Job Information
Trinity Health Registered Nurse - Mother Baby in Silver Spring, Maryland
Employment Type:
Full time
Shift:
Description:
Job Title:
Mother Baby
Employment Type:
Full Time
Shift:
Nights
Position Highlights:
Competitive pay: Sign-onBonus eligible position (1 year of Mother Baby exp/1 year commitment)
Additional Benefits: Relocation assistance, tuition reimbursement, free parking
Quality of Life: Flexible work schedules
Advancement: Opportunities to advance through the Clinical Advancement Program
Location: Holy Cross Health has two hospitals and four healthcare centers all a short driving distance from Washington DC and Baltimore, MD
Description:
Full-Time 7pm – 7am
Reporting to the Director of Maternity Suites
Our Maternity Suites Nurses provide care to Mothers and infants after delivery in private recovery rooms, known as couplet care, to a diverse patient population. You will provide assessment, planning, interventions, evaluation, with a high emphasis on patient teaching on how to manage co-morbidities that impact healing though a Primary Nursing Care model.
Responsibilities:
Use your critical thinking and prioritization skills to adjust to changing patient statuses commonly found in the postpartum and neonatal period according to AWHONN and hospital standards.
Interface directly with Physicians for patient advocacy.
Assess, plan, intervene, and evaluate response to high risk maternal and neonatal complications.
Perform all newborn screening tests and standard lab work.
Provide hands-on Lactation support at the bedside
Patient teachings on basic/ high risk newborn and postpartum care.
Maintain appropriate patient care and infection control techniques for the mother-baby dyad.
What you will need:
Required:
1 year of hospital experience is acceptable in another specialty or 1 year of Mother Baby experience (bonus eligibility)
Current licensure by the Maryland State Board of Nursing or Compact State as a Registered Nurse.
BLS certification (American Heart Association); additional Life Support training as applicable to unit requirements.
Preferred:
- Graduation from an accredited nursing program; basic professional nursing degree (BSN or MSN) preferred. Note, if the basic professional degree is not present on hire, the employee must engage in a basic professional nursing degree program within twelve (12) months of hire
About us:
Holy Cross Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system that serves more than 240,000 individuals each year from Maryland's two largest counties — Montgomery and Prince George's counties. Holy Cross Health earns numerous national awards, clinical designations and accreditations across a wide range of specialties for providing innovative, high-quality health care services.
We were named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for 2022.
Holy Cross Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
EOE including disability/veteran