Registered Nurse - Birth Center

Infor; Marshall (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Oaklawn in Marshall, MI is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for the Birth Center, providing comprehensive nursing care with independent judgment and expert clinical skills. You will supervise the nursing care team and collaborate across disciplines to ensure high-quality patient outcomes.

Responsibilities include assessments, care planning, documentation, and patient education. A Michigan RN license and BLS are required; ACLS preferred.

Qualifications

• Current licensure in Michigan as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• BLS certification (American Heart Association or Red Cross).
• ACLS certification preferred or to be obtained within 3 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing care using critical thinking and independent judgment.
• Direct supervision of Nursing Assistants and Licensed Practical Nurses.
• Document care, patient condition and response to treatment; maintain timely progress notes.
• Collaborate with care team and other disciplines to deliver patient care.
• Educate patients and families; participate in performance improvement activities.

Skills

Clear communication

Written communication

EMR proficiency

Time management

Cultural sensitivity

Education

Nursing program completion

Tools

EMR

Job description

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP: Director, Birth Center

Job Summary: Provides professional nursing care for the comfort and well-being of patients using critical thinking and independent judgment, and all phases of nursing process including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Responsible for the direction and supervision of the nursing patient care team typically made up of Certified Nursing Assistants, Licensed Practical Nurses, and other technicians. Collaborates with own team and other disciplines in the provision of care. Documents patient care, patient condition, reactions, and response to treatment in a timely manner and tracks patient progress.

Essential Functions:

• Consistently uses an outward mindset and puts forth exemplary effort in accomplishing his/her goals and objectives in a manner that helps others to achieve their goals and objectives.
• Conducts initial and ongoing assessments, develops and updates plan of care accordingly in collaboration with patient.
• Provides and directs nursing care and evaluates outcomes.
• Uses technology appropriately including safety standards and measures; follows infection prevention standards.
• Uses evidence-based tools, established policies, procedures and standards of care and practice
• Educates patients and family members and documents accordingly.
• Reports actual or potential occurrences according to Oaklawn procedures.
• Engages in self-assessment, peer review, completes mandatory education and competency assessments, accepts responsibility for ongoing professional development.
• Participates in unit-based performance improvement activities, staff meetings, supports change.
• Behaves in accordance with: Oaklawn’s mission, vision, values; Nursing’s vision, philosophy; ANA’s Code of Nursing Ethics; Relationship Based Care tenets.
• Practices at all times in accord with the legal definition of nursing in the State of Michigan, including provisions on delegation and supervision.

Minimum Qualifications

Successful completion of a program in nursing. Current licensure in the State of Michigan as a Registered Nurse. American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) Certification. NRP certification within three (3) months of hire.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Clear oral expression; oral comprehension includes listening to and understanding others; speaking clearly such that others understand; deductive and inductive reasoning skills; ability to write clearly; use of technology such as EMR, selective attention – able to concentrate for protracted periods; time sharing – able to shift back and forth successfully between two or more activities; manual dexterity – to manage IV tubing, syringes, and other equipment; information ordering skills – patterns of numbers, pictures, words and mathematical operations including medication calculation. Ability to work with diverse patient and staff populations with sensitivity to cultural and spiritual influences impacting patient care. Efficiently manage time with minimal supervision. American Heart Association or American Red Cross ACLS certification preferred.

Working Conditions:

Work in an unpredictable environment encountering stressful situations and exposure to body fluids and infectious diseases. May experience traumatic situations including deceased patients.

Physical Requirements:

Constantly stand, walk, reach, push/pull, see/visual acuity, bend/twist, talk/hear, lift/carry 50 lbs. Frequently sit, handle/grasp/feel, stoop/kneel/crouch.

Marshall, 200 N. Madison, Marshall, MI 49068