Registered Nurse; RN Labor and Delivery

Registered Nurse Job Summary

Evaluate, plan, implement and document nursing care given to OB patients. Function within the Kansas Nurse Practice Act, to deliver comprehensive, family centered nursing care to mothers and babies during antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods.

• Full Time
• Days
• May be eligible for $5,000 sign on bonus

• Safe staffing – Two nurses scheduled each shift.
• Active involvement in each patient’s care. With diligent, determined providers we average an overall C-section rating of less than 20%.
• Patient Centered Care – We cultivate relationships with our patients from the beginning of their journey, helping them determine the best plan specific to their needs and desires.
• To Make a Difference – A 1:1 ratio with labor patients and usually no more than 2 couplets for postpartum, allowing a significant impact on the patients served.

Benefits of joining our team include no scrubbing or circulating required for C-sections in our own OR suite. RT on site 24/7.

• Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Flex Spending Account / Dependent Care Spending Account
• 403(b) Retirement Plan – up to 4% employer contribution
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• Employer Paid Long-Term Disability / Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Earned Time Off
• Free 24-hour fitness center

• Work as a team with co‑workers on 12‑hour shift to manage OB patients from labor, delivery, postpartum, to home.
• Assess patient understanding of plan of care to better facilitate education opportunities and materials during hospital stay.
• Follow established protocols for narcotic and other medication administration ensuring the 5 rights of medication administration are met.
• Communicate pertinent information related to patients’ condition to inform doctors, additional staff nurses and/or ancillary departments of patients’ needs and/or plan of care.
• Document concerns, findings, and actions, implementing appropriate care plans related to patients’ diagnosis for continuity of care.
• Assess patients’ condition, continuously monitoring changes in status, physical findings, vital signs, and coping skills ensuring appropriate care is given related to patients’ needs.

• Evaluate fetal heart tones, contractions, and vital signs, informing the doctor of progress and/or concerns as necessary to coordinate care and facilitate a delivery free of complications.
• Maintain knowledge and clinical skills to access women and newborns with complications and provide care for unit stabilization and transport safely.
• Provide breastfeeding moms with current information and continuing support to achieve their breastfeeding goals for their newborn’s health & nutrition.

• Associate degree in nursing (two‑year program) or equivalent formal training program.
• Bachelor’s Degree (BSN) preferred, not required.

• Preferred:
  One to two years of hospital or OB experience.
• Required:
  
  6 months of OB experience.

• Licensed in the State of Kansas as a Registered Nurse in good standing.
• BLS within 6 months of hiring.

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.