Registered Nurse

Summary

Join the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) as a Neonatal Escalation Safety Telemetry (NEST) Registered Nurse! This 24/7 remote position involves monitoring fetal tracings for obstetric patients across UMMS hospitals. Collaborate with bedside teams to identify and escalate concerning tracings, utilizing electronic medical records and evidence-based practices. As a clinical and professional leader, you will mentor others, advance clinical practice, and contribute to patient-centered care. Lead unit governance initiatives, participate in performance improvement, and ensure patient safety. This role requires a BSN, Maryland RN licensure, Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification, and 5+ years of labor and delivery experience.

Requirements

• BSN Required
• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Maryland, or eligible to practice due to Compact state agreements outlined through the MD Board of Nursing is required
• Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification is required
• Minimum of 5 years labor and delivery experience is required
• Demonstrated ability to assume a clinical leadership role. Demonstrated effectiveness as a multidisciplinary team member
• Demonstrated ability to use computer systems in order to manage patient information
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the patient population(s) served. Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s requirements relative to his or her population-specific and age specific needs
• Demonstrated/documented highly effective interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills
• Weekend, shift work, holiday, on-call, and overtime may be required
• Work requires constantly sitting or standing at a workstation and repetitive work with both hands
• Takes action to correct observed risks to patient safety
• Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management authority
• Implements policies, procedure, and standards consistently in the performance of assigned duties
• Develops effective working relationships and maintains good communication with other team members
• Identifies possible risks in processes, procedures, devices and communicates the same to those in charge

Responsibilities

• Monitors tracing for fetal physiological parameter abnormalities. Assesses individual fetal monitoring tracings and documentation of interventions done by the care team when abnormalities are identified by the NEST nurses
• Notifies the primary registered nurse or charge nurse of concerning electronic fetal heart rate and uterine activity tracing findings, poor-quality signal, etc. Follows the established chain of command for escalation of concerning fetal tracings
• Utilizes Electronic Medical Records to validate findings from remote fetal monitoring station
• Serves as a professional resource for L&D nurses; mentors others to achieve and grow in the role of the professional nurse. Communicate in an efficient and effective manner with all members of the care team
• Advances evidence-based clinical practice within the NEST; consistently integrates evidence into practice and uses this as a firm foundation for the NEST
• Utilizes clinical expertise to teach other nurses. Role models Patient-Centered Care and mentors others in their growth
• Serves as preceptor, coach, and mentor to new nurses and students. Contributes to ancillary personnel skills and development, attends educational offerings and in-services independently
• Contributes to the development of unit-based peer review processes; actively participates in individual peer review feedback
• Actively engages in advancing own practice. Mentors and coaches others to achieve/maintain competency required for the patient population served
• Lead unit processes for the development of ancillary personnel’s skills and development
• Leads unit-based Professional Development governance activities; participates actively in divisional and organizational efforts
• Coordinates unit-level education appropriate for the patient population
• Oversees program-based competency validation processes
• Oversees unit orientation program
• Provides health-related contributions through community services, such as health fairs
• Models customer service behaviors and service recovery skills
• Leads efforts to address unit-based Nursing Sensitive Quality Indicators (NSQI) improvement opportunities; develops/implements and evaluates action plans
• Leads unit-based performance improvement initiatives by designing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating results
• Monitors patient safety standards; actively contributes to the development and implementation of improvement plans
• Participates in some or all elements of research
• Identifies and integrates “Best practices” for communication
• Trends quality data on a consistent basis and leads efforts to address deficiencies
• Oversees Joint Commission and other regulatory site visits (mock and actual); helps prepare unit and staff on an ongoing basis
• Performs charge role as scheduled; mentors new charge nurses. Assists with orientation of newly hired RNs and supporting those newly off orientation
• Serves as a liaison for L&D units
• Roles models and holds peers accountable for maintaining AACN guidelines for Healthy Work Environment (communication, collaboration, effective decision-making, recognition, leadership, staffing)
• Leads unit-based governance initiatives
• Leads unit-based efforts addressing elements of Healthy Work Environment
• Leads unit-based Reward and Recognition activities
• Leads unit-based operations efforts, such as equipment maintenance, scheduling, supply utilization monitoring etc
• Leads unit-based peer review processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Current and active specialty certification
• Current matriculation or completion of a degree or certificate program (Post Baccalaureate or higher, 12 credits or greater) within past 24 months
• Formal teaching within past 24 months (portfolios including “Formal Teaching” require a signed “Approval for Formal Teaching” document)
• Member of a professional association board or committee within past 24 months (not a hospital committee)
• Actively participates as a peer reviewer for a professional journal (minimum of 2/year, portfolios including “Peer Reviewer” require a signed “Peer Reviewer Validation Form”)
• Maintenance of 20 continuing education hours /24 months.*

Benefits

• Pay Range: $39.00 - $53.81 hourly
• Shift Differentials
• Sign-on Bonus