Registered Nurse (RN) - Labor and Delivery
Northside Hospital - Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Registered Nurse, Labor & Delivery, Day Shift

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today. The Labor and Delivery RN will: * Serve as a key position of the interdependent team, and hold responsibility for achieving positive patient and unit outcomes * Coordinate the care of low and high-risk laboring women of childbearing age and the immediate stabilization of the newborn following delivery * Complete the comprehensive assessment of patient and family needs including but not limited to identifying outcomes based on the needs assessment, establishing care plans, monitoring the progress of laboring patients and modifying the care plan as needed. * Demonstrate commitment to the service excellence principles of the Northside Hospital * Communicate effectively with patient/family, physicians, the interdependent team and other disciplines regarding plan of care * Identify and document the needs of the patient and family and provide individualized education * Participate in the development and achievement of unit goals * Perform all other related duties as assigned including providing intrapartum, antepartum and intraoperative patient care Atlanta Labor & Delivery Unit Features: * Over 16,000 babies were born in the Atlanta campus in 2023 * Over 26,000 babies were born system wide * 42 labor beds * 19 antepartum beds * 12 post-partum high-risk beds * Five operating rooms * An 8-bed recovery room * 4 pre-op beds KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES, LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED: * Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing * Licensed as a RN in the State of Georgia in good standing without limitations. * Must hold Certified in American Heart Association's Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS). KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION PREFERRED: * BSN degree * Two (2) years of experience as a Registered Professional Nurse (RN). * Additional Life Support credential (ACLS, PALS, NRP, etc.) or other clinical specialty certifications in specific units. * Visual color acuity depending on the role in specific units.