Rn Jobs in San Jose, AZ

About The Position

Requirements

• Active Registered Nurse license meeting Iowa practice requirements
• Minimum 1 year of recent Obstetrics RN experience
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association
• Experience with labor and delivery
• Postpartum nursing experience
• Recovery experience
• Strong maternal assessment skills
• Ability to work effectively in a small or flexible acute-care environment
• Willingness and ability to float to Med-Surg when needed

Nice To Haves

• Labor & Delivery experience
• Electronic fetal monitoring experience
• Newborn care experience
• Previous travel nursing experience
• Med-Surg nursing experience
• Experience in a community or rural hospital setting
• NRP certification
• ACLS certification
• Fetal monitoring certification

Responsibilities

• Provide direct nursing care to obstetric patients throughout labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum.
• Perform ongoing maternal and fetal assessments.
• Monitor labor progression and identify changes in maternal or fetal condition.
• Monitor fetal heart rate patterns and uterine activity.
• Assist physicians and other providers during vaginal deliveries and obstetric procedures.
• Provide immediate postpartum care to mothers.
• Monitor maternal vital signs, bleeding, pain, and recovery after delivery.
• Provide routine newborn support and education within scope of practice.
• Administer medications, IV fluids, and other treatments according to provider orders.
• Educate patients and families regarding labor, delivery, postpartum recovery, newborn care, and discharge instructions.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation.
• Participate in shift handoffs and interdisciplinary communication.
• Follow hospital safety, infection-control, and obstetric-care standards.
• Respond appropriately to maternal or newborn changes in condition.
• Float to the Medical-Surgical unit when there are no obstetric patients and provide nursing care within demonstrated competency.