RN III Fetal Care

Position Overview

The Registered Nurse III (RN III) in the Fetal Care Program provides specialized inpatient nursing care to mothers whose unborn babies have complex or high‑risk medical conditions and fetal conditions. This role is integral to a highly coordinated, multidisciplinary team focused on optimizing maternal and fetal outcomes through advanced monitoring, education, and compassionate support. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced nurse to practice at the intersection of maternal and fetal medicine in a nationally recognized program.

• Deliver comprehensive, patient-centered nursing care to high-risk antepartum and peripartum patients.
• Monitor maternal and fetal status, recognizing and responding to clinical changes with urgency and precision.
• Collaborate closely with maternal‑fetal medicine specialists, neonatology, anesthesia, and surgical teams.
• Provide education and emotional support to patients and families navigating complex diagnoses and care plans.
• Coordinate care across disciplines to ensure seamless transitions throughout the inpatient stay.
• Maintain accurate, timely documentation in accordance with hospital standards.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and evidence‑based practice implementation.
• Strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, high‑acuity environment.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Commitment to family-centered, compassionate care.
• Clinical judgment when performing caring practices—synthesizes and interprets multiple sources of data, leads efforts to improve documentation, engages patients and families in plan of care.
• Uses systems thinking—negotiates and navigates through the system, leads others to change processes to support optimal outcomes, ensures safety and regulatory compliance.
• Interprofessional practice—demonstrates consistent integration of the Interprofessional Practice Model.
• Compliance—understands regulatory and accreditation standards, supports leadership and ensures certifications and safety requirements are met.
• Advocacy—acts on behalf of patient, family, and community, promotes inclusive care and mutual decision making.
• Collaborates with team—promotes shared decision making, mentors, leads governance activities.
• Clinical inquiry—questions and evaluates practice, integrates evidence, provides educational leadership.
• Patient care—integrates age‑specific and culturally inclusive concepts into patient care.

• BSN from an ACEN, CCNE or NLN CNEA accredited institution, or MSN required.
• 5+ years related experience in fetal or high‑risk obstetric nursing.
• Active Ohio RN license; may require additional state licensure.
• Active Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) certification required.

• Nationally recognized leader in pediatric and fetal care.
• Collaborative, mission‑driven culture.
• Opportunities for professional growth and clinical advancement.
• Commitment to innovation, research, and exceptional patient outcomes.

Cincinnati Children’s is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an environment of dignity and respect for all employees, patients, and families. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.