Night Shift Mother-Baby Nurse | Lactation Support

Holy Cross Health; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 55,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retention bonus

Comprehensive benefits

Free parking

Daily Pay Program

Job summary

Holy Cross Health is seeking a Mother Baby Nurse to join the Night Shift in the 65-bed Mother Baby unit in Silver Spring, MD. The role emphasizes couplet care, patient education, and postpartum recovery in private rooms, working with high-risk maternal and newborn care.

The nurse will assess and plan care, coordinate with physicians, and provide lactation support while ensuring infection control and quality standards are met.

Qualifications

• Must hold current RN licensure in Maryland or Compact state.
• BLS certification required; NRP completed within 6 months of hire may be required.
• Experience in mother/baby postpartum and neonatal care is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Use critical thinking to adjust care as patients change status in postpartum and neonatal periods.
• Interface with physicians for patient advocacy and plan care.
• Assess, plan, intervene, and evaluate responses to high-risk maternal and neonatal complications.
• Perform all newborn screening tests and standard lab work.
• Provide lactation support at the bedside and teach basic/postpartum newborn care.
• Maintain infection control practices for mother-baby dyad.

Skills

RN licensure Maryland

BLS certification

Postpartum neonatal care

Patient education

Education

ASN

BSN preferred

Job description

Holy Cross Health is seeking a Mother Baby Nurse to join the Night Shift in the 65-bed Mother Baby unit in Silver Spring, MD. The role emphasizes couplet care, patient education, and postpartum recovery in private rooms, working with high-risk maternal and newborn care.

The nurse will assess and plan care, coordinate with physicians, and provide lactation support while ensuring infection control and quality standards are met.