Nurse Labor and Delivery
About The Position
The Labor and Delivery Nurse at Chandler Regional Medical Center guides patients through labor and childbirth, prioritizing the safety of both mother and baby. The role includes assessing, monitoring, and intervening during labor, delivery, and the immediate postpartum period. Nurses perform continuous fetal monitoring, administer medications, circulate for cesarean sections, and provide immediate newborn stabilization. The position requires sound clinical judgment, calm performance in fast-paced situations, compassionate support for patients and families, and collaboration with an interdisciplinary care team. The nurse also triages walk-in patients to determine labor status, supports laboring patients with induction, epidural assistance, pain management, and fetal monitoring, and educates patients about medications, exams, procedures, and stages of labor. The nurse assesses and cares for newborns immediately after delivery and assists in the operating room for cesarean sections, tubal ligations, cerclages, and emergency procedures. Applicants who are new graduate RNs are not being accepted for this position.
Requirements
- Associate of Nursing Diploma or foreign equivalent.
- Registered Nurse: Arizona.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (CPR).
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 6 months.
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 6 months.
- Applicants must not be new graduate RNs; the employer is not currently accepting new grad RN applicants.
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 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, exams, 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 and provide immediate newborn stabilization.
Benefits
- Extensive training.
- Comprehensive resources.
- Career advancement opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
