Perinatal Safety Nurse, Obstetrical Svcs at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, California

Job Description:

Department: Labor & Delivery

When you join Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, CA, you are aligning yourself with an organization whose values drive our philosophy of care. Our focus on delivering quality, service, and cutting edge care, enables Huntington Hospital to be an organization committed to patient outcomes-not the bottom line. More importantly, it empowers you to enact change and deliver the results that continuously improve our ability to provide our community with care.
The Perinatal Safety Nurse (PSN) is an advanced practice nurse, responsible for perinatal patient safety, producing optimal practice outcomes, promoting safety and quality patient care, implementation/monitoring of perinatal safety initiatives and core measures. The PSN facilitates adherence to national physician and nursing perinatal clinical standards. Provides formal and informal perinatal safety education, facilitates goal setting and ensures data collection is complete. The PSN facilitates interprofessional collaboration in improving patient outcomes. Actively participates in departmental safety decisions, OB safety committee meetings, OB Medical staff meetings and related committees. Proactive partnering with Risk Management regarding perinatal safety issues identified, adverse events, and perinatal safety initiatives. The role of the PSN, Perinatal Services will have a primary focus on activities in the OB ED/Triage, Antepartum, High Risk, Labor and Delivery and Post Partum/Maternity. This position may require flexibility of hours. Education: Masters Degree in Nursing. Diploma or transcripts on highest degree earned required. Experience/Training: A minimum of seven years of work experience as a Registered Nurse in Labor & Delivery, required. Licenses/Certifications: Current active unrestricted RN license issued by State of California required. Current American Heart Association BLS and ACLS provider required. Current American Academy of Pediatrics Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP), required. Skills: Advanced Fetal Heart Monitoring Certification and AWHONN Fetal Heart Monitoring Instructor, required within 12 months of higher. ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITIES For Perinatal PSN: 1) Clinical Judgment a. Demonstrates in-depth knowledge base and expertise in assessment and clinical skills by: a Directing clinical nursing practice in Antepartum, Intrapartum and Postpartum areas. a Implements evidence-based or abest practicea guidelines for specific patient population a Provides consultation with nursing staff on complex patient issues 2) Facilitator of Learning a. Coordination and assessment of educational development and clinical competency of the nursing and medical staff a Ensuring continued competency through educational programs for the newly hired, newly transferred and experienced nursing staff 3) Collaboration a. Develops and oversees implementation of departmental specific Policies & Procedures and Power Plans in partnership with nursing leadership, Medical Directors and interprofessional team stakeholders. b. Assists in identifying performance and outcomes measures by collecting, reviewing and analyzing data. After completion of the data collection, implementing changes related to patient care. c. Partners with Nursing Research on all research activities related to the Perinatal population.
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