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Graduate Nurse- Mother Baby Unit 5-1

All qualified graduate nurses are eligible for up to $8000 recruitment bonus!

• The Mother Baby Unit is a 20 bed, all private post- partum unit offering 24 hour rooming in and individualized teaching.
• The unit has an all registered nurse staff with all nurses specially trained to provide lactation support.
• Additional support by lactation specialists is available seven days a week.
• In addition to working on your home unit in the maternal child care division, the goal is that you will be cross trained to one of the other maternal child units (NICU and/or Labor and Delivery).

Position Highlights:

• Recognized Leader: Only Magnet Hospital in Syracuse, highlighting our professional nursing staff.
• Recognized as the only Baby Friendly hospital in Central New York.
• Shared Governance: Unit practice counsel and open door guiding principle gives all our nurses a voice.
• Advancement: Strong orientation program and generous tuition allowance.
• Work/Life: 12 hour shift options to balance your work/life and school calendars.

What you will do:

• Provide family centered therapeutic nursing interventions, hands on skills, family/caregiver education, goal setting, critical thinking and care planning.
• Attend and support care of newborns during high risk deliveries.
• Collaborative team approach: Our interdisciplinary team includes, OB providers, certified nurse midwives, registered nurses, lactation consultants, social workers, and spiritual care.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures quality nursing care is rendered to all patients in accordance with the New York Nurse Practice Act, National Standards of Practice, and Nursing and Clinical Service standards of care and practice.
• Utilizing the Nursing Process, plans, directs and supervises the care of patients in addition to being involved in the provision of direct care of patients and families.

Career Path:

• Clinical ladder advancement and compensation with experience, staff engagement, and national certification.
• Career advancement to leadership roles as team leader, preceptor, mentor, coordinator/management.

Mission Statement:

• We, St Joseph's Health and Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.

Vision:

• To be world-renowned for passionate patient care and outstanding clinical outcomes.

Core Values:

• In the spirit of good Stewardship, we heal by practicing Justice in fostering right relationships to promote common good, Reverence in honoring the dignity of every person, Excellence in expecting the best of ourselves and others; Integrity in being faithful to who we say we are.

Education, Training, Experience, Certification and Licensure:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and current licensure in the State of New York.
• Maintains current BLS/CPR certification.
• Participates in orientation and continuing education and updates and maintains knowledge and skills related to specific areas of expertise.

Work Environment and Hazards:

• Clinical setting. Exposure Class I

Physical Demands:

• Medium work: must be able to lift 25 pounds frequently; occasionally lifting maximum of 50 pounds. Will require ability to stand, walk, sit, bend, twist, squat and reach.

Work Contact Group:

• All services, medical staff, patients, visitors, and various regulatory and professional agencies.

Supervised By:

• Team Leader, Clinical Coordinator, Unit Manager, and Clinical Services/Nursing Administration.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.