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Perinatal Nurse Specialist

2 months ago


Chilliwack, Canada Fraser Health Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our Perinatal Unit at Fraser Health. As a Perinatal Nurse Specialist, you will play a vital role in providing exceptional patient care to childbearing patients and their families during the intra, postpartum, and high-risk antepartum periods.

Key Responsibilities
  • Conduct comprehensive nursing assessments of patients and unborn babies on admission and at regular intervals.
  • Allocate patients to appropriate care areas within the Maternal Program.
  • Assess patients and collect information from various sources using skills of observation, communication, data review, and physical assessment.
  • Makes nursing diagnoses of patients and unborn babies' conditions, identifies risk factors, and determines appropriate nursing interventions.
  • Initiates emergency care for patients/fetuses/newborns in crisis and transfers patients/newborns to the most appropriate care area.
  • Collaborates with patients and their families/support persons, physicians, and members of the inter-professional care team in the development, implementation, and ongoing modification of optimal patient and unborn baby care plans.
  • Establishes a therapeutic relationship by demonstrating empathy, trust, and respect, advocating for patients' rights to privacy, dignity, and access to information.
  • Ensures patients' choice and autonomy in decision-making and care planning.
  • Participates in the care and discharge planning process for patients on admission.
  • Ensures the care plan is established and implemented effectively.
  • Updates care plans and intervenes as appropriate.
  • Collaborates with the inter-professional care team to ensure comprehensive care planning and delivery.
  • Coordinates nursing care for patients and makes referrals to the inter-professional care team according to established protocols and practice standards.
  • Collaborates with members of the inter-professional care team, including physicians, patient care coordinators, clinical nurse educators, and other healthcare professionals/providers as required.
  • Teaches patients and families/support persons focusing on health promotion regarding pregnancy conditions, the birth experience, postpartum, newborn care, and parenting.
  • Assesses learning needs of patients and families/support persons.
  • Provides information and demonstration of care activities to support self-care and the discharge plan.
  • Plans and discusses referral information with patients and their families/support persons.
  • Initiates referrals to appropriate healthcare/community agencies in collaboration with members of the inter-professional care team.
  • Documents assessments, nursing diagnoses, observations, interventions, patient/family responses, outcomes/evaluations, and referrals according to practice standards and Fraser Health procedures.
  • Participates in and attends in-services and other educational programs.
  • Identifies own learning goals and maintains and updates current clinical competence and knowledge within the area of practice.
  • Acts as a preceptor or mentor to guide the clinical experience of assigned new nursing staff and students.
  • Provides feedback to the Manager/delegate on the effectiveness of patient care programs, policy/clinical decision support tools, and equipment.
  • Participates in quality improvement and risk management activities.
  • Identifies patient care issues, collects data, provides input/recommendations to the inter-disciplinary team on corrective action, and promotes changes to practices, procedures, and protocols.
  • Reports safety and risk concerns through the Patient Safety Learning System.
  • Participates on designated program and professional committees, care conferences, and councils as assigned or agreed to with the Manager.
  • Participates in research and special projects in collaboration with other members of the inter-professional team.
Qualifications
  • Graduate from an approved School of Nursing.
  • Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
  • One year's recent, related clinical perinatal nursing experience in the designated clinical area and completion of postgraduate basic coursework and/or certification in perinatal nursing applicable to the designated clinical area, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Skills and Abilities
  • Ability to complete initial and ongoing patient assessment (clinical and diagnostic reasoning) and apply maternal/fetal/newborn theory and expertise to provide nursing care through appropriate/prescribed technical, therapeutic, and safety interventions.
  • Ability to recognize acuity changes.
  • Ability to use factual information, prior learning, and basic principles and procedures to support nursing decisions and actions with relevant research-based evidence/evidence-informed practice.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with patients, families/support persons, the public, medical staff, and members of the inter-professional care team using verbal, written, and electronic communication means.
  • Ability to promote person-centered care that demonstrates empathy for patients and families/support persons, sensitivity to diverse cultures and preferences, and patient advocacy.
  • Ability to integrate and evaluate data from multiple sources to problem-solve effectively.
  • Ability to work independently and to collaborate with and promote cooperation among members of the inter-professional care team.
  • Ability to teach and instruct patients and families/support persons on topics essential to their health care and well-being.
  • Ability to organize and prioritize work in a continuously changing environment.
  • Ability to deal with and promote change.
  • Ability to operate related equipment, including relevant computer applications.
  • Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.