Registered Nurse (RN) - Birthing Pavilion (LDRP)

Dartmouth Health; Lebanon (NH); On-site; USD 58,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Paid time off

Retirement plans

Job summary

Dartmouth Health in Lebanon, NH seeks a skilled Registered Nurse for our Birthing Pavilion, a 21‑room LDRP unit. The role involves autonomous, evidence‑based nursing across antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn care. Expect a day/night 12‑hour shift rotation, with weekends and holidays included, in a high‑risk, collaborative setting.

Minimum nursing program graduate required; BSN preferred. Licensure in NH and BLS with fetal monitoring certifications are required or pursued after

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited nursing program is required.
• BSN degree is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence‑based nursing care across LDRP and related units.
• Assess patient status, implement plans, and adjust care as needed.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe delivery and postpartum care.
• Demonstrate leadership, mentoring, and governance in nursing practice.
• Ensure informed consent and support patient autonomy per ANA ethics.

Skills

Nursing

Education

Accredited Nursing Program graduate

BSN preferred

Job description

Overview

Our Birthing Pavilion is a 21-room, 24-bed Labor, Delivery, Recovery and Postpartum (LDRP) unit. We average approximately 1300 deliveries each year. About 55% of our patients are high-risk and receive care through our Maternal-Fetal Medicine service. We receive transports from all of New Hampshire, Southern Vermont, and occasionally Maine. We offer a robust midwifery service and a generalist physician service. We provide antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, normal newborn, and focused newborn care. We have a two-bed triage room where we triage all our patients. Our unit includes two operating rooms (ORs) where everyone is trained in perioperative care (i.e., circulating and scribing in the OR), as well as Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) services. We collaborate with many units in the organization, including the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Cardiovascular Critical Care (CVCC), and the Main Operating Room, to provide highly specialized care to our pregnant and postpartum patients. The Intensive Care Nursery (ICN or NICU) is next door to us, and we have a very close relationship with their team.

This FT role requires 3 12-hour shifts on a day/night rotation (7a-7p, 7p-7a).

Weekends and holidays are included.

Responsibilities

The Clinical Nurse is an engaged and credentialed member of the Professional Nursing Organization and is responsible for autonomous practice directed by the professional tenets of practitioner, leader/decision maker, scientist and transferor. The Clinical Nurse is responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide evidence-based care and to continuously monitor and evaluate practice to ensure safe passage of patients that is in the best interest of populations served.

1. Practitioner
2. Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
3. Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.
4. Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent and assist patients in families in expressing self-determination.
5. Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.
6. Engages in the governance of practice.
7. Leader/Decision Maker
8. Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
9. Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.
10. Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations and policies and procedures.
11. Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.
12. Scientist
13. Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.
14. Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.
15. Transferor
16. Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
17. Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
18. Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the healthcare team.
19. Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Required Licensure/Certifications

Licensed Registered Nurse with New Hampshire eligibility. Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire- Fetal Heart Monitoring Intermediate (FHM) or Fetal Heart Monitoring Advanced (FHM-ADV) within 6 months of hire for experienced RN; new grad or internal transfer within one year of hire. Alternatively, Certification in Fetal Monitoring C-EFM accepted in place of FHM certification. Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP) Certificate required within 6 months of hire date.

• Area of Interest: Nursing
• Pay Range: $42.25/Hr. - $59.50/Hr.
• FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.90 - 36 hrs/per week
• Shift: Rotating
• Job ID: 42145

Dartmouth Health offers a total compensation package that includes a comprehensive selection of benefits. Our Core Benefits include medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, paid time off, and retirement plans. Click here for information on these benefits and more: Benefits | DHMC and Clinics Careers

Dartmouth Health is an Equal Opportunity and Affiantative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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