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NURSE (SPECIALIST/OBSTETRICS/NEONATAL)
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Posted 50 days ago
About the Role
About the Position: This position serves as a Nurse (Specialist/Obstetrics/Neonatal) in a clinical environment within a Military Treatment Facility (MTF) planning, implementing, coordinating, evaluating, and overseeing nursing care for neonates. It is located at Womack Army Medical Center, Directorate of Nursing - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Fort Bragg, NC. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
What You'll Do
- →Provide specialized nursing care to moderately ill and recovering neonates, ensuring continuous cardio-pulmonary monitoring and swift response to subtle condition changes.
- →Perform a variety of RN duties; (i.e., administer fluids and medications via direct intravenous and other routes, and continuously monitor and document infant responses to optimize care and treatment outcomes) Adjust nursing care plans in response to patient condition changes, facilitate patient transfers, and ensure seamless transitions to advanced care.
- →Respond to life-threatening changes in a neonate’s condition and deliver immediate emergency interventions aligned with Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) protocols.
- →Conduct assessments identifying complex patient care challenges.
- →Develop targeted care plans and adjust objectives based on evolving infant status.
- →Assess fetal well-being by means of the performance of advanced neonatal care equipment, including cardiac monitors, EKG machines, resuscitation tools, infusion pumps, radiant warmers, isolettes, and transport incubators.
- →Stabilize and monitor critically ill neonates for safe transport to higher-level care facilities.
- →Prepare patients for transfer or discharge while serving as the primary liaison and advocate for families.
- →Educate parents/caregivers on infant CPR and safety protocols, proper newborn care, breastfeeding/lactation, infection control, antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care, monitoring the mother and baby's well-being while still in the hospital.
- →Respond to life-saving situations, using nursing standards and protocols for treatment, as well as order diagnostic tests and procedures as needed.
- →Adhere to hospital policies, procedures and protocol while conducting patient care and documenting information in electronic medical records.
- →Serve as Charge Nurse; prioritizing patient care and managing shift assignments while providing subject matter expertise, training, mentorship and guidance as needed.
Requirements
- ✓See Qualifications section for education requirements.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 88812980-1e2a-4f90-8b8d-61422b44ebf5
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