Job Title: Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery

Location: New York, NY 10019

Shift: Nights, 3x11.5 (34.50 Hours/Week)

Contract Length: 13 weeks with possible extension

Travel Pay Range: $2,700 - $2,900/week

Local Pay: $60 - $70/Hour

Summary

As a Clinical Nurse in the Labor & Delivery Unit, you will provide safe, competent, quality care to patients and their families, applying nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice within a collaborative interdisciplinary team.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver patient care using Relationship Centered Care principles and nursing process.
• Assess and evaluate patient needs, applying critical thinking in care management.
• Collaborate with healthcare teams to develop, implement, and evaluate care plans.
• Educate patients and caregivers on care plans, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, and care team members.
• Manage assignments within the Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model.
• Patient Experience
• Role model Relationship Centered Care practices (e.g., Admission Welcome, Bedside Shift Report, Purposeful Hourly Rounding).
• Respect patient values, preferences, cultural diversity, and expressed needs.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Use evidence-based practices to understand and improve patient perceptions of care.
• Address patient and family concerns promptly and escalate as needed.
• Demonstrate empathy, respect, and active listening in all interactions.
• Quality and Safety
• Practice safe, patient-centered care and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Demonstrate clinical skills essential to quality and safety.
• Participate in quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice, and nursing research.
• Follow institutional protocols to escalate safety hazards or gaps.
• Document nursing practice accurately to support quality and performance initiatives.

Operations:

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate with management to ensure adequate supplies and staffing.
• Escalate resource deficits appropriately.
• Promote cost-effective patient care and resource utilization.
• Facilitate patient throughput during shifts.
• Maintain thorough and compliant documentation.
• Professional Development
• Support clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Advance clinical competence from novice to expert level.
• Demonstrate professionalism, ethical decision-making, and effective communication.
• Encourage lifelong learning, inquiry, and innovation.

Qualifications & Skills

• Current New York State RN License
• BLS, ACLS, NRP certifications required
• Minimum 2 years Labor & Delivery nursing experience
• Minimum 2 years RN experience overall
• Magnesium Sulfate (MgSO₄) therapy experience is required.

“Pride Health offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with preferred vendors”