Description

Labor & Delivery (L&D) - PRN - Registered Nurse

What's in it for you?

• High Reliability Organization
• How we treat people in our organization, we are truly committed to patient safety and to our employees
• Additional options for dental, vision, life, disability coverage, flexible spending accounts.
• Retirement Plan-401(k)
• Employee Assistance Program
• ATM onsite
• Fresh Vending
• Free on-site parking
• Colleague recognition program

About Us:

Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital- Celebrating 90 years of caring for our community and surrounding communities. Our outstanding team combines compassion and kindness with the latest technology and advanced treatments to deliver care. Services Include: Cardiac Services, FastTrack, ICU, Emergency Room, Incontinence Therapy, Medical Imaging, Nutrition Services, Physical rehabilitation, Stroke Action Plan, Surgery, Women and Childrens including Level 1 NICU.

At Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital, we recognize and reward you for your contributions; we have a highly qualified, smart, and ambitious team making a difference in our patients lives. Our culture of ownership and transparency empowers our team to achieve their goals. We have new transformative owners, for all those on board, its going to be a challenging and a rewarding journey and we are just getting started.

www.nacmem.org

Position Purpose:

Labor and delivery nurses (L&D), also known as obstetric nurses (OB), are an integral part of the care team responsible for caring for the pregnant patient and child. Work with women in triage, antepartum mothers, intrapartum mothers, surgical patients, and postpartum mother/baby couplets.

Position Duties (not all inclusive):

• Assess patients in triage for preterm labor, active labor, rupture of waters, pregnancy complication, or co-existing issues.
• Assist in maintaining pregnancy in antepartum mothers.
• Fetal assessment and monitoring
• Maternal physical assessment
• Manage patients in labor, including assistance, epidural assistance, pain management, education, and delivery support.
• Assist and circulate in operating room for cesarean sections, tubal, and emergency obstetric gynecological procedures.
• Medication administration and immunizations.
• Patient education elated to medications, labor, pushing, delivery, and postpartum care of mother and baby.
• Newborn care assessment for healthy infant.
• Breastfeeding and postpartum support/management.
• Charting via electronic medical records.
• Assist with fetal demise.
• Collaboration with care management team, including anesthesiologist, physician or midwife, lactation nurse and charge nurse.

OUR COMMUNITY:
Welcome to Nacogdoches, the oldest town in Texas and the official Garden Capital of Texas. Nacogdoches is home of the Texas Blueberry Festival . Nacogdoches is a 300-year-old city known as The Oldest Town in Texas. Its located in the heart of Deep East Texas almost equidistant between Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and Shreveport, Louisiana.Nestled between three national forests and only a short drive from two of the largest lakes in Texas, Nacogdoches is home to Stephen F. Austin State University and has a population of 33,000. Also designated the Garden Capital of Texas, Nacogdoches is recognized for its natural beauty, creeks and trails Nacogdoches has long been a live music destination, and remains that today! Classic old venues make for great music, dancing and enjoying a night on the town. Take in livejazz poolside, dance at a local dance hall or simply relax and reconnect at a local wine bar.

Qualifications

• Texas Registered Nurse Licensure without restrictions (required)
• CPR (BLS) certification (required)
• NRP certification (required)
• ACLS within six (6) months of employment (required)
• Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English (required)
• One year RN experience in L&D (required)