Register Nurse Labor and Delivery

Job Description: The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members. Logan Regional Hospital's Labor and Delivery is a 15-bed unit with 3 triage rooms, 12 labor rooms, 2 Cesarean Section Suites, and a PACU. The Labor and Delivery unit averages 170-200 deliveries per month. We have a staff of approximately 30 nurses and 9 scrub scrubs. We provide care to pregnant women over 20 weeks gestation and also provide bereavement services. We assist with antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care and provide 1:1 patient care in the intrapartum period. Our unit has great teamwork between physicians and nursing staff and we provide extraordinary care for our patients and their families. Full time, 36 hours a week, variable shifts (self scheduling every 8 weeks Benefits Eligible Essential Functions Assess: Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others. Plan: Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up). Implement: Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources. Evaluate: Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction. Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate. Professionalism: Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others. Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery. Skills Patient Care Delivery Nursing Fundamentals Interdisciplinary Teams Documentations Professional Etiquette Accountability Patient Care Coordination Communication Patient Evaluation Critical Thinking Minimum Qualifications Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment. RNs must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or willing to obtain within four (4) years of their hire date. Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers. Preferred Qualifications One or more years of RN work experience RN work experience in L&D *Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required as of the job description's last update on 4/27/2025. Employees hired or promoted prior to this date will be held to the minimum requirements that were in place at the time of their promotion or hire. Physical Requirements Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies. Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hea ... (truncated, view full listing at source)