Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery

TriHealth • Cincinnati, OH

10d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Labor and Delivery Nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital, you will provide hands-on, patient-centered care in a fast-paced environment. You will monitor maternal and fetal well-being, support labor and birth, and respond to changing clinical needs. In partnership with physicians, midwives, and neonatal teams, you will help create safe, empowering birth experiences for families.

The role includes assessing patients and families, planning and evaluating individualized care, administering treatments and medications, maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment, communicating with the healthcare team, and supervising delegated care. Nurses are also expected to maintain clinical knowledge, support student learning, and participate in professional development and collaborative nursing practice.

This is a full-time position of 72 hours biweekly, working nights from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with a third- or fourth-weekend rotation and holiday rotation. Incentives include a $4/hour shift differential, a $6/hour full-time night-shift premium, a $1–$5/hour acute-care incentive, and a $1/hour weekend shift differential.

Requirements

• Associate's degree or diploma in Nursing.
• Registered Nurse.
• BLS/CPR (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers).
• New hires are required to obtain a BSN within five years of hire.
• Knowledge, judgment, and skills based on biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex healthcare needs across stages of the life cycle.

Nice To Haves

• Labor & Delivery experience is strongly preferred.
• Membership in a related professional organization is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform initial and ongoing assessments of patients and families, complete assessment documentation, communicate findings to healthcare providers, and identify health counseling and teaching needs.
• Plan and individualize patient and family care based on assessments, standards of care, and desired outcomes; update care plans as needed and develop short- and long-term goals, including discharge planning.
• Provide a safe, therapeutic environment that supports patient autonomy, dignity, rights, and diversity; recognize emergencies and take appropriate action.
• Complete patient assignments and documentation within scheduled timeframes, base interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes, and communicate and execute physician orders effectively.
• Train and educate staff and serve as an expert resource in the specialty area.
• Evaluate care plans and patient outcomes, document patient and family responses to care and teaching, and collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare team members to revise plans as needed.
• Supervise care delegated to other healthcare team members.
• Perform technical skills according to policy, procedure, and accepted standards; safely administer medications and treatments, monitor their effects, and use equipment appropriately.
• Identify areas for self-improvement, function in relief charge or resource roles as requested, complete assignments on time, support student learning, maintain current practice knowledge, and stay informed about organizational and departmental changes.
• Promote continuing education, specialty certification, nursing organization membership, community health activities, nursing research, evidence-based practice, and collaborative relationships among caregivers.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off.
• Retirement plans.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• $4/hour shift differential.
• $6/hour full-time night-shift premium.
• $1–$5/hour acute-care incentive.
• $1/hour weekend shift differential.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree