Job Description

Job Location Watford City, ND 58854 Position Type Full Time Education Level None Job Shift Any

Registered Nurse- Obstetrics/Family Birthing Center

Here at McKenzie Health our patients and their families are our number one priority. We take pride in providing a prominent level of care to the community and surrounding areas. This position needs someone with a pleasing personality and customer service attitude. If you are someone who loves interacting with people, putting them at ease and helping others, this position may be for you.

What we have to offer:

• Lifestyle: Opportunity to live in a caring and welcoming community.

• Activities: Only hours away from Mount Rushmore and the Canadian border

• Educational Opportunities: We offer tuition aid and reimbursement. We encourage our employees to grow and will help you to flourish within our hospital.

• Culture: McKenzie Health is growing by the day. We offer different specialties, OB, Peds, Assisted Living and Long-Term Care and value the AIDET program.

What you will do:

• Provides general nursing care to patients during labor and delivery and to the mother/baby couplet by performing the following duties.

Qualifications

Responsibilities:

• Provides direct patient care and watches the patient's response to labor, delivery and postpartum phases of pregnancy, aiding and education in breastfeeding as needed.
• Ability to read/interpret Fetal monitor strips and respond appropriately.
• Provides outpatient care: iron infusions, NST’s, assessment of labor, circumcisions, bilirubin checks.
• Promotes wellness for patients during all phases of labor and postpartum through continuous education.
• Provides education and support.
• Documents all events and education.
• Communicates patient's condition to the physician and the nursing supervisor.
• Helps other OB staff in keeping skills and learning new procedures and equipment.
• Provide care of mother / baby couplet.
• Aid mother with breastfeeding.
• Helps physicians with procedures.
• Helps nurse manager as asked.
• Respectful interactions with patients, physicians, visitors, and co-workers. Continually strives to set up and keep good rapport and working relationships to foster positive intra- and interdepartmental communications.
• Follows department policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Adheres to hospital Safety guidelines.
• Cares for post-surgical hysterectomies
• Helps with emergencies in other nursing units when possible.
• Will work rotating shifts based on the needs of the department. (12-hour shift) every third weekend.
• Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe environment for all patients in the OB unit.
• Clerical duties as needed in the department.
• Maintains inventory and requisitions supplies as needed.
• Monitors equipment for proper functioning; arranges for repairs, as necessary.
• Attends at least 50% of OB staff meetings and reads minutes of all meetings. Attends in-services as asked.
• Helps in Performance Improvement projects and data collection.
• Will float to another department to help when needed.

What you will need:

• Minimum of an associate degree (ADN) from an accredited nursing program.
• Minimum of one year around specialty or acute care preferred or adequate orientation.
• Maintain current, active license as a Registered Nurse in the State of North Dakota
• Maintain current BLS certification. If not already certified, must complete the certification within 30 days of hire.
• Maintain current ACLS certification. If not already certified, must complete the certification within 60 days of hire.
• Maintain current Neonatal Resuscitation certification. If not already certified, must complete the certification at the next available training date.
• AWHONN and STABLE when available.