Registered Nurse - Postpartum

Position

Full Time Day Shift – Tri Health Bethesda North Hospital

10500 Montgomery Rd, Montgomery, OH 45242

• Full Time – (72 hours bi-weekly)
• 7am – 7:30pm
• 3rd or 4th Weekend rotation
• Holiday rotation

As a registered nurse in the Bethesda North Postpartum Unit, you will apply the nursing process to provide direct and indirect holistic care to postpartum patients, newborns, and their families. You will collaborate in a collegial manner with physicians, lactation consultants, and other health care team members to ensure each patient’s needs are met. This role includes educating families, supporting early bonding, and promoting safe, evidence‑based care throughout the postpartum stay.

Within the scope of nursing practice, you may delegate appropriate aspects of care to team members under your supervision while maintaining accountability for overall patient outcomes. Your work will help create a supportive, family‑centered environment during one of the most meaningful transitions in a family’s life.

• Associate’s Degree or Diploma in Nursing
• New hires required to obtain BSN within 5 years of hire
• BLS/CPR (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers)
• Registered Nurse
• Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs at various stages of the life cycle

• RNs with more than 1 year full‑time or 2 years part‑time acute care experience

• Perform initial and ongoing assessment of patient and family. Complete initial assessment tool. Document ongoing assessment per unit/Tri Health guidelines. Communicate assessment findings to other health care providers as appropriate. Include health counseling and teaching needs in assessment.
• Plan care for patient and family based on assessment, standards of care, and optimal specific outcomes.
• Initiate and individualize appropriate patient care guidelines, plan of care, or clinical pathways. Update current plan of care as needed based on patient/family input and healthcare needs. Develop both short and long‑term goals with patient/family and healthcare team, including discharge planning. Communicate plan of care to others.
• Provide a safe, therapeutic environment, maintain patient’s autonomy, dignity, and rights, and be sensitive to patient diversity. Seek resources to help formulate ethical decisions. Balance priorities of the patient’s needs and those of the unit/facility. Recognize emergency situations and take appropriate action. Complete patient assignment including documentation within scheduled timeframe. Base interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes and document accordingly.
  
  Train/educate other staff and act as an expert resource in specialty area through abilities in existing and newer knowledge and skills. Effectively communicate and understand/executex physician orders.
• Evaluate the plan of care for patient based on optimal specific patient outcomes. Document the patient/family response to care, including teaching. Collaborate with patient/family and with other members of the health care team, including physicians, to revise plan of care as needed. Supervise the care that was delegated to other health care team members.
• Perform technical skills according to policy and procedure and accepted standards within their area of practice. Safely administer medications/treatments and monitor their effects. Use all equipment in a safe, appropriate manner.
• Demonstrate organizational responsibilities:
  Identify areas for self‑improvement, function in relief charge/resource role as requested, complete assignments within scheduled time frames, cooperate with instructor to facilitate effective learning experiences for students, maintain current knowledge in area of practice, demonstrate knowledge of organizational and department changes.

• Bending – Frequently
• Climbing – Rarely
• Concentrating – Consistently
• Continuous Learning – Consistently
• Hearing:
  Conversation – Consistently
• Hearing:
  Other Sounds – Consistently
• Interpersonal Communication – Consistently
• Kneeling – Occasionally
• Lifting