Registered Nurse; RN - LDRP

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE

The Registered Nurse (RN) is accountable for utilizing the nursing process to provide safe, age-appropriate, direct and indirect patient care, while practicing within the scope of practice of the Oregon State Board of Nursing.

The Center for Women and Families at GSRMC is a high reliability, team-oriented department serving a diverse population of patients from our three area counties. The center provides Evidenced Based care to Pediatric, Gynecological, and Obstetrical patients in collaboration with local OB/GYN physicians, Certified Nurse Midwives, Pediatric Hospitalists, Lactation Consultants, and a highly skilled nursing team. Delivery rate averages 850 births per year, and a low primary C-section rate validated by national recognition for prevention for the first C-section in collaboration with GSRMC CNM and OB provider groups.

The Center for Women and Families is a member of the Oregon Maternal Data Collaborative, participating in statewide safety initiatives and QI data collection with an active team of nurses who demonstrate a long-term commitment to advancing care and supporting the patient and family throughout the lifespan.

• Current unencumbered Oregon RN license required.
• Healthcare Provider Level BLS required upon hire.
• GSR LDRP:
  • NRP and STABLE required within six (6) months of hire.
  • Perinatal related RNC certification preferred.
  • Verification of high school diploma or equivalent required due to CAP requirements for moderate complexity testing.
• GSR Labor and Delivery:
  • ACLS required within 90 days of hire.
  • Basic Fetal Monitoring skills preferred.
  • Labor and Delivery experience preferred.
  • OR/C-Section circulation experienced preferred.
• GSR Special Care Nursery:
  • Special Care Nursery Level II or III or equivalent experience in care and stabilization of sick neonate preferred.
• GSR Mother Baby Unit:
  • Basic Perinatal nursing, Med/Surg and/or Mother/Baby post delivery experience preferred.
• GSR Pediatric:
  • PALS required within 90 days of hire.
  • Acute Care Pediatric experience preferred.

• Social Perceptiveness:
  Ability to work with a diverse population from pediatrics to geriatrics. Understanding age-related differences in caring for and communicating with patients and caregivers. Sensitive to the needs and experiences of others with a non-judgmental attitude towards differing standards, values, lifestyles, and ages.
• Adaptability/Flexibility:
  Respond to high risk or diverse patient populations and adapt actions to provide best possible care.
• Time Management:
  Organize, plan and prioritize work to meet deadlines in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
• Communication:
  Effective written and oral communication to explain complex issues and exchange information between team members.
• GSR LDRP All:
  Function effectively in crisis situations; critical, independent thinking; basic lactation knowledge; awareness of perinatal emergency alarms.
• GSR Labor and Delivery:
  Knowledge of pregnancy, birth and immediate postpartum changes; ability to initiate appropriate interventions; assessment skills for high-risk pregnancy; ability to initiate IV lines; knowledge of anesthesia/analgesia pharmacodynamics.
• GSR Postpartum Gynecological Unit:
  Knowledge of postpartum changes; capacity to intervene in care for the family after delivery; lactation basics.
• GSR Nursery:
  Knowledge of neonatal physiology post-birth; assessment skills for high-risk neonates.

• Rarely (1 - 10% of the time)
• Occasionally (11 - 33% of the time)
• Frequently (34 - 66% of the time)
• Continually (67 - 100% of the time)

Climbing stairs, lifting, bending, standing, walking, reaching, pushing, pulling, manual dexterity and other physical requirements are typical for this role.