Registered Nurse RN - Women's Health

***I currently have a Full-time Day and Full-time Night NICU position open. Prior NICU experience strongly preferred***

 

At Women’s Health Services at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, we provide a wide variety of services for women—from adolescents to those who are post-menopause. 

The Women’s Pavilion at MedStar Franklin Square is home to the Birthplace at Franklin Square where more than 2,400 babies are born and cared for annually. The Birthplace offers 14 private birthing suites where mother and baby receive personal and professional care during labor and delivery. All rooms have state-of-the-art health monitoring equipment and special amenities.

We are raising the standard of care for infant and maternal health as the first hospital in Baltimore, and one of only two in the state of Maryland, to achieve the prestigious Baby-Friendly designation from Baby-Friendly USA. To receive this designation, we offer numerous mother-baby bonding programs that benefit the health of both mother and newborn. 

MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center received the 2017 Women’s Choice Award® for Obstetrics. MedStar Franklin Square earned this seal from their commitment to provide the best in obstetrics care, and meet the unique needs and preferences of their female patients. The scoring for America’s Best Hospitals for Obstetrics is unique as it is the only national list that is evidence-based supported by data reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Hospital Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) surveys. 

In addition, our facility has been recognized for reducing the number of non-medically indicated elective deliveries performed before 39 completed weeks of pregnancy. Babies delivered before full-term face an increased risk of serious health problems and death in their first year of life. As one of only seven hospitals in the Maryland region to meet the criteria, this recognition applauds our commitment to providing the best care for mothers and babies. 

Job Summary

Independently assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the nursing care of patients from admission through discharge. In collaboration with the patient and family, provides theory-based professional nursing care and coordinates care delivery with the physician and other members of the healthcare team.

Minimum Qualifications

Education/Training

Valid RN license in the State of Maryland.

 Experience

1 year RN experience.

 License/Certification/Registration

CPR certification.

 Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Demonstrated ability to precept. Demonstrated high level of clinical competence. Effective interpersonal skills, including verbal and written communication. Basic math skills. Basic computer skill preferred.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Communicates patient's clinical information clearly and accurately in verbal and written format. Clearly and accurately documents pertinent information in the patient's medical record. Consistently demonstrates effective documentation practices and develops strategies to ensure complete documentation of patient care.

Completes timely initial and ongoing patient assessments, considering the physiological, psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and developmental needs of patients and families. Serves as resource in planning evidence based care for complex patients. Based on assessment of physical, emotional, biophysical, and spiritual needs provides direct patient care and evaluates outcomes. Incorporates the principles of patient-centered care.

Contributes to optimal patient outcomes as coordinator of a unit-based health care team. Supervises the provision of nursing care to assigned patients. Consistently demonstrates effective leadership behavior. Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality. Facilitates collaboration among other health team members fostering effective communication with other disciplines. Introduced to precepting. Delegates appropriately to peers.

Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards and safety standards. Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations.

Demonstrates ability to do an evidenced based literature search and identify resources in the organization to explore evidence-based questions. Explores practice questions by doing an evidence-based literature search and can identify resources in the organization which assist the identification of valid data sources.

Evaluates the patient's response to treatment and progress toward identified goals and revises plan of care as appropriate. Monitors medical condition, intervenes using critical thinking, and reports patient changes to appropriate personnel. Initiates and monitors discharge planning activities in collaboration with other members of the health care team. Takes the lead in facilitating timely discharge. Learns how to critique care provided to improve patient satisfaction.

Fiscal Responsibility: Call staff off during low volume/census or participates in decision-making by supporting decisions to call off/cancel extra staff. Utilizes Square Shifts to proactively fill difficult shifts and decrease agency usage. Ensures ParX compliance.

Identifies health teaching needs of patients and families. Develops, implements, and evaluates a health teaching program to meet the identified needs. Effectively uses and adapts a variety of teaching resources in meeting he learning needs of patient/families.

In collaboration with the patient, family, and other members of the health care team, systematically develops, revises, and coordinates the patient's plan of care. Formulates nursing diagnosis as necessary. Assists others in developing, revising, and coordinating patient's plan of care. Identifies and prioritizes coordination of care.

In coordinating the delivery of patient care, delegates activities to unlicensed staff in accordance with MedStar/facility policies, principles of Patient-Centered Care, and the Maryland Nurse Practice Act. Supervises the performance of the delegated nursing task by the unlicensed staff. Assists staff in delegation/time management skills. Identifies ways to facilitate working relationships among all levels of staff.

Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment of caring for patients and families. Provides basic patient comfort measures. When necessary, provides environmental support to expedite timely patient admission or transfer. Identifies and acts upon opportunities to improve the environment of care. Provides for the emotional support of patients and families during the crisis of illness. Models patient/family advocacy. Proactively uses clinical skills to exercise safe patient care.

Must obtain 5 contact hours from a nationally approved provider within the past year.

Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department and hospital in community outreach efforts as required.

Participates in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams.

Performs other duties as assigned.