Rn Labor And Delivery

Job Summary:

The Registered Nurse in Labor and Delivery provides specialized nursing care in a high-risk perinatal environment, including labor, delivery, antepartum, and postpartum units. This role involves managing patient care with a focus on 1:1 labor support, collaborating closely with interdisciplinary teams, and ensuring safety and quality in a Level III facility with comprehensive maternity services and a Level II NICU. The nurse is expected to have strong clinical skills, effective communication, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, high-acuity setting.

• Provide skilled nursing care to laboring, antepartum, and postpartum patients in a Level III perinatal unit.
• Manage 1:1 nursing care during labor and 1:3 couplet care in postpartum with CNA support.
• Perform patient assessments, fetal monitoring, and clinical interventions as needed.
• Collaborate with delivering providers, CRNAs, surgical techs, and health unit coordinators to ensure comprehensive care.
• Assist with operating room procedures and PACU care related to obstetric surgeries.
• Maintain accurate documentation using EPIC electronic medical records.
• Participate in triage nursing with skilled RN team members.
• Adhere to hospital policies including hard stop for SVE (Sterile Vaginal Exam) requirements.
• Support patient safety and comfort in a high-volume maternity unit handling 100-200+ deliveries.

• Active Registered Nurse license in the state of practice.
• Minimum 2 years of nursing experience, preferably in labor and delivery or high-risk perinatal care.
• BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support) certification.
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification.
• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) certification.
• AWHONN Intermediate or Relias Fetal Monitoring certification.
• Experience with EPIC electronic health records.

• Experience working in facilities with 200+ deliveries annually.
• Float experience to postpartum and other related units.
• Comfort working in a Level II Trauma Center and NICU environment.

• Weekend work is required.
• Float to postpartum unit is required.
• Call is not required.
• Local candidates are not accepted; relocation or commute considerations apply.
• RTO (Return to Office) restrictions must be disclosed at time of submission.
• Hard stop policy for Sterile Vaginal Exam (SVE) must be followed.
• Scrub color restrictions: any color except reddish orange.

• Work schedule consists of 12-hour shifts.
• Clinicians may be called off for one 12-hour shift per two-week period.
• Shift assignments include day and night rotations covering labor and delivery, antepartum, and postpartum units.