RN Perinatal

Family Birthplace

Coupeville, WA

Nursing

Per Diem (On-call), Variable Shifts, Flexible day/NOC

FTE 0

Posted 02/14/2026

Req # 16514

Work Location:

Onsite

The Perinatal RN at Whidbey Health Medical Center recognizes that the patient is the center of the healthcare team. The RN will organize and provide nursing care to their antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, gynecologic and neonatal patients. In addition, they will determine appropriate assignments and oversee the care of the patients in the unit. The Perinatal RN teaches patients and patients’ care team members and floats per guidelines to assist other departments when there are no patients in their department.

The Perinatal RN will perform medical screening exams in compliance with the Whidbey Health Medical Screening Exam for Labor policy and Whidbey Health Medical staff bylaws. They assist with emergent and urgent Cesarean sections and provide newborn care in an operative delivery. The perinatal RN assists with outpatient labor assessment and pregnancy related visits, as well as outpatient procedures within Scope of Service of the unit.

• Patient Care
  • Provides exceptional obstetric and neonatal patient and family care consistent with Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) standards of nursing practice.
  • Communicates directly with the provider regarding the patient’s care.
  • Delegates to ancillary staff/ care team appropriately.
  • Observes, assesses and documents the patient’s condition, including physical, psychological, social, emotional and spiritual needs. Documentation is thorough, timely, and completed according to hospital policies and standards.
  • Observes, records and reports changes in patient condition. Ensures appropriate patient safety and intervenes as necessary.
  • Observes, records and reports reactions to medications and/ or treatments.
  • Functions calmly in an emergency, makes required decisions and provides appropriate care until arrival of provider.
• Technical Skills / Knowledge
  • Demonstrates ability to use intermittent and continuous fetal monitors.
  • Demonstrates ability to interpret and respond to fetal monitoring assessments.
  • Evaluates fetal and newborn wellbeing.
  • Integrates diagnostic test results with clinical presentation.
  • Identifies risk factors which may be present.
  • Identifies and evaluates psychological, socioeconomic, and environmental factors which may affect pregnancy outcome.
  • Administration of medications including the intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and vaginal insertion routes.
  • Inserts/places fetal scalp electrode according to unit procedures.
  • Inserts intrauterine pressure catheter according to unit procedures.
  • Maintains knowledge of department policies and procedures.
  • Meets annual education requirements for fire safety, hazardous material, and any other mandatory education required by the hospital.
  • Assists the provider with physical examinations or treatments, and accompanies the provider on rounds and bedside Team Birth huddles
  • Assists with operating room set up for emergent and urgent cesarean sections and assists the provider during vaginal deliveries.
  • Demonstrates ability to use newborn resuscitation warmers and equipment, as well as phototherapy light units.
  • Electronic Fetal Monitoring education required biannually.

• Accepts responsibility for own actions, works within the scope of job limitations.
• Works well with indirect supervision.
• Sets priorities appropriately.
• Strong interpersonal communication and conflict management skills.

• Gives an accurate and complete change of shift report.
• Listens attentively to change of shift report.
• Utilizes electronic health record systems to acknowledge provider orders, administer medications, and document all care in a timely, accurate, thorough and concise manner.
• Completes assignments in a timely manner.
• Prepares for change and ensures department readiness to receive patients.
• Keeps overtime to a minimum and only related to emergent patient care, or as previously approved by manager.
• Assists co-workers and oncoming and / or off going shift.

• Nursing Plan of Care
  • Develops a plan of care with the patient,…