Rn Labor And Delivery

Job Summary:

The Registered Nurse in Labor and Delivery provides specialized nursing care in a high-risk perinatal setting, supporting mothers and newborns through labor, delivery, and postpartum phases. The role involves managing patient assessments, administering medications, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, and ensuring one-to-one care during labor and appropriate staffing ratios postpartum and antepartum. Candidates should have at least 2 years of relevant experience and hold certifications in BCLS, ACLS, NRP, and fetal monitoring.

• Provide skilled nursing care to laboring, antepartum, and postpartum patients in a Level III perinatal unit.
• Perform patient assessments, fetal monitoring, medication administration, and treatment planning.
• Collaborate effectively with delivering providers, CRNAs, surgical techs, CNAs, and health unit coordinators.
• Maintain 1:1 nurse-to-patient ratio during labor and 1:3 couplets postpartum with CNA support.
• Support triage operations with skilled nursing care and assessments.
• Participate in surgical procedures and PACU care as needed within the maternity service.
• Document patient care accurately using EPIC electronic medical records.
• Adhere to hospital policies including the requirement for sterile vaginal exams (SVE) as a hard stop.

• Active Registered Nurse license in the state of practice.
• Minimum of 2 years labor and delivery nursing experience, preferably in facilities with 100-200+ deliveries annually.
• Current BCLS, ACLS, NRP certifications.
• Fetal monitoring certification (AWHONN Intermediate or Relias).
• Strong clinical assessment and patient management skills in high-risk perinatal care.
• Excellent communication and interdisciplinary team collaboration skills.

• Experience in Level II or III trauma center maternity units.
• Experience working with electronic medical records, specifically EPIC.
• Previous experience in facilities with 200+ deliveries per year.

• Weekend work and float to postpartum required.
• Call is not required for this position.
• Strict adherence to RTO (Return to Office) policies; all RTO must be included at submission.
• Facility is a Level II Trauma Center with 571 total staffed beds across campuses.
• Scrub color policy excludes reddish orange.
• Hard stop on sterile vaginal exams (SVE) required.

• Work 12-hour shifts with guaranteed hours, though clinicians may be called off for one 12-hour shift per two-week period.
• Shift assignments include coverage for labor, delivery, antepartum, and postpartum units.