Registered Nurse (RN) Postpartum Mother and Baby
Nurses on Postpartum Unit 5D/5F are committed to providing family-centered care to every family.
- Unit and setting
- Postpartum Unit 5D/5F · Hospital To promote healthy birth outcomes, we manage the high-risk antenatal population in conjunction with the “Special Mom, Special Baby” Program.high-risk antenatal population
- License
- RN license RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in the District of Columbia requiredRN state licensure and/or Compact State licensure in the District of Columbia
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
- License
- RN state licensure and/or Compact State licensure in the District of Columbia RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in the District of Columbia required Check your license
- Education
- Associate's degree in Nursing Associate's degree in Nursing required
- Education
- enroll in a BSN program within 12 months and complete within 4 years of hire date if prepared at ADN level If prepared at the associate degree in nursing level required to enroll in a BSN program within 12 months of hire date and completion within 4 years of hire date.
Preferred
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred
- Experience
- prior clinical nursing experience Prior clinical nursing experience preferred
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Top of Washington staff RN payWashington staff RN postings that state pay run $39/hr to $51/hr, the middle half $41/hr to $44/hr, across 66 postings.
The role and schedule
- Patients
- congenital anomalies of mother and/or baby, premature rupture of membranes, diabetic management, hypertension
- Day to day
- support community with initiation, promotion, and suitability along breastfeeding journey Our achievement of Baby Friendly Designation demonstrates our commitment to supporting our community with initiation, promotion, and suitability along their breastfeeding journey.
- Day to day
- collaborate to ensure rooming-in, skin to skin, and breastfeeding exclusivity is accomplished Additionally, the interdisciplinary healthcare team collaborates to ensure rooming-in, skin to skin, and breastfeeding exclusivity is accomplished.
- Day to day
- consistently assess, identify, and address patient's educational needs and barriers to learning Above all, our postpartum nurses are proficient with consistently assessing, identifying, and addressing patient’s educational needs and barriers to learning.
The workplaceFrom Medicare Care Compare, Sep 2026 · ANCC.
- Hospital
- Medstar Washington Hospital Center
- Address
- 110 IRVING STREET NW, WASHINGTON, DC, 20010
- CMS rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Beds
- 719
- Magnet
- Designated since 2025
About MEDSTAR WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER
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- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
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- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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About this Job
Unit Highlights
Nurses on Postpartum Unit 5D/5F are committed to providing family-centered care to every family. To promote healthy birth outcomes, we manage the high-risk antenatal population in conjunction with the “Special Mom, Special Baby” Program. In this program we see a wide variety of diagnoses that include but not limited to congenital anomalies of mother and/or baby, premature rupture of membranes, diabetic management, hypertension etc. Our achievement of Baby Friendly Designation demonstrates our commitment to supporting our community with initiation, promotion, and suitability along their breastfeeding journey.
Additionally, the interdisciplinary healthcare team collaborates to ensure rooming-in, skin to skin, and breastfeeding exclusivity is accomplished. Above all, our postpartum nurses are proficient with consistently assessing, identifying, and addressing patient’s educational needs and barriers to learning.
Minimal Qualifications
Education
- Associate's degree in Nursing required
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred
- If prepared at the associate degree in nursing level required to enroll in a BSN program within 12 months of hire date and completion within 4 years of hire date.
Experience
- Prior clinical nursing experience preferred
Licenses and Certifications
- RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in the District of Columbia required
- CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (includes BLS and NRP) for healthcare providers from either the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross within 90 Days required
- Additional unit/specialty certifications may vary by department or business unit.
- C-EFM - Electronic Fetal Monitoring from the National Certification Corporation (NCC) is required for Perinatal nurses (labor and delivery antepartum antenatal testing) within 12 months from date of hire. New graduate nurses or new to specialty nurses (labor and delivery antepartum antenatal testing) will have 15 months from date of hire to obtain the EFM certification.
This position has a hiring range of : USD $41.38 - USD $63.05 /Hr.
What's around it?
Washington, DCFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 9% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,954/mo
- Household income
- $109,870/yr, all local households, not nurse pay