unit-based and hospital shared-governance councils.

B) National Professional NursingStandards serve as guidelines for the charge nurse as he/she utilizes critical thinking skills and exercisesappropriate nursing judgment. The charge nurse will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to improve patientoutcomes. Also, the charge nurse will serve as a role model by actively participating in the process of continuousprofessional development, teaching and learning across the healthcare continuum.

Requirements:

• Active Kentucky RN License required.
• Associate’s degree in nursing required.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) required.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certification (NRP) required.
• 2 years previous experience in NICU, Newborn Nursery, or applicable Neonatal experience required.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.