RN Labor and Delivery
Company: Baptist Memorial Health
Location: Memphis
Posted on: November 3, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Summary Provides direct and indirect patient care in the
assigned care setting. Communicates and collaborates with
physicians, leadership, co-workers, and other multidisciplinary
teams to enhance patient outcomes. Provides high quality patient
care utilizing critical thinking, nursing processes, decision
making, compassion, integrity, respect, and empathy. Preserves the
patient’s autonomy, dignity, and rights, and restores health
whenever possible. Able to perform general nursing duties, patient
education, and prioritization. Performs other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities - Assesses the patient appropriately and
accurately based on their medical condition. - Has knowledge of
ordered medications and administers as prescribed. - Provides care
appropriate to the condition and age of the patient including basic
self-care activities. - Formulates a teaching plan based upon
identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning;
family is included in teaching as appropriate. - Demonstrates
ability to utilize nursing knowledge to perform treatments and
provide services. - Communicates/collaborates with
multidisciplinary team in providing patient care. - Demonstrates an
ability to assist physicians with procedures and performs services
requiring technical and manual skills. - Identifies and addresses
psychosocial needs of patients and family; communicates with social
services regarding both hospital and post discharge needs. -
Demonstrates cost-effective practices and non-wasteful usage of
supplies, linen, and charge items. - Prioritizes patient care
effectively and efficiently. - Promotes patient safety by reducing
the risk of unnecessary harm associated with health care. - Assumes
lifelong learning related to the nursing profession. Specifications
Experience Minimum Required Preferred/Desired Education Minimum
Required - Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
Preferred/Desired Training Minimum Required Preferred/Desired
Special Skills Minimum Required - Computer literacy
Preferred/Desired Licensure Minimum Required - RN;BLS CERTIFICATION
WITHIN 14 DAYS OF HIRE Preferred/Desired - ACLS/PALS Specialty
Certification
Keywords: Baptist Memorial Health, Memphis , RN Labor and Delivery, Healthcare , Memphis, Tennessee
