RN Labor & Delivery/Post-Partum

Fairview Health Services • Edina, MN

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About The Position

Fairview is seeking a dedicated, motivated, and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our dynamic Labor & Delivery and Postpartum team at Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota. At Fairview Southdale Hospital, we are proud to serve the southwest Twin Cities metro area with expert care across more than 40 medical specialties. As a Registered Nurse in our Labor & Delivery and Postpartum units, you’ll play a vital role in supporting mothers, newborns, and families through every step of the childbirth journey—from labor and delivery to recovery and early bonding. Our team embraces a collaborative, patient- and family-centered approach, delivering care that combines advanced clinical expertise with genuine compassion. With state-of-the-art technology, experienced providers, and a nurturing environment, we empower nurses to make a lasting difference during one of life’s most transformative experiences. If you’re passionate about maternal and newborn care and ready to grow in a supportive, mission-driven setting, we invite you to join us.

Requirements

• MN Registered Nurse (RN) License.
• Basic Life Support (American Heart Assoc or Red Cross)
• 1-2 years of current RN L&D experience.
• NRP required before the end of orientation.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing or BAN
• 2-4 years of experience

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient needs and identifies expected nursing outcomes.
• Involves the patient, family and other health team members in gathering data.
• Uses an ongoing, systematic process to gather relevant information (biological, psychological, spiritual and social aspects) from patient and family.
• Analyzes data and information to identify potential risks, prioritize needs and determine priority problems.
• Identifies outcomes that are age appropriate, culturally appropriate, realistic and attainable.
• Validates these with patient, family and other health team members.
• Documents data and identified outcomes.
• Develops an individualized nursing plan of care.
• Collaborates with patient, family and other health team members to develop a nursing plan as part of an integrated, comprehensive plan of care.
• Develops an individualized plan based on age, social and cultural considerations, condition and other relevant needs.
• Determines nursing interventions based on identified needs.
• Identifies interdisciplinary resources needed to assist in implementing the nursing plan of care.
• Prioritizes interventions based on patient acuity, available resources, and patient/family preferences and needs.
• Documents and updates the plan of care to assure continuity throughout the continuum of care.
• Implements nursing interventions based on the plan of care.
• Provides care according to the plan, and in accordance with all relevant policies, procedures and nursing practice guidelines.
• Coordinates nursing care with the care of all other health team members.
• Initiates age and culturally appropriate measures to support and meet patient needs while achieving expected outcomes.
• Initiates patient/family teaching as appropriate to age, readiness to learn and available resources.
• Collaborates, consults, or makes referrals if unable to perform safely and independently.
• Delegates direct and indirect patient care activities to appropriate personnel based on needs, condition, potential for risk/harm, complexity of the skill and predictability of the outcome.
• Assures all actions are based on scientific, ethical or ecological principles; proven effectiveness; past experience; practice standards; patient/family requests and values; or, legal parameters.
• Uses the full range of therapeutic modalities to support and augment the healing process, moving from least intensive and invasive to more, depending on need and context.
• Documents interventions according to practice guidelines.
• Anticipates, recognizes and responds to emergent situations.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• PTO/vacation
• Safe and Sick Time
• Tuition reimbursement
• Retirement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees