Nurse Labor and Delivery
About The Position
As a Labor & Delivery Nurse at Chandler Regional Medical Center (CRMC), you will guide patients through labor and childbirth while prioritizing the safety of both mother and baby. The role includes caring for patients during labor, delivery, and the immediate postpartum period, and responding compassionately to a range of experiences, including grief. You will assess, monitor, and intervene as needed, perform clinical procedures, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support positive outcomes for mothers and newborns. The position involves triaging walk-in patients, supporting labor interventions, assisting with and circulating in the operating room for cesarean sections and other procedures, educating patients and families, and assessing and caring for newborns immediately after delivery. CRMC is a 443-bed acute care hospital serving the East Valley community and describes its environment as supportive, patient-centered, and focused on teamwork, safety, professional growth, and career advancement. New graduate RNs are not being considered for this position.
Requirements
- Associate of Nursing Diploma or foreign equivalent.
- Registered Nurse: Arizona.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS).
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 6 months.
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) within 6 months.
- Exceptional assessment capabilities, critical thinking, and a patient-first approach.
- Ability to navigate fast-paced situations calmly.
- New graduate RNs are not being considered for this position.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Nursing.
- One year of labor and delivery experience.
- NCC certification in inpatient OB.
Responsibilities
- Triage walk-in patients to determine labor status or whether they are experiencing false alarms.
- Support laboring patients with interventions such as induction, epidural assistance, pain management, and fetal monitoring.
- Assist and circulate in the operating room for cesarean sections, tubal ligations, cerclages, and emergency procedures.
- Educate patients on medications, examinations, procedures, and stages of labor.
- Assess and provide care for newborns immediately after delivery.
- Communicate effectively with the interdisciplinary care team, including physicians, midwives, anesthesiologists, lactation nurses, charge nurses, postpartum staff, patients, and families.
- Assess, monitor, and intervene during labor, delivery, and the immediate postpartum period.
- Administer medications, perform continuous fetal monitoring, and provide immediate newborn stabilization.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
