What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse - Women's Services (Part Time) position at Moore County Hospital District?
Moore County Hospital District (MCHD), located in Dumas, Texas, is a leading healthcare provider dedicated to serving Moore County and the surrounding areas. Our team of compassionate physicians, employees, and volunteers is committed to delivering the highest quality care in a hometown-friendly environment.
In 2024, MCHD was honored as a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, a recognition awarded to only 100 out of 1,366 critical access hospitals nationwide.
Additionally, our Memorial Nursing and Rehabilitation Center was recognized as a Best Performing Nursing Home for both the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 periods, placing in the top 5% of over 15,000 nursing homes evaluated.
MCHD is proud to provide comprehensive healthcare services to residents across six counties, ensuring accessible and exceptional care for our broader community.
SUMMARY: Provides direct patient care in the Women’s Services department. Communicates with physicians, nurses, and other staff about patient’s clinical condition including but not limited to results of diagnostic studies, and symptomatology. Ability to respond quickly and accurately to changes in patient’s condition. Additionally, is cross trained to perform general nursing duties in other departments and may be asked to do any reasonable job duty within scope of practice.
Women’s Services Nurse
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
Six Months Nursing Experience In a Hospital Setting Preferred.
LICENSURE / CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
In 2024, MCHD was honored as a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, a recognition awarded to only 100 out of 1,366 critical access hospitals nationwide.
Additionally, our Memorial Nursing and Rehabilitation Center was recognized as a Best Performing Nursing Home for both the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 periods, placing in the top 5% of over 15,000 nursing homes evaluated.
MCHD is proud to provide comprehensive healthcare services to residents across six counties, ensuring accessible and exceptional care for our broader community.
SUMMARY: Provides direct patient care in the Women’s Services department. Communicates with physicians, nurses, and other staff about patient’s clinical condition including but not limited to results of diagnostic studies, and symptomatology. Ability to respond quickly and accurately to changes in patient’s condition. Additionally, is cross trained to perform general nursing duties in other departments and may be asked to do any reasonable job duty within scope of practice.
Women’s Services Nurse
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Assess patients in triage for preterm labor, active labor, rupture of waters, pregnancy complications, or co-existing issues
- Assist in maintaining pregnancy in antepartum mothers
- Fetal assessment and monitoring
- Maternal physical assessment(s)
- Manage patients in labor, including induction assistance, epidural assistance, pain management, education, and delivery support
- Assist and circulate in operating room for cesarean sections, tubal, and emergency obstetric and gynecological procedures
- Medication administration and immunizations
- Patient education related to medications, labor, pushing, delivering, and postpartum care of mother and baby
- Newborn care and 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
Six Months Nursing Experience In a Hospital Setting Preferred.
LICENSURE / CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
- CURRENT TEXAS RN LICENSE OR RN COMPACT LICENSURE AND CURRENT CPR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.
- ALCS CERTIFICATION REQUIRED OR MUST BE OBTAINED WITHIN FIRST YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT.
- DEPARTMENTAL REQUIREMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
- WOMEN’S SERVICES - NEONATAL RESUSCITATION PROGRAM (NRP), FETAL MONITORING AND STABLE REQUIRED OR OBTAINED WITHIN FIRST YEAR.