Job Title
Registered Nurse - Obstetrics (L&D, Postpartum, Nursery)
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Registered Nurse to join our dedicated Obstetrics team in Waimea, Hawaii. This role is based in a 5-bed OB Unit, providing comprehensive care across Antepartum, Labor and Delivery, Postpartum, Nursery, and Outpatient Testing services.
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a diverse patient population, including high-risk pregnancies, laboring patients, and newborns requiring various levels of care. This position requires a compassionate professional capable of adapting to fluctuating census needs and providing exceptional patient-centered care in a dynamic environment.
This is a critical role for an RN with a strong background in all facets of obstetrical nursing, committed to ensuring positive outcomes for mothers and infants.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive nursing care for Antepartum, Intrapartum, Postpartum, and high-risk obstetrical patients (e.g., PIH, placenta abruption, prolapse cord, placenta previa, VBAC, GDM, PTL, PROM).
- Manage laboring patients, including monitoring and interpreting fetal heart rates, administering and titrating medications such as Pitocin, Magnesium Sulfate, and Insulin drips.
- Care for Observation and Non-Stress Test (NST) patients.
- Provide specialized care for newborns, including well babies, those requiring phototherapy (Bilibed, Neoblue), and Special Care Nursery infants.
- Perform and assist with various procedures such as starting adult and neonatal IVs, adult and neonatal Accu checks, PKU on newborns, newborn resuscitation, APGAR scoring, bulb suctioning, and DeLee suctioning.
- Assist physicians with procedures including circumcisions, external cephalic versions (ECV), and monitoring patients with intrauterine pressure catheters (IUPC) or internal scalp electrodes (ISE) during amnioinfusions.
- Support anesthesia administration for intrathecal or epidural procedures and monitor PCA pumps.
- Attend C-Sections, provide immediate newborn care post-delivery, and recover patients following C-Sections or Bilateral Tubal Ligations (BTL).
- Administer IV fluids and IVPB medications accurately and safely.
- Float to other departments as needed based on census and unit requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Hawaii.
- Minimum of 2 years of recent experience in Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, and Nursery (couplet care).
- Demonstrated experience caring for Antepartum, Intrapartum, Postpartum, and Nursery patient populations.
- Ability to start adult and neonatal IVs and perform adult and neonatal Accu checks.
Preferred Qualifications
Not specified.
Skills & Competencies
- Clinical Skills: Advanced fetal monitoring interpretation, high-risk obstetrical patient management, newborn resuscitation, APGAR scoring, PKU collection, medication administration (Pitocin, Magnesium Sulfate, Insulin drips), IV insertion (adult and neonatal), blood glucose monitoring (adult and neonatal), assisting with circumcisions, ECV, amnioinfusion, IUPC/ISE monitoring, PCA pump management, C-section and BTL recovery.
- Equipment Proficiency: Avalon fetal monitoring machine, PYXIS machine, Ohmeda Infant Warmer System, Neopuff, Oxygen Blender, Bilibed (phototherapy), Neoblue bed and overhead (phototherapy), OUR 365 (newborn photos), SCD machine, Echoscreen (newborn hearing), Adult and Neonatal crash cart machine, vital signs machine.
- Documentation: Proficient in paper charting.
- Soft Skills: Critical thinking, effective communication, teamwork, adaptability, strong patient advocacy, ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Shift Details
- Shift Type: Flexible, with a preference for night shifts.
- Shift Duration: 8 hours per shift.
- Days per Week: 5 days per week.
- Contract Length: 13 weeks.
- Start Date: June 29, 2026, at 7:00 AM (PST).
- Hours: Must work 80 hours every two weeks (full-time equivalent).
- Call Requirements: Not specified.
- Weekend Rotations: Not specified.
Licensing Requirements
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Hawaii.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification.
- STABLE Program certification.
- Fetal Monitoring (FM) certification.