Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery

St-Michael-Medical-Center; Silverdale (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/dental/vision insurance

FSA

Matching retirement plans

Paid vacation

Adoption assistance

Annual bonus eligibility

And more!

Job summary

St. Michaels Medical Center is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to provide specialized care in the Family Birth Center, including labor & delivery, postpartum care, and newborn assessment.

You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, patient-centered obstetric services. The role emphasizes maternal-fetal assessment, pain management, and post-surgical care, with opportunities for ongoing education, certification, and career growth within a large health

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• One to two years Med/Surg experience with Mother/Baby Education program or a New graduate with senior practicum in L&D.
• Registered Nurse: WA license upon hire.
• Current BLS certification; quarterly RQI competency required post-hire.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Conducts Maternal-Fetal Assessment.
• Provides nursing support to laboring patients with analgesia and comfort measures.
• Stabilizes and transitions the normal newborn at delivery.
• Circulates for Cesarean Sections.
• Cares for the post-surgical patient.

Skills

Critical thinking

Patient assessment

Team collaboration

Education

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing

Tools

American Heart Association BLS

RQI competency

Neonatal Resuscitation Program

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. This position is responsible for serving as the primary Registered Nurse delivering care to patients who are admitted to the Family Birth Center. This patient population may include low-risk and high-risk pregnancies, as well as providing care to postpartum patients and well newborns.

Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

Some of the duties of importance:

• Conducts Maternal-Fetal Assessment.
• Provides nursing support to the laboring patients, utilizing pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management.
• Provides stabilization and transition of the normal newborn at delivery.
• Circulates for Cesarean Sections.
• Cares for the post-surgical patient.

Please take a virtual tour of our Family Birth Center at SMMC:

https://youtu.be/P-4ewnT7mYY

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing., upon hire
• One to two years Med/Surg experience with completion of Mother/Baby Education program or
• New graduate with completion of senior practicum in L&D, Mother/Baby unit or nursery.
• Registered Nurse: WA, upon hire and
• Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS certification. Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program, within 6 - months and

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and One year of related work experience in an acute care setting, upon hire
• Previous Mother-Baby experience
• Electronic Fetal Monitoring, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has exciting and rewarding careers with competitive salaries and benefits. We are a family of hospitals, health care services, and medical providers delivering compassionate care to people throughout South Puget Sound. We are part of Catholic Health Initiatives, one of the largest not-for-profit health care systems in the country.

St. Michaels Medical Center delivers approximately 2000 babies annually and is the only hospital on the Kitsap Peninsula that offers obstetrical, delivery and postpartum care. We are proud to be recognized as among the country’s top performing programs, designations that are only awarded to maternity care programs that maintain exceptional outcomes, and deliver patient focused care.

• U.S. News & World Report recognizes St. Anne Hospital, St. Francis Hospital, St. Joseph Medical Center and St. Michael Medical Center as High Performing Hospitals for Maternity Care (2024-2025).

Our offerings include High-Risk Pregnancy Care, Level II Special Care Nursery with a partnership with the Neonatal Practitioner Team from Seattle Children’s Hospital, 24-hr OB Hospitalists, Childbirth and Family Education Classes, Breastfeeding support both inpatient and outpatient, Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC), and a volunteer doula program to provide physical and emotional support to pregnant patients both before and after childbirth.

Our mission is to deliver high-quality care that meets our patients' medical needs while providing emotional and spiritual support to patients and their families. We believe this three-part approach — physical, emotional, and spiritual — is essential to healing the whole person. Come join our team!

While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that may include

• health/dental/vision
• FSA
• matching retirement plans
• paid vacation
• adoption assistance
• annual bonus eligibility
• and more!