RN - Inpatient - Nursery and Postpartum Care

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RN - Inpatient - Nursery and Postpartum Care','200341','VM Birth Center Alliance w/CHI - Labor & Delivery','Washington-Seattle','Days','36 hours per week','36 hours per week','0700-1930','0700-1930','Monday-Sunday','Monday-Sunday','','','!*!Virginia Mason

is seeking experienced Special Care Nursery and Postpartum RNs for our new

state-of-the-art Birth Center, a joint venture between Virginia Mason and CHI

Franciscan, opening in the summer of 2020 on the Virginia Mason Seattle campus.

The 20,000

square-foot birth center will combine CHI Franciscan’s regional leadership in

personalized obstetric care with Virginia Mason’s focus on quality and

innovation. The Virginia Mason Birth Center will be located at the Floyd &

Delores Jones Pavilion at Virginia Mason. Located on Level 16, the new facility

will offer panoramic views of the city, the mountains and Puget Sound.

 

The new Birth

Center will include:

6 post- partum beds; 3 labor and delivery rooms; 2 bay

OB triage area with 1-2 ORs, and 5 Level II Nursery Beds; plus an option for patients

to access a labor tub, and have a water birth. This department will also

have a unique design that will allow for some Level II SCN neonates to be

cared for in the postpartum room with their parents. Family provided doulas will be welcome and unit will

accommodate presence of siblings.

In this

position you will be responsible for serving as the primary Registered Nurse

delivering care to women who are admitted to the Family Birth Center and their newborn

children.  This patient population may

include low-risk and high-risk pregnancies. 

Responsibilities

of the position include but are not limited to:

Cares for the post-surgical

patient.Provides care to the High-Risk

postpartum patient.Performs a systematic and

thorough physical assessment based upon knowledge of the normal and abnormal

physiology and pathophysiology of the neonate.Performs a systematic and

thorough assessment based upon knowledge of adaptation to extrauterine life.  Identifies the neonate at risk

for complications and provides appropriate care.Develops care plans and cares

for the normal term newborn and medically fragile neonate.Stabilizes and transports

critically ill neonates as part of an interdisciplinary team to a higher level

of care when appropriate ','!*!A

current and valid Washington State Registered Nurse License. For

the team opening this unit, we also require at least 1 years’ experience

working in a Special Care Nursery/NICU and Postpartum environment.Must

be willing to float between Special Care Nursery and Postpartum.Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

certification completion within 3 months of date of hire National Certification Corporation (NCC)

certification Mother/Baby Unit (MBU) or, National Certification Corporation (NCC)

certification high or low risk NICU preferredCPR

certification required every two years or as specified by the work.Education

- BSN or higher strongly preferred

Virginia Mason

offers a competitive salary and benefits package include relocation

assistance.  There is also the lifestyle

benefit that comes with finding yourself in the heart of the Pacific Northwest.

Surrounded by the vibrancy and sophistication of one of the most livable cities

in the country, finding the perfect urban or outdoor pursuit will instinctively

and pleasurably become second nature.  

 

We are an equal

opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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Company info

Virginia Mason Medical Center
Website : http://www.virginiamason.org