Registered Nurse - Birthing Unit/Maternal And Newborn Unit (2023-5363)

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:

• Alternate shifts with an equivalently skilled Birthing Unit nurse and provides care to women in labour and their families
• 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.
• Provides bereavement counselling as required
• Ability to scrub and circulate for caesarean sections
• Conducts patient assessment, intervention, education, patient advocacy & discharge planning

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

Qualifications/Skills

• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication & interpersonal skills are essential.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Breastfeeding skills course certificate required
• Recent, related obstetric RN experience in Tertiary care setting required
• Recent, related maternal & newborn experience
• NRP required
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with members of the interprofessional team
• Must have experience with fetal monitoring & have ability to scrub & circulate for caesarean section & conduct vaginal exams
• Excellent organizational skills
• Current CNO Registration in good standing required.
• Must have CPR Certification.
• Demonstrated commitment to evidence based practice
• Demonstrated team player with the proven ability to set priorities of care
• Demonstrated positive approach to change