Registered Nurse - Birth Center​/Labor & Delivery

Find your calling at Mercy! Ready for a New Chapter in Nursing? Experienced RN - Labor & Birth Mercy Hospital St. Louis | Full-Time Nights January & February Transition Cohorts Available Bring Your Nursing Experience to the Biggest Birthing Center in St. Louis You've built a strong nursing foundation. You've mastered critical thinking, patient advocacy, prioritization, and compassionate care. Now, it's time to elevate your career in a specialty that combines advanced clinical skills with some of the most meaningful moments in healthcare.

At Mercy Hospital St. Louis Labor & Birth, we're looking for experienced RNs who are ready to transition into a highly rewarding and dynamic specialty. Through our comprehensive training and supportive onboarding process, you'll gain the specialized knowledge and confidence needed to thrive in Labor & Birth nursing. Whether you're coming from Med Surg, Telemetry, ICU, Emergency Department, OR, or another nursing specialty, Mercy can help you make the transition.

Why Labor & Birth? Labor & Birth offers a unique blend of high-acuity nursing, patient advocacy, family-centered care, and teamwork.

Make a Lasting Impact:
Few nursing specialties allow you to play such a meaningful role in a patient's life. You'll support families through one of their most memorable and life-changing experiences.

Expand Your Clinical Expertise:
Labor & Birth nurses utilize advanced assessment skills, fetal monitoring, rapid response interventions, medication management, and critical thinking every shift.

Experience High-Acuity Nursing:
Labor & Birth can shift from routine to emergent in moments. If you enjoy staying sharp, anticipating changes, and responding quickly, you'll find this specialty both challenging and rewarding.

Be Part of an Exceptional Team:
Work collaboratively with obstetricians, midwives, anesthesiologists, NICU specialists, surgical teams, and fellow nurses to provide outstanding care.

Grow in an Exciting Specialty:
Every patient, every labor, and every delivery is different. Labor & Birth offers continuous opportunities to learn and develop new clinical skills throughout your career.

Why Experienced Nurses Choose Labor & Birth:
Many nurses find themselves looking for something more:

• A deeper connection with patients and families
• A specialty that combines critical care skills with compassionate support
• Opportunities to continue learning and growing
• A collaborative team environment
• Meaningful moments that remind them why they became a nurse

You may be an excellent fit if you:

• Thrive in fast-paced, unpredictable environments
• Enjoy critical thinking and clinical decision-making
• Stay calm under pressure
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare teams
• Value teamwork and collaboration
• Are excited to learn a new specialty and embrace a growth mindset
• Want to make a lasting impact on patients during an important life event

• Provide exceptional patient-centered care throughout labor, delivery, and recovery
• Assess, monitor, and respond to changing maternal and fetal conditions
• Develop and implement individualized plans of care
• Educate and support patients and families
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary care teams
• Utilize fetal monitoring, laboratory, and diagnostic data to guide care decisions
• Participate in bedside handoffs and patient safety initiatives
• Contribute to quality improvement efforts and evidence-based practice
• Maintain professional growth through certifications, continuing education, and specialty development

• Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program (ADN, Diploma, or BSN)
• Current RN License or eligibility for licensure in the state of Missouri
• BLS Certification through the American Heart Association (or obtained within 30 days of hire)
• Previous RN experience in an acute care or applicable clinical setting
• Additional Certifications May Include ACLS, NRP, S.T.A.B.L.E., C-EFM, PALS, Other unit-specific certifications as required

• Lift, push, and pull up to 50 pounds regularly
• Stand and walk for extended periods throughout shifts
• Reach, bend, kneel, squat, twist, and perform direct patient care activities

• Largest birthing center in the St. Louis region
• Comprehensive specialty training and support for experienced RNs transitioning into Labor & Birth
• Collaborative, multidisciplinary care teams
• Professional development and certification opportunities
• Patient-centered culture focused…