Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery

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At St. David's South Austin Medical Center, our nurses play a vital part. We know that every nurse’s path and purpose is unique. Do you want to create your own personal career path in nursing? HCA Healthcare is your career destination! Our scale makes it possible for nurses to create the career path that fits their life – for life – and empowers their passion for patient care. Apply today for our Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery opportunity. 

Job Summary and Qualifications 

As a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Labor and Delivery (L&D) unit, you will coordinate and provide patient care for all assigned patients. You will conduct initial and ongoing assessment of the patient and family, develop an individualized patient care plan, provide family-centered patient teaching, identify and correct variances from the patient care plan, and facilitate discharge planning and teaching.

• You will complete an admission interview upon patient arrival and completely document the patient assessment

• You will identify changes in the patient’s condition and act promptly and appropriately to report changes to the physician or charge nurse

• You will assess and document patient educational needs and instructions given upon admission and throughout hospitalization

• You will provide psychological and social support to the patient and family

• You will facilitate interdisciplinary discharge planning

• You will accurately administer and legibly document medications

• You will keep the physician and/or Clinical Nurse Coordinator aware of significant information or changes related to the patient and family

• You will continuously evaluate the plan of care to determine need for modifications

• You will provide individualized nursing interventions based on the plan of care, and document patient responses to interventions

What qualifications you will need: 

Experience

• 1 year of clinical nursing experienceas a Registered Nurse (RN)

Education

• Associate’s degree in Nursing(ADN) from an accredited nursing program

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)– preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• Current State of Texas Registered Nurse (RN) license or Compact Registered Nursing License. If Compact License, Texas license must beobtained within90 daysof hire

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certificationrequiredper St. David’s Healthcare policy

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)or Advanced Life Support (ALS)certificationrequiredper St. David’s Healthcare policy

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certificationrequiredper St. David’s Healthcare policy

• Registered Nurse, Certified in Inpatient Obstetrics (RNC-OB) – preferred

Benefits

St. David's South Austin Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note:  Eligibility for benefits may vary by location. 

St. David's South Austin Medical Center , which is part of St. David's HealthCare. We are a 368-bed acute care facility offering a range of complex specialties and sub-specialties. Our services include a nationally accredited oncology program with the area's only adult Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program; advanced trauma care with a Level II trauma center; comprehensive cardiac, stroke and orthopedic programs; full-service maternity and newborn care; and two full-service emergency centers in the communities of Bee Cave and Bastrop. St. David's South Austin Medical Center is affiliated with the Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery. We offer advanced robotic services for orthopedics, open heart and lung surgery, complex GI surgery, surgical oncology, general surgery, colorectal surgery, and urology. It was one of the first hospitals in Central Texas to combine the use of CT imaging and robotics to detect early stage lung cancer.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder 

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery opening. Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out. 

We are an equal opportunity employer.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.