Registered Nurse- Maternity Suites

Position Purpose

At Holy Cross Health, our Mother Baby Nurses provide skilled, compassionate care to mothers and newborns in private recovery rooms using a couplet care model within our 65-bed unit. This role includes assessment, care planning, interventions, and evaluation, with a strong focus on patient education, particularly in managing co-morbidities that impact postpartum recovery. This is not a new grad nurse position.

What You Will Do

• Use your critical thinking and prioritization skills to adjust to changing patient statuses commonly found in the postpartum and neonatal period according to AWHONN and hospital standards.
• Interface directly with Physicians for patient advocacy.
• Assess, plan, intervene, and evaluate response to high risk maternal and neonatal complications.
• Perform all newborn screening tests and standard lab work.
• Provide hands-on Lactation support at the bedside.
• Patient teachings on basic/ high risk newborn and postpartum care.
• Maintain appropriate patient care and infection control techniques for the mother-baby dyad.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited nursing program (ASN); basic professional nursing degree (BSN or MSN) preferred
• Current licensure by the Maryland Board of Nursing or Compact state as a Registered Nurse
• BLS certification (NRP completed within 6 months of hire)
• Professional specialty certifications may be required in accordance with departmental standards