Graduate Nurse - Mother Baby Full Time Nights Job Listing at Mercy in Springfield, MO (Job ID 970631)

Description

Incentives:

• Relocation Assistance up to $3,000 per policy
• Up to $20,000 Sign On based on experience.
• Stay Premium Program- up to $8/hour based on years of Mercy service
• Education Assistance
  
  • Up to $20,000 Loan Forgiveness for new grad nurses
  • Tuition Reimbursement $2,000 per year
• Day-One comprehensive medical, dental & vision insurance
• Employer-Matched Retirement Funds
• Shift Differentials

OVERVIEW INFO FOR 5A MOTHER BABY 

The Mother-Baby Unit is a 50-bed unit, all privates located on the 5th floor of Mercy Hospital.  The Mother-Baby unit serves mothers and their stable newborns, late preterm to term using a specially trained health-care team, as well as stable antepartum patients needing short to long term hospitalization. The major admitting diagnosis' include postpartum mothers experiencing vaginal deliveries and postoperative cesarean sections and their newborns, as well as pregnancy diagnoses' such as PIH, PROM, Gestational diabetes, and Placenta Previa.  The service is provided 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.  The Mother-Baby Unit is a specialized area of expertise that require astute assessment skills, development of critical thinking while understanding the implications of growth and development on physiologic and patho-physiologic process.  All staff work 12-hour shifts, 0630 to 1900 and 1830 to 0700, which includes alternating weekend shifts and holiday shifts. 

Overview:

Performs direct patient care activities for all age groups to include assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Monitors and coordinates patient care activities with ancillary departments to optimize patient care and comfort. Functions within the scope of nursing preparation and consistent with the established guidelines of nursing practice, the Missouri Nurse Practice Act, Mercy Code of Conduct, Mercy Mission and Values and Mercy Service Standards.

Qualifications:

• Education: Graduate of an accredited registered professional nursing program
• Licensure: Is personally responsible for obtaining, and maintaining, a current RN license within the hiring state and/or compact licensure in which nursing duties are performed and must meet all state board of nursing requirements.
• Physical requirements/demands:
• Position requires individuals to push, pull, and/or lift 50 pounds on a regular basis
• Position requires prolonged standing and walking each shift
• Position requires the ability to grip, reach, bend, kneel, twist, and squat to perform duties
• Certifications:
• Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association or successful completion of course within 30 days of hire.