RN-Womens Svcs

Company: Wythe County Community Hospital
Location: Speedwell
Posted on: April 26, 2025

Job Description:

RN-Womens Svcs at Wythe County Community Hospital summary:
The RN-Women's Services provides direct patient care to obstetrical, gynecological, and newborn patients, utilizing the nursing process in line with professional standards. This role involves assessing critical conditions, admitting patients, inducing labor, managing deliveries, and educating families on newborn care. The position demands critical thinking, decisive judgment, and the ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision.
Description:
Provides direct patient care to patients using the nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice. Provides care for patients with various types of obstetrical, gynecological and/or newborn situations. He/she must be able to recognize, triage, assess and effectively treat life-threatening conditions of the obstetrical patient and transfer that patient to a higher level of care if indicated. He/she must be able to effectively admit an obstetrical patient to labor and/or induce the patient and deliver and care for the patient and the newborn after delivery. He/she must be able to effectively admit a gynecological patient with the possibility of preparation of surgery of that patient as well as care for the patient post operatively. He/she must be able to assess a newborn, recognize anomalies, transfer a newborn to a higher level of care if indicated, and educate the mother and family unit of newborn care.
Reports to: Director of the Women's CenterQualifications:
Required Skills
Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
Required License/Certification
Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days from hire
Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP) within 6 months of hire date
Fetal Monitoring within 6 months of hire date
ACLS within 6 months of hire date
Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of VA or eligibility to sit for the NCLEX exam, or Compact licensure as a Registered Nurse which includes the Commonwealth of VA, and in good standing with the Board.
Minimum Education
At least one year of previous experience in a Labor and Delivery, Nursery, Post Partum or GYN Department as an RN is strongly preferred.

Keywords:
Registered Nurse, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Newborn Care, Patient Care, Labor and Delivery, Critical Thinking, Healthcare, Women's Health, Nursing

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