Rn Labor And Delivery

Job Summary:

The Registered Nurse in Labor and Delivery provides specialized nursing care for high-risk perinatal patients at a Level III facility. This role involves managing labor, antepartum, and postpartum care with a focus on 1:1 labor support and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams. The nurse is responsible for patient assessments, fetal monitoring, and emergency response, ensuring quality care in a fast-paced maternity environment. At least 2 years of relevant experience and certifications in BCLS, ACLS, NRP, and AWHONN Intermediate or Relias Fetal Monitoring are required.

• Provide 1:1 nursing care during labor and delivery, and manage postpartum and antepartum patient care.
• Conduct fetal monitoring and interpret results to ensure fetal well-being.
• Collaborate with obstetricians, anesthesiologists, surgical techs, CNAs, and other healthcare providers.
• Perform patient assessments, medication administration, and treatment planning in a high-risk perinatal setting.
• Assist in surgical procedures and maintain sterile environments in operating rooms and PACU.
• Respond promptly to emergencies and provide critical care as needed.
• Document patient care accurately using EPIC electronic medical records.
• Support unit operations including triage and coordination with health unit coordinators.

• Active Registered Nurse license.
• Minimum 2 years of labor and delivery nursing experience, preferably in facilities with 100+ deliveries annually.
• Certifications: BCLS, ACLS, NRP, AWHONN Intermediate or Relias Fetal Monitoring.
• Strong clinical assessment and fetal monitoring skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a high-acuity, fast-paced maternity unit.
• Excellent communication and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.

• Experience in Level III perinatal care settings with high delivery volumes.
• Familiarity with EPIC charting system.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams including CRNAs and surgical techs.

• Weekend work and floating to postpartum unit required.
• Call is not required for this position.
• Must comply with RTO (Return to Office) restrictions and disclose all RTO at time of application.
• Facility is a Level II Trauma Center with 571 staffed beds across campuses.
• Strict dress code: no reddish orange scrub color permitted.
• Must be able to perform sterile vaginal exams (SVE).

• 12-hour shifts with guaranteed hours; clinicians may be called off for one 12-hour shift per two-week period.
• Shift assignments include labor and delivery, antepartum, and postpartum units.
• Staffing ratios: 1:1 in labor, 1:3 in postpartum with CNA support, 1:2-3 in antepartum.
• Triage staffed by 3 skilled RNs per shift.