Registered Nurse; RN Labor and Delivery

With over 150 years of caring for our community and each other in the Washington DC area, Howard University Hospital has a world‑renowned reputation for high‑quality, patient‑centric care. Howard University Hospital is the nation’s only teaching hospital located on the campus of a Historically Black University and has created a superior learning environment, with groundbreaking research and positive patient outcomes.

Howard University Hospital seeks to hire a Clinical Registered Nurse in the Labor and Delivery Department who will embrace our rich and historic tradition of excellence. If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals doing just that: making a difference.

This full‑time position consists of three 12‑hour shifts, rotating every other weekend (7:30 am‑8:00 pm). Pay Range: $35.80‑$59.89 (Actual offer rates are based upon the applicant’s relevant job experience and the requirements of the position)

• Collaborates with patient/family and health care team to determine health goals and interventions and to revise plans of care as needed
• Maintains awareness of the unit’s periodic statistics regarding core measures, nursing quality indicators, and customer satisfaction measures and actively participates in activities/behaviors that progressively improve the statistics
• Provides nursing care consistent with the nursing practice standards, policies, and procedures established by the unit, department, division, and institution, professional ethics and standards, and legal requirements
• Serves in the rotational role of charge nurse upon completion of the six month orientation period and with approval by the nurse manager
• Participates in unit performance improvement programs through ongoing design, assessment and measurement, and performance improvement activities
• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families
• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self‑care skills; answering questions
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by the Nurse Practice Act of the District of Columbia, and other governing agency regulations
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection‑control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results
• Demonstrates competency in clinical skills, bedside manner, infection control, physiological knowledge, administering medication, medical teamwork, multi‑tasking, listening, verbal communication, health promotion and maintenance

• Associate's Degree in Nursing Required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the District of Columbia.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support required, PALS preferred.
• NRP certification, via the American Heart Association is required.
• At least 2 years of Labor and Delivery nursing experience.

• Work‑life balance
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• Competitive, comprehensive benefit plans offered (including health, disability, vacation, sick leave, and 403B retirement plan)
• HRSA Loan Forgiveness available

Howard University Hospital requires all external applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. If offered, External Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination and may elect to be vaccinated at a designated Howard University Hospital location.

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