Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery

  • Full-time

Company Description

Professional Performance is a government contractor who has been in the medical field providing medical services through our employees at major military medical centers for over 30 years. 

Job Description

Professional Performance Development Group is interviewing for a fulltime Registered Nurse specializing in Labor & Delivery / Recovery & Postpartum to provide services at Langley Air Force Base, VA.

The type of work may include, but is not limited to, the following:

•Skilled in setting up, operating, and monitoring specialized medical equipment such as IV infusion pumps, cardiac monitoring devices, EKG units, oxygen analyzers, nebulizers, and other unit specific equipment.Recognizes adverse signs and symptoms and react quickly in emergency situations.

•Assesses Obstetrical and Gynecological patients on a multi-disciplinary continuum including normal physiological changes; a wide variety of disease processes that may complicated the antepartum, intrapartum or postpartum stages of pregnancy; the immediate care of the newborn; a wide variety of womens’ health issues; and, the physiological changes in the normal life cycle.

•Coordinates patient care through a continuum and facilitates the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to care, quality and cost effectiveness.

•Participates in the orientation and training of newly assigned personnel, as appropriate.

Qualifications

•Maintains an active, valid, current, and unrestricted license (with no limitations, stipulations or pending adverse actions) to practice nursing as a registered nurse in any US state/jurisdiction.

•Maintain current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) by the American Heart Association, and the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

•Shall have at least 24 months of experience within the last 36 months as a tri-qualified Inpatient Obstetrical Nurse: Nursery, Labor and Delivery, and Post-Partum.

•Knowledge of a wide range of medical disorders such as premature birth, fetal death, forceps delivery, and C sections, as well as broad knowledge of normal deliveries and their complications and indicated therapeutic intervention required.

Additional Information

Please contact Tammy Saenz at (210) 253-3847 for more information. 

We are an equal opportunity employer. Our employees represent the full spectrum of our society and are a testimony of our commitment to recognizing the dignity of the individual.

Keywords: registered nurse, RN, L&D, Labor and Delivery, BLS, ACLS, PALS, PPDG, Langley, Langley AFB, Langley Air Force Base, Inpatient Obstetrical Nurse, Nursery, Post-Partum.