À propos de ce poste Registered Nurse - Birth Center / Labor & Delivery chez Mercy
Find your calling at Mercy!
🌟 Ready for a New Chapter in Nursing?Experienced RN - Labor & Birth
Mercy Hospital St. Louis | Full-Time Nights
January & February Transition Cohorts Available
Bring Your Nursing Experience to the Biggest Birthing Center in St. Louis
You've built a strong nursing foundation. You've mastered critical thinking, patient advocacy, prioritization, and compassionate care. Now, it's time to elevate your career in a specialty that combines advanced clinical skills with some of the most meaningful moments in healthcare.
At Mercy Hospital St. Louis Labor & Birth, we're looking for experienced RNs who are ready to transition into a highly rewarding and dynamic specialty. Through our comprehensive training and supportive onboarding process, you'll gain the specialized knowledge and confidence needed to thrive in Labor & Birth nursing.
Whether you're coming from Med Surg, Telemetry, ICU, Emergency Department, OR, or another nursing specialty, Mercy can help you make the transition.
Position Details:
Why Labor & Birth?
Labor & Birth offers a unique blend of high-acuity nursing, patient advocacy, family-centered care, and teamwork.
❤️ Make a Lasting Impact Few nursing specialties allow you to play such a meaningful role in a patient's life. You'll support families through one of their most memorable and life-changing experiences.
🩺 Expand Your Clinical Expertise Labor & Birth nurses utilize advanced assessment skills, fetal monitoring, rapid response interventions, medication management, and critical thinking every shift.
⚡ Experience High-Acuity Nursing Labor & Birth can shift from routine to emergent in moments. If you enjoy staying sharp, anticipating changes, and responding quickly, you'll find this specialty both challenging and rewarding.
🤝 Be Part of an Exceptional Team Work collaboratively with obstetricians, midwives, anesthesiologists, NICU specialists, surgical teams, and fellow nurses to provide outstanding care.
📚 Grow in an Exciting Specialty Every patient, every labor, and every delivery is different. Labor & Birth offers continuous opportunities to learn and develop new clinical skills throughout your career.
Why Experienced Nurses Choose Labor & Birth
Many nurses find themselves looking for something more:
✔ A deeper connection with patients and families
✔ A specialty that combines critical care skills with compassionate support
✔ Opportunities to continue learning and growing
✔ A collaborative team environment
✔ Meaningful moments that remind them why they became a nurse
Labor & Birth offers all of that and more.
Is Labor & Birth Right for You?
You may be an excellent fit if you:
✅ Thrive in fast-paced, unpredictable environments
✅ Enjoy critical thinking and clinical decision-making
✅ Stay calm under pressure
✅ Communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare teams
✅ Value teamwork and collaboration
✅ Are excited to learn a new specialty and embrace a growth mindset
✅ Want to make a lasting impact on patients during an important life event
What You'll Do
As a Labor & Birth RN, you will:
- Provide exceptional patient-centered care throughout labor, delivery, and recovery
- Assess, monitor, and respond to changing maternal and fetal conditions
- Develop and implement individualized plans of care
- Educate and support patients and families
- Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary care teams
- Utilize fetal monitoring, laboratory, and diagnostic data to guide care decisions
- Participate in bedside handoffs and patient safety initiatives
- Contribute to quality improvement efforts and evidence-based practice
- Maintain professional growth through certifications, continuing education, and specialty development
Qualifications
Required
- Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program (ADN, Diploma, or BSN)
- Current RN License or eligibility for licensure in the state of Missouri
- BLS Certification through the American Heart Association (or obtained within 30 days of hire)
- Previous RN experience in an acute care or applicable clinical setting
Additional Certifications May Include
- ACLS
- NRP
- S.T.A.B.L.E.
- C-EFM
- PALS
- Other unit-specific certifications as required
Physical Requirements
This position requires the ability to:
- Lift, push, and pull up to 50 pounds regularly
- Stand and walk for extended periods throughout shifts
- Reach, bend, kneel, squat, twist, and perform direct patient care activities
Why Mercy Labor & Birth?
🏥 Largest birthing center in the St. Louis region
🌟 Comprehensive specialty training and support for experienced RNs transitioning into Labor & Birth
🤝 Collaborative, multidisciplinary care teams
📈 Professional development and certification opportunities
💙 Patient-centered culture focused on compassionate care
👶 The privilege of helping welcome new life every day
Take Your Nursing Career Somewhere Extraordinary
Your experience has prepared you for this next step.
Join Mercy Hospital St. Louis Labor & Birth and discover a specialty where clinical excellence, teamwork, and life-changing moments come together every day.
Full-Time Nights
January & February Specialty Transition Cohorts Available
Apply today and bring your nursing experience to one of the most rewarding specialties in healthcare. 💙👶🏥
Why Mercy?
From day one, Mercy offers outstanding benefits - including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, tuition support, and matched retirement plans for team members working 32+ hours per pay period.
Join a caring, collaborative team where your voice matters. At Mercy, you'll help shape the future of healthcare through innovation, technology, and compassion. As we grow, you'll grow with us.
