Registered Nurse - OB/GYN

OB/GYN – Registered Nurse

On the trail of the ancients... The community – Navajo Nation, Shiprock, NM Witness the sculpted horizons of the southwest, where man-made boundaries mean nothing to the rugged lands. Here the past is the present where Hopi families still carry water to pueblo villages perched atop high mesas. Granaries at Keet Seel ruins in Navajo National Monument hold corn cobs stored seven centuries ago. Navajo families farm centuries-old fields in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, site of prehistoric cliff dwelling inhabited by the Anasazi, ancestors of today's Pueblo Tribes. And Hopi and Navajo artisans still sell their trademark rugs and jewelry at the Hubble Trading Post. Explore the Four Corners Region The facility – Northern Navajo Medical Center The Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico is located in the Four Corners area of the United States where New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah meet. Northern Navajo Medical Center is one of five facilities located within the Shiprock Service Unit. The Shiprock Service Unit is the largest service unit of the Navajo Nation. Approximately 80,837 Native Americans (mostly Navajo) are enrolled at Northern Navajo Medical Center. The inpatient load is 29 per day and the outpatient volume averages 600 per day. A variety of services are available including internal medicine, family practice, urgent and emergency care, pediatrics, general surgery, women's health, mental health, respiratory therapy, outpatient rehabilitation services, pharmacy, optometry, dental, public health nursing, social services, health promotion/disease prevention, radiology, laboratory and benefits coordination. Northern Navajo Medical Center employs 860 full-time employees. The medical staff consists of 75 physicians and 24 mid-level providers.

Responsibilities

Provide inpatient, outpatient and community health nursing services to all patients. Provide OB/GYN nursing services for childbearing families to optimize healthy pregnancy outcomes and nurture childbearing families with health education, disease prevention programs. Case manage prenatal patients through pregnancy up to six weeks post-partum including home visits. Provide lactation consultation services to families. Work closely with medical providers, local hospital system and WIC for patient care. Provide weekly classes for families on a variety of topics pertaining to childbearing families and childbirth education, pumps, and Medela Breast pumps.

Requirements

Current, unrestricted nursing license in a state, The District of Columbia, the Commonwealth or Puerto Rico, or a Territory of the United States Two years' experience as an OB/GYN RN or L/D or Mother/Baby or Newborn Couplet BLS required; ACLS, PALS, NRP, STABLE, AWHONN intermediate