Registered Nurse

Facility

Cape Fear Valley Medical Center

Location

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Department

Family Centered Care

Job Family

Nursing

Work Shift

Nights (United States of America)

Summary

Plans and implements professional nursing care for patients in accordance with hospital policies. Assumes charge nurse responsibilities as assigned.

Major Job Functions

The following is a summary of the major essential functions of this job.  The incumbent may perform other duties, both major and minor, that are not mentioned below.  In addition, specific functions may change from time to time:

• Assesses the patient and identifies patient care needs
• Uses patient assessment information to organize appropriate patient care
• Plans, organizes, implements, and evaluates patient care
• Facilitates a safe environment
• Maintains required competencies
• Functions as charge nurse as assigned
• Maintains an accurate and relevant record of patient care
• Administers medication as ordered by physician
• Recognizes life threatening situations and responds appropriately
• Establishes collaborative interdisciplinary relationships with other Health System staff and medical staff
• Monitors the quality of care based on pre-established outcome-oriented indicators
• Actively participates in cost containment and assists in accurate charging for patient services
• Adjusts care based upon age-specific physiological and psychosocial needs of patients
• Supports patients in the practice of their cultural and spiritual beliefs within limits of medical regimen
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

The following qualifications, or equivalents, are the minimum requirements necessary to perform the essential functions of this job:

Education and Formal Training: 

• Associates Degree in Nursing or equivalent required
• Bachelors Degree in Nursing preferred
• Current licensure in North Carolina as a Registered Nurse or Compact state licensure

Unit Description:

• The Family Center Care Unit (The Women’s Pavilion) consists of 48 post-partum, antepartum, and simple gyn surgical private rooms.  
• The average monthly deliveries are 400.
• Patient Ratio 1:4
• The Women’s Pavilion provides care to newly delivered patients, antepartum patients, and simple gyn surgical patients. 
• The care foci are management of the low to high risk vaginally delivered or cesarean sectioned postpartum patients.
• The unit also provides care for the antepartum (undelivered) patient as well. The Women’s Pavilion helps pregnant women who need specialized care for themselves and/or their unborn babies.
• Our goal is to help women have healthy pregnancies, births, and babies.  Care for the simple GYN surgical patients centers on providing safe, efficient, and compassionate perioperative and postoperative management
• New Graduate Nurses are accepted and welcome!

Work Experience: 

• 1-2 years of related clinical experience preferred
• Our goal is to help women have healthy pregnancies, births, and babies.  Care for the simple GYN surgical patients centers on providing safe, efficient, and compassionate perioperative and postoperative management. 
• Maternal/Newborn assessment
• Breastfeeding support

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required: 

• Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking the English language
• Demonstrates positive interpersonal skills 
• Verbal and written skills required 
• Demonstrates effective organizational and leadership skills
• Has knowledge of the age-specific physiological and psychosocial, developmental and spiritual needs of the patients typically served

Physical Requirements: 

• Speech and auditory acuity for communication of patient needs 
• Visual acuity for observation of patients 
• Much standing, walking, bending, and lifting 
• May involve skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious material
• Must be able to lift 35 pounds

Required Licenses and Certifications

BLS - American Heart Association, RN - Board Of Nursing

Cape Fear Valley Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity