Job Description

Summary Of Duties

The RN is responsible for maternal & newborn care during the post‑partum period as well as care for women and their families during labour and delivery.

  • Provides bereavement counselling as required
  • Alternate shifts with an equivalently skilled Birthing Unit nurse and provides care to women in labour and their families
  • Ability to scrub and circulate for caesarean sections
  • Collaborates with other members of the health care team in those activities which facilitate the operation of the unit and in providing excellent patient/family‑centred health care
  • Supports the philosophy of family‑centred maternity care and the Mission, Vision & Values of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Conducts patient assessment, intervention, education, patient advocacy & discharge planning

Qualifications/Skills

  • Current CNO Registration i...