RN Registered Nurse Labor & Delivery nights

Work location:

Texas Health Southwest, 6100 Harris Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76132

Work hours:

Full-time, 36 hours/week, 6:45PM-7:15AM with holiday and weekend requirements, occasional on-call requirement of 1 shift per 6-week schedule.

• Self-Scheduling that helps with work/life balance as well as opportunities for educational and career growth
• Mother friendly designated, a Texas 10-Step designated, and a Magnet designated facility
• Expanded Labor & Delivery Unit to a 15-bed LDR and 3 OR suites
• Separate 26-bed Mother/Baby area and a 16-bed Level III NICU
• We average 270 to 300 deliveries a month
• Maternal Level III Designation
• Participating in Team Birth and CHAMPS breastfeeding initiative

• Associate degree from an accredited Nursing program OR Nursing Diploma Required
• BSN preferred
• RN – Registered Nurse Upon Hire required
• One-year (
  1) Year Experience as a Registered Nurse (RN) or completion of an RN residency program Required
• One year or more of Labor & Delivery RN experience strongly preferred – LDR setting
• BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required
• ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 90 days of hire required
• NRP
  - Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 90 days
• NRPA
  - Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program 90 Days Required
• AWHONN
  - Advanced Fetal Monitoring 6 Months Required Or IFM
  - Intermediate Fetal Monitoring 6 Months Required
• CPI
  - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Maintained Annually 90 Days Required
• Ability to triage, labor, deliver, circulate and recover patients
• A high degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.

• Delivers care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process
• Assesses the patient
• Plans the care of the patient
• Intervenes as appropriate
• Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions
• Incorporates age specific safety/infection control measures into patient care.
• Initiates action to meet patient and/or significant others need for information
• Maintains continuity of patient care inter-shift, inter-hospital, and while expediting out of hospital transfers.

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flexible spending, tuition reimbursement, student Loan repayment plan, nursing career ladder as well as several other benefits.
• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
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