Registered Nurse - Birthing Unit - Regular part-time (2024-7929)

Summary of Duties

The RN is responsible for maternal & newborn care during the post-partum period as well as care for women and their families during labour and delivery. The main functions of the RN of the unit include, but are not limited to:

• Conducts patient assessment, intervention, education, patient advocacy & discharge planning

• Provides bereavement counselling as required

• Alternate shifts with an equivalently skilled Birthing Unit nurse and provides care to women in labour and their families

• Ability to scrub and circulate for caesarean sections

• Collaborates with other members of the health care team in those activities which facilitate the operation of the unit and in providing excellent patient/family-centred health care.

• Supports the philosophy of family centred maternity care & the Mission, Vision & Values of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

Qualifications/Skills

• Current CNO Registration in good standing required.

• Recent, related obstetric RN experience in Tertiary care setting required

• Recent, related maternal & newborn experience

• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication & interpersonal skills are essential.

• Excellent organizational skills

• Demonstrated team player with the proven ability to set priorities of care

• Demonstrated commitment to evidence based practice

• Breastfeeding skills course certificate required

• Must have CPR Certification.

• NRP required

• Must have experience with fetal monitoring & have ability to scrub & circulate for caesarean section & conduct vaginal exams

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with members of the interprofessional team

• Demonstrated positive approach to change

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Demonstrated knowledge of person centred care approaches and principles