Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery

Overview

Pay Range: $44.57 - $62.80

SEARHC is a non-profit health consortium which serves the health interests of the residents of Southeast Alaska. We see our employees as our strongest assets. It is our priority to further their development and our organization by aiding in their professional advancement.

Working at SEARHC is more than a job, it’s a fulfilling career. We offer generous benefits, including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short-term disability, and more.

• Promotes the SEARHC Seven Standards of Excellence; implements safe, therapeutic, and efficient care for patients with multisystem diseases and/or treatment complications; prioritizes care based on acuity and patient preference; anticipates problems; adapts to changes; initiates, manages, and documents nursing procedures in line with scientific principles and policy; demonstrates knowledge of equipment; administers age-specific medications; coordinates patient care with physicians and other healthcare team members;
  
  initiates actions to reduce risks; facilitates healing and provides individualized, goal-oriented nursing care; seeks resources when beyond scope; explains tests and procedures to patients/families; teaches and demonstrates skills to promote understanding and coping with illness; maintains patient confidentiality.

• Plans, coordinates, and completes patient care on the C-section post-surgical and obstetrics unit. Provides total patient care from post-surgical recovery to discharge, including teaching and self-care demonstrations. Delivers focused 1:1 care during labor; conducts nursing/medical interventions, vaginal exams, comfort measures, labor coaching; monitors fetal heart rate tracing and performs NSTs; cares for high-risk maternal or neonatal patients; supports breastfeeding and breastfeeding consultations;
  
  triages OB calls; assists with bedside procedures; performs well baby checks; supervises and delegates to CNA and housekeeping staff; maintains current standards in fetal heart monitoring and complies with ACOG standards of care.

• Performs nursing assessments through interviewing and observation; documents and interprets age-related data; completes initial patient assessments; identifies problems and nursing diagnoses; recognizes psychosocial risks; utilizes resources to assess complex or unfamiliar conditions.

• Imparts educational knowledge to develop skills and promote understanding; evaluates teaching effectiveness; participates in patient care conferences; develops educational programs and materials; documents education; provides discharge information; participates in in-services; ACLS trained within six months of employment and biannually thereafter; completes mandatory training and competency checks; uses opportunities for incidental teaching with staff.

• Communicates in a supportive, constructive manner; assists in orientation of new staff; guides others in nursing interventions; follows policies and standards; supports the Nursing services mission; may act as Contact RN and lead assigned RNs, LPNs, and CNAs.

• Develops and contributes to a plan of nursing action; transcribes physician orders accurately; uses resources to formulate written care plans; documents reassessments and progress; writes progress notes and provides shift reports per area guidelines.

• Performs other duties as assigned; participates in departmental meetings and goal setting; adheres to scheduling guidelines; completes annual competencies and maintains licensure and certifications; follows dress code; escalates unresolved issues to Nurse/Administrative Manager as needed.

• May lead CNAs.

• Current, full, unrestricted Registered Nursing license in Alaska or another U.S. state.

• Direct Hire must have applied for Alaska nursing license before start date.

• BLS required; ACLS, PALS, and NRP required within six months of hire (or obtained on hire).

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• Clinical Competency required within 3 months of hire and every 3 years;
  High Risk Competency required within…