Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery

CommonSpirit Health•Westminster, CO

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse facilitates communication and collaboration with the healthcare team and the patient and family to meet the patient’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The RN promotes patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, follows patient-care standards and the State Nurse Practice Act, and demonstrates accountability for relationship-based care and the organization’s mission. The role is based in St. Anthony North Hospital’s growing labor and delivery service. Beginning in October 2025, the unit is planned to include a 15-bed labor deck, 18-bed postpartum unit, a 7–9-bed Level II NICU, three triage beds, and two operating room suites. The service delivers, stabilizes, and transports patients across gestations. The hospital reports about 100 deliveries per month and anticipates growth. The RN assesses patients’ needs, plans and provides care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, performs therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, maintains confidential and accurate records, uses information technology to support care, advocates for patient safety and rights, and educates patients and families. The position requires an associate degree in nursing, a nursing diploma, or an RN license by endorsement in the state of employment. A bachelor’s degree in nursing and one year of RN labor experience are preferred.

Requirements

Associate degree in nursing, nursing diploma, or RN license by endorsement in the state of employment.
Registered Nurse license in the state of employment.
Ability to provide compassionate, high-quality patient care.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Ability to apply the nursing process effectively.
Ability to lift or exert up to 50 pounds occasionally, up to 20 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds 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 error, 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 and family to meet the patient’s needs.
Promote optimal patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process while adhering to patient-care standards and the State Nurse Practice Act.