Family Birthing Services Assistant - Family Birthing Services - Day/Eve/Night

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.