Labor & Delivery Nurse: Expert OB Care & Newborn Support

CommonSpirit Health; Gilbert (AZ); On-site; USD 48,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Gilbert Medical Center in Gilbert, AZ seeks a Labor & Delivery Nurse to guide mothers through labor, delivery, and the early postpartum period with safety and compassion. You will monitor fetal status, administer medications, and support newborn stabilization in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team.

The role requires RN licensure in AZ, an Associate Degree in Nursing, and certifications (BLS, ACLS, NRP).

Qualifications

• Exceptional assessment capabilities.
• Critical thinking for fast-paced labor and delivery.
• Patient-first approach guiding maternal/newborn care.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration with physicians, midwives, and nurses.

Responsibilities

• Triage walk-in patients to determine labor status or false alarms.
• Support laboring patients with interventions such as induction, epidural assistance, pain management, and fetal monitoring.
• Assist and circulate in the operating room for cesarean sections, tubal ligations, cerclages, and emergency procedures.
• Educate patients on medications, exams, procedures, and stages of labor.
• Assess and provide care for newborns immediately after delivery.
• Communicate effectively with the interdisciplinary care team, including physicians, midwives, anesthesiologists, lactation nurses, charge nurses, postpartum staff, patients, and families.

Skills

Exceptional assessment capabilities

Critical thinking

Patient-first approach

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Associate Of Nursing Diploma or Foreign Equivalent

Bachelor's Of Nursing

American Heart Association

Basic Life Support (BLS)

ACLS

Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

Job description

Mercy Gilbert Medical Center in Gilbert, AZ seeks a Labor & Delivery Nurse to guide mothers through labor, delivery, and the early postpartum period with safety and compassion. You will monitor fetal status, administer medications, and support newborn stabilization in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team.

The role requires RN licensure in AZ, an Associate Degree in Nursing, and certifications (BLS, ACLS, NRP).