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Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery

Howard University Hospital • Full-time • Washington, DC, US • 1w ago

With over 150 years of caring for our community and each other in the Washington DC area, Howard University Hospital has a world-renowned reputation for high-quality, patient-centric care. Howard University Hospital is the nation’s only teaching hospital located on the campus of a Historically Black University and has created a superior learning environment, with groundbreaking research and positive patient outcomes.

Howard University Hospital seeks to hire a Clinical Registered Nurse in Labor & Delivery who will embrace our rich and historic tradition of excellence. If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference.

This full-time position consists of three 12-hour shifts, rotating every other weekend. Differentials and Premiums apply.

The Labor & Delivery Clinical Nurse:

Collaborates with patient/family and health care team to determine health goals and interventions and to revise plans of care as needed
Maintains awareness of the unit’s periodic statistics regarding core measures, nursing quality indicators, and customer satisfaction measures, and actively participates in activities/behaviors that progressively improve the statistics
Provides nursing care consistent with the nursing practice standards, policies, and procedures established by the unit, department, division, and institution, professional ethics and standards, and legal requirements
Serves in the rotational role of charge nurse upon completion of the 6 month orientation period, and with approval by the nurse manager
Participates in unit performance improvement programs through ongoing design, assessment and measurement, and performance improvement activities
Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements
Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families
Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions
Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by the Nurse Practice Act of the District of Columbia, and other governing agency regulations
Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations
Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results
Demonstrates competency in clinical skills, bedside manner, infection control, physiological knowledge, administering medication, medical teamwork, multi-tasking, listening, verbal communication, health promotion, and maintenance

Qualified candidates will possess:

Associate's Degree in Nursing Required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the District of Columbia
American Heart Association Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support are required.
Antepartum Testing Center- Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Certification is required, Advanced Fetal Monitoring Certification is preferred.
At least 12 months of acute care/ hospital experience as an RN in any specialty is required.
NRP Certification required

At Howard University Hospital our job is to care for you. We do this by offering:

Work-life balance
Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
Competitive, comprehensive benefit plans offered (including health, disability, vacation, sick leave, and 403B retirement plan)
HRSA Loan Forgiveness is available

COVID-19 Vaccination:

Howard University Hospital requires all external applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. External Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination and, if offered, may elect to be vaccinated at a designated Howard University Hospital location.

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