Lead RN, Labor & Delivery: Impactful Care & Growth

Rapides Regional Medical Center; Alexandria (LA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription, dental, vision

Wellbeing and counseling services

Paid time off and family leave

401(k) with match

Job summary

Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, LA, seeks an experienced Registered Nurse to lead the Nursing Care team in Labor and Delivery, overseeing assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient-centered care across neonate to adult ages.

You will perform continuous patient assessment, document care needs, and collaborate with physicians and support staff to ensure safe, evidence-based delivery of high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• ACLS must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Intermediate Fetal Monitoring must be obtained within 1 year of employment start date
• Neonate Resuscitation (NRP) must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date
• (RN) Registered Nurse license in the state of Louisiana, or compact licensure
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• RN Diploma, or Associate Degree, or Bachelors Degree

Responsibilities

• The staff nurse serves as the leader of the Nursing Care team who is ultimately responsible and accountable to the patient for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient focused, outcome-oriented care.
• Through assessment of the patient’s physical, nutritional, psychosocial, spiritual, emotional, cultural, educational, and rehabilitative needs, problems are identified and documented in the clinical record and communicated to the physician, social worker, case manager, and ancillary departments when appropriate
• Appropriate standards of care, care plans, and interventions are initiated, professionally modified, and communicated to the patient and other members of the healthcare team
• Able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the following age groups: neonate, adolescence, childbearing age adult
• Provides patient/family health education that promotes healthy behaviors, supports recovery, and enables the patient/family to be involved in decisions about their own care
• The patient’s responses to interventions and progress toward desired outcomes are assessed, re-assessed, evaluated, and documented in the clinical record
• Patient care activities are coordinated through collaboration and planning with other members of the healthcare team
• Physicians’ orders are carried out accurately and efficiently, and clarified when necessary
• Adverse or sudden changes in the patient’s conditions are promptly communicated to the physician, charge nurse, nursing supervisor, and/or family with specific and pertinent data
• Able to identify potential or actual victims of abuse and understands the proper reporting mechanism
• Able to recognize adverse drug reactions and demonstrates understanding of proper reporting mechanism once reaction is identified
• Appropriately assesses the patient’s pain and involves the patient in effective management of that pain using appropriate interventions
• Able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary for administration of blood and blood products and appropriately monitors the patient receiving blood/blood products for any transfusion reaction; takes proper measures once a reaction is recognized
• Patient care equipment is utilized safely and efficiently in accordance with hospital policies and procedures
• Standard precautions are promoted and followed in the utilization of principles of infection control in patient care
• Achieves stated goals related to job performance
• Educational attendance records reveal attendance at all required educational programs/in-services
• Demonstrates ability to assess neonate at delivery and perform neonatal resuscitation
• Demonstrates knowledge of fetal monitoring. Identifies FHR patterns and treats appropriately
• Able to modify job duties and communicate with customers in an age appropriate manner.
• Demonstrates an ability to assist physicians with procedures in Labor and Delivery, immediate postpartum, and O.R. as necessary.
• Able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to utilize the Infant Security System and HUGS tags.

Skills

ACLS

Fetal Monitoring

Neonate Resuscitation

BLS

Education

RN License in Louisiana or compact licensure

RN Diploma/Associate/Bachelor

Job description

Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, LA, seeks an experienced Registered Nurse to lead the Nursing Care team in Labor and Delivery, overseeing assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient-centered care across neonate to adult ages.

You will perform continuous patient assessment, document care needs, and collaborate with physicians and support staff to ensure safe, evidence-based delivery of high-quality outcomes.