Night-Shift L&D Nurse — Per Diem, Impactful Care

Mlk-Community-Healthcare-1

California (MO)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

MLK Community Healthcare is seeking a Labor, Delivery, Recovery & Postpartum Clinical Registered Nurse (LDRP) to provide comprehensive care for laboring patients, cesarean births, vaginal births, and newborns. You will perform assessments, write care plans, and participate in evidence-based perinatal practices.

Requirements include a BSN and 1 year of LDRP nursing experience; BLS/ACLS certifications and Spanish bilingual skills are a plus.

Qualifications

Minimum of one (1) year of clinical nursing experience in Labor and Delivery and Postpartum.
Nursery and/or NICU experience preferred.
Certification in related nursing specialty preferred.
Bilingual skills preferred (Spanish).
Basic computer skills.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS).
Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).

Responsibilities

Demonstrates and maintains the competencies, qualifications, attitudes, behaviors, and skills required of the LDRP Clinical Registered Nurse.
Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration during all interactions.
Carries out directives from the CUS, Nurse Manager and Senior Director per the chain of command.
Maintains understanding of perinatal evidence-based practices, new knowledge, and follows MLKCH policies and procedures.
Attends and assists with the laboring patients, cesarean births and vaginal births; immediate care of the newborn, mother assessments and infant assessments and care.
Develops and maintains a therapeutic nurse/patient relationship throughout the health care continuum.
Utilizes SBAR communications in all emergencies, endorsements of care, and routine bedside hand-off reports.
Recognizes, evaluates, responds, and communicates appropriately during maternal, neonatal emergencies, and/or unusual situations and maintains current position competencies, requirements and qualifications.
Adheres to the standards set forth in the Baby-Friendly model of care.
Performs documentation of patient care including: assessment, interdisciplinary plan of care (IPOC), implementation, evaluation, education, discharge, and follows unit specific and hospital documentation policies and procedures.
Formulates a nursing diagnosis through observation of the client's physical condition and behavior, and through interpretation of information obtained from the client and others, including the health team.
Formulates a care plan, in collaboration with the client, which ensures that direct and indirect nursing care services provide for the client's safety, comfort, hygiene, and protection, and for disease prevention and restorative measures.
Performs skills essential to the kind of nursing action to be taken, explains the health treatment to the client and family and teaches the client and family how to care for the client's health needs.
Delegates tasks to subordinates based on the legal scopes of practice of the subordinates and on the preparation and capability needed in the tasks to be delegated, and effectively supervises nursing care being given by subordinates.
Evaluates the effectiveness of the care plan through observation of the client's physical condition and behavior, signs and symptoms of illness, and reactions to treatment and through communication with the client and the health team members, and modifies the plan as needed.
Observes signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to treatment, general behavior, or general physical condition, and determination of whether the signs, symptoms, reactions, behavior, or general appearance exhibit abnormal characteristics, and implementation, based on observed abnormalities, of appropriate reporting, or referral, or standardized procedures, or changes in treatment regimen in accordance with standardized procedures, or the initiation of emergency procedures.
Acts as the client's advocate, as circumstances require by initiating action to improve health care or to change decisions or activities which are against the interests or wishes of the client, and by giving the client the opportunity to make informed decisions about health care before it is provided.
Performs other duties as assigned.