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Posted 6 days ago
Registered Nurse (RN) - LDRP
Samaritan Health Services
π Dallas
Job description
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<div><span><strong>JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE</strong></span></div>
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<div><span>The Registered Nurse (RN) is accountable for utilizing the nursing process to provide safe, age-appropriate, direct and indirect patient care, while practicing within the scope of practice of the Oregon State Board of Nursing.</span></div>
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<div><span><strong>DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION</strong></span></div>
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<div><span>The LDRP team offers labor, delivery and recovery including post partum and newborn care by a highly trained team of nurses and medical staff in a family centered caring and medically safe environment. All sites are trained in GYN surgical care.</span></div>
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<div><span><strong>EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS</strong></span></div>
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<div><span>Current unencumbered Oregon RN license required.</span></div>
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<div><span>Healthcare Provider Level BLS required upon hire.</span></div>
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<div><span><strong>NLH LDRP:</strong></span></div>
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<div><span>ACLS required within 90 days of hire.</span></div>
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<div><span>NRP and STABLE required within six (6) months of hire.</span></div>
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<div><span><strong>NLH Labor and Delivery:</strong></span></div>
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<div><span>Basic Fetal Monitoring skills required.</span></div>
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<div><span>Previous experience in Labor and Delivery preferred. Will train qualified RN with Perinatal experience.</span></div>
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<div><span><strong>NLH Postpartum Gynecological Unit:</strong></span></div>
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<div><span>Previous Perinatal nursing experience preferred.</span></div>
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<div><span><strong>NLH Nursery:</strong></span></div>
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<div><span>Experience in stabilization of the newborn preferred.</span></div>
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<div><span>One (1) year experience as general duty nurse with emphasis on adult and/or pediatric nursing preferred.</span></div>
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<div><span>Previous experience in stabilization of the high risk neonate preferred.</span></div>
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<div><span><strong>KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES</strong></span></div>
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<div><span>Social Perceptiveness: Ability to work with a diverse population from pediatrics to geriatrics. Basic understanding of age-related differences in caring for and/or communicating with patients and caregivers. Possess personal sensitivity to the needs and experiences of others and a non-judgmental attitude towards persons of differing standards, values, lifestyles, and ages.</span></div>
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<div><span>Adaptability/Flexibility: Ability to respond quickly and appropriately to situations that may arise with high risk or diverse patient populations. Ability to adjust actions in relation to others and adapt to offer best possible care to patients.</span></div>
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<div><span>Time Management: Ability to organize, plan and prioritize work to complete within required time frames and to follow-up on pending issues. Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously and thrive in dynamic fast-paced environments and under pressure.</span></div>
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<div><span>Communication: Effective written and oral communication skills to explain complex issues, exchange information between team members, and tactfully discuss issues.</span></div>
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<div><span><strong>NLH LDRP All: </strong>Ability to function effectively in crisis situations. Possess critical, independent thinking skills. Basic knowledge of lactation.</span></div>
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<div><span><strong>NLH LDRP - Labor and Delivery: </strong>Knowledge of the physical and psychological changes of pregnancy, birth and the immediate postpartum period for the mother and her neonate. Ability to initiate appropriate interventions in caring for the family during the immediate newborn period, accepts responsibility for actions. Possess assessment skills specific to the high risk pregnancy. Ability to initiate an intravenous line. Basic knowledge of pharmacodynamics of anesthesia and analgesia.</span></div>
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<div><span><strong>NLH LDRP - Nursery:</strong> Knowledge of the physical and psychological changes of the neonate immediately after birth, and during the newborn period. Ability to initiate appropriate interventions in caring for the family during the immediate newborn period. Possess assessment skills specific to the high risk neonate.</span></div>
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<div><span><strong>NLH LDRP - Postpartum Gynecological Unit:</strong> Knowledge of the physical and psychological changes of pregnancy, birth and the immediate postpartum period for the mother and her neonate. Ability to initiate appropriate interventions in caring for the family after delivery. Knowledge of the physical and psychological changes of the Gynecologic patient. Ability to initiate appropriate interventions in caring for the surgical patient.</span></div>
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<div><span><strong>PHYSICAL DEMANDS</strong></span></div>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 8.5pt">Rarely</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: 8.5pt">(1 - 10% of the time)</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 8.5pt">Occasionally</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: 8.5pt">(11 - 33% of the time)</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 8.5pt">Frequently</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: 8.5pt">(34 - 66% of the time)</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: 8.5pt">Continually</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: 8.5pt">(67 β 100% of the time)</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana">CLIMB - STAIRS </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">LIFT </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">(Floor to Waist: 0"-36") 40 - 60 Lbs</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">LIFT </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">(Waist to Eye: up to 54") 20 β 40 Lbs</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">SQUAT </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">Static (hold >30 sec)</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">KNEEL </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">(on knees)</span></span></p>
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<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana">SIT </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">LIFT </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">(Floor to Waist: 0"-36") 20 - 40 Lbs</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">LIFT </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">(Knee to chest: 24"-54") 0 - 20 Lbs</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">LIFT </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">(Waist to Eye: up to 54") 0 - 20 Lbs</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">LIFT </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">(Overhead: 54" and above) 0 - 20 Lbs</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">CARRY </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">1-handed, 0 - 20 pounds</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">CARRY </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2-handed, 20 - 40 pounds</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">SQUAT </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">Repetitive</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">ROTATE TRUNK </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">Sitting</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">REACH </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">β Upward</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">PULL </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">(20-40 pounds force)</span></span></p>
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<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">WALK - LEVEL SURFACE</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">LIFT </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">(Floor to Waist: 0"-36") 0 - 20 Lbs</span>Β </span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana">CARRY </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana">2-handed, 0 - 20 pounds </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">ROTATE TRUNK </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">Standing</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">MANUAL DEXTERITY </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">Hands/wrists</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">FINGER DEXTERITY</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">PINCH </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">Fingers</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">PULL </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">(0-20 pounds force)</span></span></p>
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<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana">STAND</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8pt">BEND FORWARD </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">at waist</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8pt">REACH - Forward</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8pt">GRASP Hand/Fist</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8pt">PUSH (0-20 pounds force)</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8pt">PUSH (20-40 pounds force)</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8pt">PUSH (40-60 pounds force)</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8pt">PUSH (60 or more pounds force)</span></span></span></p>
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