RN Labor and Delivery

The Registered Nurse in Labor and Delivery provides skilled nursing care to high-risk and high-volume obstetric patients, including first-time mothers. This role involves managing labor, delivery, and postpartum care, as well as newborn care immediately following birth. The nurse collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to ensure patient safety and quality care in a fast-paced, high acuity environment. Experience with electronic fetal monitoring and adherence to AWHONN guidelines is essential.

• Provide nursing care to laboring and delivering patients, including high-risk cases.
• Function as Baby Nurse during delivery and provide newborn care until transfer to postpartum.
• Perform newborn assessments including eyes, thighs, and administer Vitamin K injections.
• Administer medications such as Heparin, Insulin, and Magnesium Sulfate as required.
• Float between postpartum, antepartum, and sister facilities providing mother/baby care as needed.
• Use electronic fetal monitoring and adhere to EPIC hard stop protocols.
• Collaborate with midwifery clients, private OBs, and community care clinics.
• Maintain compliance with AWHONN guidelines for staffing and patient care.
• Support adult recovery services related to substance recovery.

• Active Registered Nurse license with at least 1 year of high-risk labor and delivery experience.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification.
• Experience with electronic fetal monitoring and EPIC system.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high acuity environment.

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• AWHONN Advanced and Intermediate certifications.

• Work includes floating to postpartum, antepartum, and sister facilities as needed.
• Must work every other weekend and holidays as required.
• Strict adherence to EPIC hard stop requirements for newborn care and circulation duties.
• High acuity and high volume labor and delivery unit with approximately 500-600 deliveries per month.

Schedule is posted every 6 weeks to meet unit needs.

Shift assignments accommodate unit census averaging 15 patients per day with 31 beds and 4 operating rooms.