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UT Southwestern Medical Center

Academic medical center and health system

Registered Nurse Critical Care Labor and Delivery

Nursing & Frontline Patient CarePosted on Nov 11
Full-timeDallas, TX, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Graduate of an approved/accredited nursing program approved by a governmental authority, nursing board, or licensing authority with jurisdiction over nursing-program approval or accreditation.
  • Have 1 year of registered nurse experience in a high-risk Labor and Delivery department.
  • Obtain Nursing Licensure Compact registration upon hire.
  • Have Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.
  • Have Basic Life Support certification.
  • Have Neonatal Resuscitation certification for Labor and Delivery upon hire.
  • Have AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring certification.

Responsibilities

  • Perform and accurately document physical, psychosocial, and emotional assessments, taking age-specific criteria for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults into consideration.
  • Anticipate patient and family needs and expectations and use assessment findings to develop an appropriate plan of care; apply critical thinking to plan and prioritize nursing care; maintain and use competencies according to unit expectations.
  • Identify and implement appropriate nursing interventions based on completed assessments and document interventions accurately and promptly; coordinate the interdisciplinary plan of care, confer collaboratively with the healthcare team, and share patient and family information and observations to advocate for optimal care.
  • Prioritize nursing interventions based on assessments, promptly identify changes in condition using nursing assessments, laboratory results, and imaging, report changes, take appropriate follow-up action, involve patients in their care plans, and keep patients and families informed.
  • Evaluate implemented interventions, modify care based on evaluation, and accurately and promptly document interventions and care-plan modifications.
  • Follow hospital and Department of Nursing policies, procedures, clinical pathways, and accepted nursing standards; incorporate American Nurses Association standards, current literature, and research into safe, quality care; practice using the Relationship Based Care professional practice model and PACE care delivery system.
  • Answer patient and family questions and provide education in a timely manner; document education, including discharge planning; assess understanding and obtain feedback; adapt communication to individual patient needs and learning preferences.
  • Welcome and orient patients and their families or caregivers to the unit, encourage participation in care, review the personalized care plan each shift, update whiteboards, set daily goals with patient input, explain diets, tests, procedures, and medications in understandable language, and make hourly patient rounds while communicating when returning.
  • Directly interact with or care for patients; duties may also include interaction with human-subjects research participants or maintaining, modifying, releasing, or otherwise affecting patient or human-subjects research records.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • Have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
  • Have 3–5 years of registered nurse experience in a high-risk Labor and Delivery department.

About the Company

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Academic medical center and health system

UT Southwestern Medical Center is an academic medical center in Dallas, Texas, integrating patient care, biomedical research, and medical education. It operates a main campus and regional medical centers alongside four schools, including a medical school and graduate programs in health professions and public health. What sets UT Southwestern apart is research output ranked No. 1 worldwide by the Nature Index, backed by Nobel laureates on faculty. The goal is to advance medical discovery into better treatments and compassionate patient care.

Company size
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Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$18M
Headquarters
Dallas, TX
Founded
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