RN - Labor and Delivery [Syracuse, NY] - RNLD 26-12469
Job Description
Job DescriptionRN – Labor and Delivery
Location: Syracuse, NY
Contract Duration: 16 Weeks
Shift: Night Shift | 12 Hours/Day
Weekly Gross: $2,500–$2,700 (Based on Experience)
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) – Labor and Delivery to provide high-quality nursing care in an acute-care hospital setting. The ideal candidate will have strong Labor & Delivery experience, including experience circulating C-sections, and be comfortable providing care across Labor & Delivery, Post-Partum, and Nursery areas.
The RN will work collaboratively with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to ensure safe and effective care for patients and newborns.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive nursing care to patients in the Labor & Delivery department.
- Float between Labor & Delivery, Post-Partum, and Nursery as required.
- Circulate Cesarean section (C-section) procedures.
- Perform C-section scrubbing when qualified; scrub experience is highly preferred.
- Conduct comprehensive nursing assessments and perform required patient-care skills with minimal orientation and supervision.
- Provide nursing care in an acute-care hospital environment.
- Monitor patients throughout labor, delivery, and the postpartum period.
- Collaborate with physicians and the interdisciplinary healthcare team to support safe patient outcomes.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation.
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills.
- Follow all facility requirements related to health clearance, drug screening, background checks, and onboarding.
Required Qualifications
- Current New York State RN registration/license.
- Current BLS certification with the ability to recertify as required.
- Minimum 1.5 years of recent acute-care nursing experience within the past 2 years.
- Approximately 2 years of relevant nursing experience preferred/required based on facility requirements.
- Recent Labor & Delivery experience.
- C-section circulating experience – Required.
- Experience working in a hospital with comparable size and clinical acuity, or experience in a trauma-center environment.
- Strong clinical assessment and patient-care skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Level I Trauma Center experience highly preferred.
- EPIC EMR experience highly preferred.
- Previous experience scrubbing C-sections highly preferred.
- Experience caring for patients across Labor & Delivery, Post-Partum, and Nursery.
- Ability to adapt to a high-acuity, fast-paced hospital environment.