Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse (RN) - San Antonio, TX (please note we have L&D positions available at manh of our other facilities throughout Texas as well)

SHIFT :

• Full-Time Nights (rotating weekends) 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM
• Nights Shift Differentials: $8.00
• Weekend Shift diff: $4.30
• Sign-on Bonus up to 15,000 sign-on bonus (based on a minimum of 2 years of experie nce)
• 5,000 relocation assistance offered for qualifying candidates. based on location

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse (RN) II is the patient and patients family advocate. The RN consistently applies and utilizes the nursing process, critical thinking skills, scientific judgment, technical skills, and leadership to independently deliver safe nursing care to patients. The RN collaborates with the patient care team to achieve quality patient outcomes. Communicates and utilizes interpersonal skills effectively and role models confidence and professionalism within nursing by active engagement in unit and organizational activities. Demonstrates teamwork, and adaptability, and is a resource person to the patient care team.

The Registered Nurse (RN) is the patient and patient's family advocate.

The RN consistently applies and utilizes the nursing process, critical thinking skills, scientific judgment, technical skills, and leadership to independently deliver safe nursing care to patients.

The RN collaborates with the patient care team to achieve quality patient outcomes. Communicates and utilizes interpersonal skills effectively and role models confidence and professionalism within nursing by active engagement in unit and organizational activities. Demonstrates teamwork, and adaptability, and is a resource person to the patient care team.

Job Responsibilities

• Assessment: Conducts comprehensive, timely, and ongoing focused physical, psycho-social, and pain assessments; includes assessment of patient education needs.
• Planning: Utilizes the assessment, identifies problems, makes nursing diagnoses, and formulates goals, teaching plans, and outcomes to create an individualized plan of care. Identifies individual patient goals, and readiness to learn and incorporates family into the plan of care. Implementation: Prioritizes and implements a competent, prioritized and efficient nursing plan of care.
• Evaluation/Reassessment: Consistently conducts timely evaluation, anticipates and recognizes changes in patient conditions, determines when reassessments are needed, and adjusts the plan of care as necessary. Compares expected and achieved outcomes of nursing care utilizing the plan of care.

Qualifications

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited diploma, associate, or baccalaureate degree nursing program.

Licensure/Certification/Registration :

• RN License to practice as a professional registered nursing in the state of Texas or Compact License
• BLS Certification required
• ACLS Certification required

Experience/ Skills:

• Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience as a licensed RN
• Minimum of 1.5 years of clinical experience in the Labor and Delivery unit in an acute care setting