Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery

Job Title
Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery

Location
Albuquerque, NM

Schedule / Job Type
Full-time, Days shift

Key Responsibilities

• Float between departments and/or local locations within 20 miles as needed.
• Assess all triage patients greater than 20 weeks gestation using obstetric triage acuity tools.
• Conduct labor assessment, fetal evaluation, and monitor for signs of labor, preeclampsia, rupture of membranes, decreased fetal movement, preterm labor, vaginal bleeding, and critical conditions.
• Stabilize patients with emergency medical conditions for delivery or transfer to higher levels of care.
• Provide labor care, including evaluation, administration of medications (e.g., Pitocin, magestrate, hemabate, magnesium sulfate, terbutaline, antihypertensives, insulin), and preparation for delivery.
• Assist with immediate stabilization and assessment of newborns, medication administration, and preparation for cesarean or emergency delivery.
• Postpartum and newborn care, including assessments, medication administration, newborn procedures, stabilization for transport, and care for critically ill or opiate-withdrawn infants.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of current labor and delivery nursing experience.
• Valid nursing license in New Mexico or a Compact State.
• BLS certification (must be through AHA, American Health and Safety, or Red Cross).
• NRP certification.
• AWHONN Intermediate or advanced fetal monitoring certification.
• Ability to pass BCA testing during the first week of assignment.

Preferred Experience / Skills

• EPIC electronic health record experience (training available onsite).

Why Join Us
Join a dedicated team focused on providing exceptional maternal and newborn care in a dynamic hospital environment, with opportunities to enhance your skills and impact patient outcomes.