Family Birthing Services Assistant

Family Birthing Services Assistant – Family Birthing Department – PRN

• 14-bed LDRP unit. 
• 14-bed overflow/postpartum unit
• OB/GYN and CNM providers
• Provides family-centered maternity and newborn care
• Approximately 1,800 births annually
• Level II NICU
• Staffed with Lactation Consultants
• Required Neonatal Resuscitation Program will be provided.
• PRN - will need to work a min of 24 hours off shift per 6-week schedule.
• 12-hour day/evening/night
• Weekend and Holiday as needed.
• Shift and Weekend Differential Eligibility

The FBS Technician is under the direct supervision of the Nurse Manager, Clinical Manager, or the registered nurse. Provides assistance during vaginal deliveries, handling and cleaning equipment, keeping records and monitoring adult and newborn patients. Ensures cleanliness and efficiency in labor and delivery services by keeping rooms prepared. Also performs light clerical duties.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares and maintains operative, labor and delivery and patient procedure rooms for use per unit readiness guidelines.
• Assists the registered nurse with sterile open and set-up of delivery table, maintaining integrity of sterile field during delivery, adding instruments or supply to sterile field as directed by the registered nurse or obstetric provider, and basic patient care needs during clean-up after delivery.
• Obtains maternal vital signs, point of care testing, and assisting the patient with personal care needs under the direction of the registered nurse.
• Assists the registered nurse with patient positioning, repositioning and prep during the intrapartum and post-partum period.Assists the obstetric provider with preparation of sterile field for circumcision and clean-up of instruments post procedure.Under the direction of the registered nurse, performs peri-care, discontinues urinary catheters, intermittent saline locks, records intake and output, and assists the patient with hygiene, activities of daily living, and ambulation as needed and directed by the registered nurse.
• Communicates in a timely manner any abnormal vital signs or point of care testing to the registered nurse assigned to the patient.Responds appropriately to electronic infant band alarms, code pink, and other emergent events in the department.
• Performs clerical duties as assigned such as order entry, collecting data for birth certificates, and newborn admission.
• Assists in transporting specimens and patients as needed.
• Maintains patient assignment white boards, Responder 5 applications, entries into the electronic infant security system.
• Receives, places, and transfers telephone calls with appropriate telephone etiquette to promote positive customer service.
• Rapidly adjusts to changes in workload and prioritizes work with patient first behavior.
• Communicates pertinent information to the primary nurse and/or follows chain of command to ensure patient and safety concerns are addressed.
• Assists with orientation of new personnel on assigned unit.
• Performs other related duties as identified.
• WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a compliance program to support WellSpan's values and standards for professionalism, integrity, and ethics. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization and the performance expectations of the job, the department, and the compliance program.
• WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a privacy program to safeguard the patient information and the business and operational information of the organization. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization to safeguard patient and business/operational information.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

• None One year completion of nursing program and continuous enrollment in nursing school Required

Work Experience:

• Less than 1 year Healthcare of nursing clinical experience Required
• Less than 1 year OB nursing Preferred

Licenses:

• Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required
• Neonatal Resusc Prg within 1 year Required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Preferred organizational skills and understanding of how to operate and clean various types of equipment, such as vital sign equipment and scales.