RN Registered Nurse Labor & Delivery Full-time nights
About The Position
Texas Health is hiring a full-time Registered Nurse for its Labor & Delivery department at Texas Health Southwest in Fort Worth, Texas. The position works nights, 6:45 p.m. to 7:15 a.m., for 36 hours per week, with weekend and holiday requirements and an occasional on-call requirement of one shift per six-week schedule. The Labor & Delivery unit is a 15-bed LDR with three operating-room suites. The hospital also has a separate 26-bed Mother/Baby area and a 16-bed Level III NICU, averages 270 to 300 deliveries per month, and holds a Maternal Level III designation. The facility is mother-friendly, Texas 10-Step designated, and Magnet designated, and participates in Team Birth and the CHAMPS breastfeeding initiative. Self-scheduling supports work/life balance, with opportunities for educational and career growth. The nurse delivers patient care using the Nursing Process, including assessment, care planning, intervention, and evaluation. The role also requires incorporating age-specific safety and infection-control measures, responding to patients’ and significant others’ information needs, and maintaining continuity of care across shifts, hospitals, and out-of-hospital transfers. The nurse must be able to triage, labor, deliver, circulate, and recover patients.
Requirements
- Associate degree from an accredited nursing program or a nursing diploma.
- Registered Nurse (RN) license upon hire.
- One year of experience as a Registered Nurse (RN), or completion of an RN residency program.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) before providing independent patient care, maintained quarterly.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 90 days of hire.
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) within 90 days.
- Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRPA) within 90 days.
- Advanced Fetal Monitoring (AWHONN) within six months, or Intermediate Fetal Monitoring (IFM) within six months.
- Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training within 90 days and maintained annually.
- Ability to triage, labor, deliver, circulate, and recover patients.
- High degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.
- Work 36 hours per week on the 6:45 p.m.–7:15 a.m. schedule, with weekend and holiday requirements and occasional on-call duty of one shift per six-week schedule.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
- One or more years of Labor & Delivery RN experience, strongly preferred in an LDR setting.
Responsibilities
- Deliver patient care using the Nursing Process.
- Assess patients.
- Plan patient care.
- Intervene as appropriate.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
- Incorporate age-specific safety and infection-control measures into patient care.
- Initiate action to meet patients’ and significant others’ needs for information.
- Maintain continuity of patient care between shifts and hospitals, and while expediting out-of-hospital transfers.
- Triage, labor, deliver, circulate, and recover patients.
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible spending
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan repayment plan
- Nursing career ladder
- Self-scheduling
- Educational and career growth opportunities
- Supportive team environment and opportunities for growth
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
