Registered Nurse Resource Pool Labor and Delivery

About the Platte Valley Women's Care & Labor and Delivery RN Role

As a Women's Care/Labor and Delivery RN at Platte Valley Hospital, you'll play a vital role in supporting patients throughout labor, delivery, recovery, postpartum care, and newborn transitions. You'll provide comprehensive nursing care while closely monitoring maternal and fetal well-being, assisting with deliveries, and educating families during every stage of their care journey. This role offers the opportunity to care for a diverse patient population in a supportive environment that emphasizes teamwork, clinical excellence, safety, and compassionate care. You'll collaborate closely with providers and interdisciplinary teams to ensure positive outcomes for both mothers and newborns while helping families navigate important milestones with confidence and support. Whether you're looking to expand your Women's Services expertise, strengthen your labor and delivery skills, or grow your nursing career in a family-centered environment, Platte Valley Hospital offers a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide safe, compassionate, evidence-based nursing care to laboring, postpartum, and newborn patients.
• Assess, monitor, and document maternal and fetal health throughout labor and delivery.
• Recognize and respond appropriately to changes in patient condition and obstetrical emergencies.
• Assist physicians, midwives, and interdisciplinary team members during labor, delivery, and recovery.
• Administer medications, treatments, and interventions in accordance with clinical standards and organizational policies.
• Support and educate patients and families regarding childbirth, postpartum recovery, newborn care, and breastfeeding.
• Promote family-centered care and foster a positive patient experience.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of patient assessments, care provided, and outcomes.
• Collaborate effectively with providers, lactation consultants, respiratory therapists, and other caregivers.
• Support a culture of safety, teamwork, continuous learning, and high-quality patient care.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current RN license in the state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
• Minimum one (1) year of RN experience in a critical care or acute care setting.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification for Healthcare Providers.
• BSN is Required. Degree will be verified.
• RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four (4) years of hire date.

Preferred Qualifications

• Labor & Delivery, Women's Services, Mother/Baby, Postpartum, or related nursing experience.
• NRP and fetal monitoring experience preferred.
• Strong communication, critical thinking, and patient advocacy skills.

Pay

$37.45 - $57.29 per hour, actual rate dependent upon experience.

Schedule

Full-Time | Night Shift. 10% Float Differential for all hours worked in Women's Care.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Location

Platte Valley Hospital, Brighton, Colorado

Benefits

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.