Staff Nurse - Labor​/Delivery; Part-Time

Marketing Statement

Harlem Hospital Center has been a bedrock of the Harlem community since 1887. The hospital provides a wide range of medical, surgical, diagnostic, therapeutic and family support services to the residents of Central Harlem, West Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood. Harlem is the largest hospital in the area, capable of treating the most seriously ill. Harlem provides over 90 specialized ambulatory care services, dentistry and oral surgery, behavioral health services, and community substance abuse treatment.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Under supervision, provides professional nursing care to patients/clients within an assigned unit. Diagnoses and treats responses to actual or potential health problems by means of nursing methods and techniques such as case-finding, health teaching, health counseling and provision of care supportive to and restorative of life and well-being.

• Identifies and discriminates between physical and psycho-social signs and symptoms. Selects and performs those therapeutic measures which are essential for effective execution of the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.
• Develops, implements and continuously evaluates the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.
• Records and maintains nursing care plans and progress notes on patients/clients to ensure continuity of care.
• Interprets and reports responses of patients/clients to appropriate members of the health team.
• Participates with interdisciplinary health team members to plan a comprehensive patient care program.
• Determines and assigns those components of the nursing regimen which may be carried out by allied nursing personnel.
• Provides teaching, guidance and direction to allied nursing personnel in rendering patient care.
• Participates in defining, implementing, maintaining and interpreting standards of nursing practice.
• Participates in departmental and interdisciplinary conferences pertaining to policies and procedures affecting nursing practice.
• Participates in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to the delivery of nursing care services.
• Participates in development and maintenance of a system of evaluation of nursing care, practices and procedures, including evaluation of nursing personnel.
• Interprets philosophy and objectives of agency and Nursing Department to patients/clients, families and other groups.
• Maintains professional competence through participation in continuing education and other appropriate learning experiences.
• Performs other professional nursing activities as delegated by nursing service administration.
• Knowledgeable related to policies, procedures, protocols and State Regulations as they pertain to Maternal HIV Testing, eye prophylaxis, newborn screening, and identification of mother and newborn.
• Aware of AWHONN current standards of care for labor and delivery.
• Encourages breastfeeding and assists with newborn latch‑on post‑delivery.
• Triages patients through the obstetrical emergency room in order of priority.
• Does initial assessment on all admitted laboring and non‑laboring ante‑partum patients within eight hours of admission.
• Applies external fetal monitor and interprets fetal heart tracing and uterine activity.
• Completes ongoing assessment of fetal heart rate pattern and maternal status during labor.
• Identifies emergency situations such as changes in fetal heart rate problems, changes in maternal physiological and neurologic status and promptly initiates actions and summons a physician.
• Performs nursing intervention efficiently in case of maternal fetal compromise.
• Assists with the application of scalp electrode/IUP, fetal blood sampling.
• Demonstrates efficiency in assisting the physician/midwife during a delivery.
• Demonstrates efficiency in circulating as well as a scrub in the OR.
• Follows aseptic techniques during scrub and…