Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery

Sign-on bonus offered with 2 years of experience!

Tucson Medical Center (TMC) is Tucson’s only non-profit community owned hospital. Employees choose to work at TMC because of our of integrity, community, dedication, and compassion which we show through the exceptional care we provide to our patients and our community.

Our passion for caring for the Tucson community has expanded over the last to include community partnerships, new medical specialties, and medical clinics to further provide the care our community deserves.

Why Join Tucson Medical Center?

We don’t only care for our patients, we care for our TMC family too. As a member of our family you can expect to enjoy a wide variety of benefits.

In addition to all the benefits you would expect from a leading medical facility (medical, dental, vision, 401K with match) we also provide :

• Family Style Atmosphere with a Supportive Team
• Competitive Pay
• Career Growth Opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health and Wellness Coaching
• Extensive Onsite Gym for $12.00 a Month

Unit Information :

This unit is comprised of L&D and a separate L&D triage area.We have 24 hour perinatologists, neonatologists, and anesthesiologists (dedicated to OB) along with obstetric physicians and 2 groups of midwives.

We are a high risk antepartum and intrapartum unit including 16 LDR beds, 8 antepartum outpatient beds, 4 NST Bays and 3pre-op and post-op beds.

We have 3 dedicated L&D OR’s for scheduled C-Sections and unscheduled cases such as cerclage placement or removal.We also do emergent cases such as a laboring patient who needs a C-Section for arrest of dilation or descent or fetal intolerance of labor, hysterectomy or D&C for hemorrhage.

Our nurses are unique in that they are trained to be the pre-op nurse, intraoperative nurse (circulator), and PACU nurse for all OR cases, along with the nurse for the newborn after delivery.

We care for triage patients; ante-partum patients (both outpatient and inpatient if high risk or unstable); intrapartum, and preop and postop patients.

Our triage nurses see pregnant women over 20 weeks of gestation for obstetrical concerns. They also take care of patients with scheduled procedures such as non-stress tests and versions.

We currently do over 5,500 deliveries a year.We currently have 14 nurses certified in Inpatient Obstetrics through NCC.Several nurses also have a subspecialty certification in electronic fetal monitoring.

All nurses in L&D are certified in NRP and ACLS.

REQUIREMENTS :

EDUCATION : Graduation from a qualified, nationally-accredited nursing program.

EXPERIENCE : One year of nursing experience in an acute care setting preferred.

LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION : Current RN licensure permitting work in the State of Arizona and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

Some departments such as OR, Ambulatory Surgery, Pediatrics / PICU, PACU, and GI Lab will require advanced life support certification (ACLS and PALS).