Rn Labor And Delivery

Job Summary:

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Labor and Delivery unit provides professional nursing care across the lifespan with a focus on obstetric patients during labor, delivery, recovery, and the immediate postpartum period. This role involves comprehensive patient assessments, medication administration, fetal monitoring, newborn care, emergency response, and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams to ensure optimal outcomes for mother and newborn. The RN must apply critical thinking and clinical judgment consistent with Alaska Board of Nursing standards and deliver culturally sensitive, patient-centered care in a critical access hospital setting.

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and develop individualized care plans.
• Implement and evaluate nursing interventions and patient responses.
• Administer medications and treatments safely and accurately according to provider orders and policies.
• Recognize and respond to changes in patient condition, initiating appropriate interventions or escalation of care.
• Provide patient and family education related to care, medications, and discharge planning.
• Deliver culturally responsive, patient-centered care in obstetric and newborn settings.
• Collaborate with providers and interdisciplinary teams to coordinate care and facilitate referrals and follow-up.
• Document assessments, interventions, and outcomes accurately and timely in the electronic health record.
• Participate in quality improvement, safety, and infection prevention activities.
• Maintain required competencies and certifications including clinical and high-risk competencies.
• Provide guidance and delegation to ancillary staff and support orientation and mentoring of staff and students.
• Float to other departments or assignments as needed.
• Comply with safety protocols, report adverse events, and cooperate in safety investigations.

• Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse license in the State of Alaska or other U.S. state; direct hire must have applied for Alaska license at hire.
• Associate's degree in Nursing from an accredited program.
• Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certifications.
• Clinical competency within 3 months of hire and every 3 years thereafter.
• High-risk competency validation within 3 months of hire and annually thereafter.
• Strong clinical judgment, organizational, prioritization, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with electronic health records and clinical systems.
• Ability to lift, push, pull, and move up to 50 pounds and stand for extended periods.

• Experience in labor and delivery or obstetric nursing preferred.
• Experience working in critical access or rural hospital settings.
• Additional certifications related to maternal and newborn care.

• Must have or obtain flu vaccination.
• ICPA background check required with fingerprint cards submitted within one week of offer acceptance.
• On-call availability may be required.
• Work environment includes moderate-to-high noise clinical setting.
• Compliance with Alaska Board of Nursing scope of practice and organizational policies.

• Night shift position.
• Shift assignments and schedules determined by hospital needs.
• May include floating to other departments as required.