Registered Nurse (RN), Labor & Delivery

at  RWJBarnabas Health

Req #: 0000170961
Category: Labor and Delivery Nursing
Status: Full-Time
Shift: Evening
Facility: Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
Department: Labor & Delivery

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Must be a graduate from an accredited school of nursing
• Completion of all Orientation requirements of Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
• Successful completion of all orientation programs

Preferred:

• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or currently matriculating

Certifications and Licenses Required:

• Current Registered Nurse License in the state of New Jersey
• Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association
• ACLS or must obtain within 6 months of hire from the American Heart Association
• NRP or must obtain within 6 months of hire from the American Heart Association

Scheduling Requirements:

• Full-Time
• Evening/Night shift
• 3 shifts per week
• 12.5 hr. shifts
• 37.5 hrs. weekly
• 6:30p - 7:30a

Essential Functions:
Assess, stabilizes, and observes infant in the delivery room. Weighs infant and gives medication after vaginal delivery. Promotes skin to skin maternal infant bonding and supports breastfeeding in the LDR. Demonstrates an ability to effectively interpret fetal monitor tracings and takes appropriate nursing action. Recognizes significant labor events and handles emergent situations well, using good critical thinking and good nursing judgment. Demonstrates the ability to triage patients in the PET unit by assessing, prioritizing and managing patients effectively. Performs the role of the circulating nurse for vaginal and C/S deliveries and scrubs for C/S deliveries when necessary. Recognizes each individual couple s birth plan and supports the same within the boundaries of the standard of care.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.