Clinical Nurse (RN) Mother/Baby

The University of Kansas Health System; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Clinical Nurse for the Mother/Baby Unit. In this full-time role, you will provide essential nursing care to patients, ensuring their comfort and well-being through thorough assessments and collaborative care. Join a compassionate team in a fast-paced environment, where you can nurture families and contribute to special moments in their lives. This position offers a unique opportunity to grow your nursing expertise while working closely with a diverse interdisciplinary team. If you're passionate about maternity care and eager to make a difference, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Must be a licensed RN with clinical nursing experience.
• ADN nurses must complete BSN within five years of employment.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing care for patient comfort and well-being.
• Coordinate care delivery and education with healthcare team.

Skills

Patient Assessment

Nursing Care Planning

Collaboration with Healthcare Team

Documentation

Clinical Competencies

Education

High School Graduate

Associate Degree in Nursing

Bachelor Degree in Nursing

Tools

Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS)

Job description

Position Title: Clinical Nurse (RN) Mother/Baby Nights - Full Time Bell Hospital

Position Summary / Career Interest: We are currently hiring a Clinical Nurse who will provide professional nursing care through assessment and accurate documentation, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation for the comfort and well-being of patients. Carries out a plan of care specific to unit competencies for the target patient population. Coordinates care delivery and education through collaboration with patient, family and all health care team providers to ensure safe, effective and quality patient care.

Unit 56 or the Mother Baby Unit, consists of 29 beds and cares for patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. We care for healthy term newborns, mother baby couplets, high risk antepartum patients and benign gynecology patients. Our patients receive care from a compassionate and highly skilled nursing and interdisciplinary team in a fast-paced environment. We strive to make each birth a special experience for our families as they have been preparing for this event for many long months.

As an academic medical center, we are a referral center for patients needing a higher level and more specialized type of care from across the state, region and country. We work closely with our interdisciplinary team members who include medical residents & attending physicians from the Obstetrics, Family Medicine & Pediatric departments, Advanced Practice Nurses (CNS, NP, CRNA, CNM), Social Workers, Nursing Case Managers, Lactation Consultants, Chaplains and many other specialties. We are located adjacent to the Labor & Delivery and level III Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) in order to provide seamless care across the birth continuum. This makes our setting a place for you to learn, develop nursing expertise and shape your nursing career for the future. Every day is a learning opportunity for our staff.

We are a Baby Friendly recognized hospital and provide evidence-based maternity care and feeding support for our patients. We promote skin-to-skin contact with baby immediately after birth and 24-hour rooming in throughout a family’s stay. As one of our team members, you will have the opportunity to nurture and teach young families, mentor and precept students (medical students, nursing students, paramedic students and others), learn about complex disease processes and share your dedication and compassion with our patients and families.

The unit has openings for night shift at this time.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions:

• Provides professional nursing care through assessment and accurate documentation, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation for the comfort and well-being of patients.
• Carries out a plan of care specific to unit competencies for the target patient population.
• Coordinates care delivery and education through collaboration with patient, family and all health care team providers to ensure safe, effective and quality patient care.
• Follows organizational policies in providing safe patient care.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience:

• High School Graduate
• Associate Degree Nursing for ADN prepared nurses hired after February 24, 2017, must complete BSN degree by the fifth anniversary of employment as an RN with UKHA
• 6 months to 2 years' experience as a Clinical Nurse

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Bachelor Degree Nursing

Required Licensure and Certification:

• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing (Kansas) or compact license
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) within 14 days

Time Type: Job Requisition ID: R-140

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.