RN-Women's Services Fulltime Nights

More than just a job, it's a vocation.

Location: MO-SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital - Jefferson City

Employment Type: Regular

Position Overview:

This role involves overseeing the operations, workflow, and nursing resources related to women's services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Gather and assess relevant health information to create and execute personalized care plans, incorporating interventions and alternatives aimed at achieving measurable outcomes for women and newborns, all within a family-centered care framework.
• Facilitate care delivery that emphasizes woman-, newborn-, and family-centered approaches, utilizing health education strategies to promote, sustain, or restore health in a secure environment.
• Monitor and assess progress towards achieving expected outcomes in the context of family-centered care.
• Make ethical decisions and take actions on behalf of women, fetuses, and newborns, guided by a robust ethical decision-making framework, while respecting cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
• Engage in effective communication and collaboration with women, families, healthcare providers, and the community to ensure safe and holistic care.
• Act as a role model, change agent, consultant, and mentor for women, families, healthcare consumers, and fellow professionals, continuously updating knowledge and skills in line with current evidence-based nursing practices.
• Utilize or integrate evidence to identify, assess, validate, and evaluate interprofessional knowledge and various approaches to care for women and newborns, implementing new measures to enhance nursing quality as needed.
• Reflect on personal nursing practice and contribute to the evaluation of peers based on current evidence, professional standards, and regulations, considering resource factors related to safety, effectiveness, and fiscal responsibility.
• Ensure environmentally safe and healthy practices when planning and delivering care to women, newborns, and families.
• Apply established evidence-based practices and scientific knowledge in women's services nursing, ensuring care is tailored to the specific age and clinical needs of patients as outlined in the department's Scope of Service.
• Maintain a state of alertness and safety at all times.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications:Education:

• Graduate from an accredited nursing program or equivalent educational background for licensing.

Experience:

• No prior experience necessary.

Physical Demands:

• Regularly communicate verbally to convey information.
• Consistently stand and walk.
• Frequently lift, carry, push, or pull objects weighing up to 25 lbs.
• Engage in sitting, reaching, and data entry on a keyboard regularly.
• Utilize vision for both near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) distances, as well as color differentiation.
• Employ sense of smell to identify odors frequently.
• Use hearing to receive verbal communication and detect body sounds or alarms regularly.
• Occasionally lift or move objects weighing between 25-50 lbs.
• Occasionally assist in lifting or moving patients.
• Occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, squat, twist, grip, and perform repetitive movements with legs and arms.
• Occasionally drive.
• Rarely crawl or run.

Licenses and Certifications Required:

State of Work Location: Illinois

• Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Or
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Or
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Or
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

State of Work Location: Missouri

• Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
• Or
• Registered Nurse (RN) issued by Compact State
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Or
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Or
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Or
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

State of Work Location: Oklahoma

• Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Nurse (RN) issued by Compact State
• Or
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Or
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Or
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Or
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

State of Work Location: Wisconsin

• Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Nurse (RN) issued by Compact State
• Or
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Or
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Or
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Or
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Work Schedule: Night Shift (United States of America)

Job Type: Employee

Department: E Fam Birth Center

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36

Benefits:

Our organization values its outstanding employees by providing a comprehensive benefits package tailored to meet their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: Eligible team members receive one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: Our voluntary benefit through DailyPay allows eligible hourly team members to access their earned, unpaid base pay instantly (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: We offer upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

Our organization is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.