Experienced Registered Nurse - Mother Baby Unit at Lake Mary Hospital - Orlando Health

Location: Lake Mary Hospital - Women's Institute

Status: Variable Full-Time / 3 x 12 hr shift a week 

Schedule: Night Shift / 7:00P - 7:00A

Title: Registered Nurse, Acute Care (Mother Baby Unit)

Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital, opening in January 2025, is where advanced medical care meets compassionate service. Housed in a six-story building, our state-of-the-art facility features 180 beds with the ability to expand up to 240 beds. We are designed to provide comprehensive healthcare solutions, from emergency services and surgical care to specialized treatments.

The mother and baby department at Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital (OHLMH), as part of the Orlando Health Women’s Institute, delivers the highest quality comprehensive care to mothers and their newborns during the postpartum period. Families receive compassionate care, in a breastfeeding friendly environment using a multi-disciplined collaboration of professional caregivers. We will use the best demonstrated care practices, current technology, and environmental design to enable our patients to achieve healthy outcomes. OHLMH mother baby team provides sensitive, flexible health care which respects the developmental, psychological, emotional, and social needs of our patients and families. We support each other in our constant commitment to the health and well-being of our patient population, their families, and our community.

Top Reasons to Choose Orlando Health - South Seminole Hospital Soon To Be Lake Mary Hospital:

• South Seminole Hospital is Nationally Recognized for the BEST Places to Work!
• Benefits Package that begins on day one (Full-Time & Part-Time only).
• Flexible Schedules
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,000 a year.

Position Summary

Administers patient care in an area in a hospital or inpatient/observation setting where an acute care patient receives active treatment for an injury, episode of illness, a medical condition, or post intervention with assessment.

Mother Baby Registered Nurses provides:

• Mother and baby couplet care
• Post partum recovery care to post vaginal and cesarean births
• Immediate delivery room newborn care
• Provide breastfeeding education and lactation support
• Provides emotional support and resources for care at home
• Screens, and educates for signs of postpartum depression and other maternal urgent warning signs

Essential Functions

• Assesses patient’s needs and develops/revises an individualized plan of care based on patient needs and responses. Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attaining expected outcomes.
• Respects diversity by building respectful relationships with all team members and customers.
• Functions as a patient and family advocate.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned.
• Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/ or nurse clinician.
• Communicates and collaborates with medical staff and interdisciplinary team to effectively plan and manage the unit/department.
• Serves as a role model for staff and supports the hospital and nursing department’s goals and strategies.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses the data reflective of the patient’s status, and interprets the necessary information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs.
• Coordinates the care and delegates as appropriate to other team members on a defined group of patients.
  Documents patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner meeting all required and regulatory standards. This includes but is not limited to patient assessment, education, medication administration, treatments, and patient safety.
• Demonstrates competency in nursing skills and use of patient care/unit equipment as defined by unit/department-specific requisite skills.
• Prioritizes patient care in an ongoing manner in accordance with Evidence-Based Practice Standards of Care.
• Practices effective problem identification and resolution.
• Delegates tasks and duties to healthcare team members in accordance with the patient’s needs and the team member’s capabilities and qualifications.
• Communicates appropriate information regarding patient condition or unit concerns to other health care team members.
• Demonstrates caring practices by providing a compassionate and therapeutic environment for patients and their families.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues and patients’ rights.
• Collaborates with the education department and nursing leadership team to effectively transition and support new team members and/or students.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Education/Training

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
• Meets all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Orlando Health and unit/department.

Licensure/Certification

• Maintains current State of Florida RN license or valid eNLC multistate RN license.
• Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification.
• ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC are required for certain areas. NRP required for Neonatal Intensive care Unit (NICU).

Experience

• One year min of Mother & Baby experience in the OB settings.