Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery
About The Position
The Registered Nurse in Labor and Delivery facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team and the patient and family to meet the patient’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The RN advances modern nursing through compassionate care and promotes patient health, well-being, and safety by applying the nursing process and following patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act. The role requires personal accountability for relationship-based care and the organization’s mission. The RN assesses patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs; develops and implements plans of care with the interdisciplinary team; performs therapeutic and diagnostic interventions; maintains confidential and accurate records; advocates for patient health, safety, and rights; and provides and evaluates patient and family education. The position is in a growing labor and delivery service at St. Anthony North. The unit description notes a 15-bed labor deck, an 18-bed postpartum unit, a 7–9-bed Level II NICU, three triage beds, and two operating-room suites. The hospital provides care for pregnancies at 32 weeks and above, occasionally as early as 30 weeks, and has resources to deliver, stabilize, and transport patients. The dynamic unit offers continuing education and opportunities for role expansion, with flexible self-scheduling.
Requirements
- Associate degree in Nursing, nursing diploma, or qualification by endorsement.
- RN license in the state of employment.
- Commitment to compassionate, high-quality patient care.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to apply the nursing process effectively.
- Physical ability to perform medium work: exert or lift up to 50 lbs. occasionally, up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10 lbs. constantly.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
- One year of RN Labor experience.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, and review of medical records and clinical data.
- Evaluate patient responses and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
- Develop and implement patient plans of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
- Demonstrate competency in therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
- Maintain patient charts and records thoroughly and confidentially; document patient status, interventions, responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly.
- Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision-making.
- Promote, advocate for, and collaborate to protect each patient’s health, safety, and rights.
- Assess patient and family readiness, needs, and ability to learn; provide education and evaluate its effectiveness.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration with the healthcare team and patient/family to meet patients’ physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Promote optimal patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process while adhering to patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act.
Benefits
- Continuing education opportunities.
- Opportunities for role expansion.
- Flexible self-scheduling process.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
