Job Summary:
The Registered Nurse is responsible for independently utilizing the nursing process to safely, therapeutically and efficiently care for mother and baby based on HMNH’s policies, procedures and all regulatory requirements
Licensure and Certification:
1. Current California RN license
2. Current BLS provider card
3. Current NRP provider card
4. STABLE class preferred
Education:
5. Associate’s degree in Nursing (ASN) required
6. Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) strongly preferred
Experience:
7. Minimum 2 years recent mother baby experience
8. National certification preferred.
Knowledge and Skills:
9. Knowledge of Baby friendly initiatives with supporting education documentation
10. Strong verbal and written communication skills
11. Strong organizational skills
12. Critical thinking skills
13. Problem solving skills
14. Basic computer skills Self-directed and able to function independently
Physical Demands – Patient Care:
·Continuous standing/walking and occasional/intermittent sitting.
·Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle/operate medical equipment/devices.
·Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead.
·Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing.
·Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds between bed, chair, and gurney.
·Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
·Occasional/intermittent pushing of gurneys, wheelchairs, bed and other medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces.
·Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens; hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.
Key for Physical Demands
Continuous
66 to 100% of the time
Frequent
33 to 65% of the time
Occasional
0 to 32% of the time