Experienced Professional Staff Nurse Mom-Baby Unit

UPMC Hamot’s Women’s Hospital is hiring a Newborn Assessment Nurse to join our Mom-Baby Unit.

The Mother-Baby Unit is a Level III nursery with 24 beds, offering family-centered couplet care. Our skilled nurses provide a wide range of maternal and infant care, including blood administration, IV medications, lactation support, and patient education. We prioritize trust, assess individual patient needs, and ensure a safe transition to parenthood and home.

Minimum of 3 years of inpatient nursing experience in the Maternal Child Health field required.

Title and salary will be determined based on education and experience.

Purpose

The Professional Staff Nurse (Registered Nurse) is a key member of the care delivery team. This role establishes care standards, assumes responsibility and accountability for nursing care, and manages patient care activities. The Professional Staff Nurse demonstrates leadership, collaboration, and supervision while working closely with physicians, healthcare providers, patients, and families to achieve desired outcomes. This role reflects a commitment to the community and the nursing profession.

Core Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains productive internal and external relationships, demonstrating accountability, enthusiasm, motivation, and commitment to patients and colleagues.

• Demonstrates understanding of cultural differences and holds peers accountable for maintaining healthy professional relationships.

• Maintains work-life balance while modeling safe work hours, effective time management, and a healthy lifestyle; communicates safety hazards to peers and leadership.

• Demonstrates knowledge of adult learning principles and applies them when educating patients, families, students, and new staff.

• Provides thorough patient and family education throughout care episodes and transitions.

• Supports the development of students, new staff, and colleagues; may serve as a preceptor.

• Promotes an environment of open dialogue, inquiry, and continuous professional growth by seeking feedback and improving practice.

• Applies the nursing process within a Relationship-Based Care model to foster a healing environment.

• Develops daily goals and individualized care plans in partnership with patients, addressing holistic needs.

• Demonstrates critical thinking to identify clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual concerns.

• Communicates patient conditions clearly to the interdisciplinary team and recommends appropriate care plan adjustments.

• Ensures accurate, comprehensive documentation to support continuity of care.

• Incorporates national and organizational goals to enhance patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.

• Builds compassionate, healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.

• Demonstrates accountability for professional development and actively participates in shared governance and unit-based initiatives.

• Serves as an engaged care team member, responding to team needs with flexibility and collaboration.

• Participates in quality improvement efforts and identifies opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction and outcomes.

• Utilizes research and evidence-based practice to support and improve clinical care.

Newborn Assessment Responsibilities

• Performs initial and ongoing newborn assessments in accordance with hospital policy.

• Obtains newborn vital signs every 30 minutes for the first two hours post-delivery.

• Reviews newborn medications with caregiver(s) and administers medications per policy.

• Applies newborn identification bands, security sensor tags, and PPID thermal bands.

• Initiates the first feeding and provides breastfeeding support as needed.

• Obtains admission weight and newborn measurements.

• Completes newborn security photographs and footprints using CertaScan per policy.

• Communicates newborn assessment findings promptly with the interdisciplinary care team.

• Performs duties in accordance with system-wide competencies and behaviors.

• Performs other duties as assigned.