RN OB
You'll make critical assessments, perform skilled procedures and carry out patient care plans each day.
Posted Sep 12 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- 12-hour days
- Unit and setting
- Labor and Delivery Nursing · Hospital
- License
- RN license Required qualifications include graduation from an accredited nursing school and obtaining or holding necessary licenses and certifications upon hirenecessary RN licenses and certifications, held or obtained upon hire
- Term
- Per Diem
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed with specific requirements for newly graduated RNs regarding BSN degree attainment.
- License
- necessary RN licenses and certifications, held or obtained upon hire Required qualifications include graduation from an accredited nursing school and obtaining or holding necessary licenses and certifications upon hire
- Education
- graduate of an accredited nursing school
- Education
- BSN degree attainment for newly graduated RNs with specific requirements for newly graduated RNs regarding BSN degree attainment
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates. See program calendars.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Below most Kentucky PRN postingsKentucky PRN postings that state pay run $29/hr to $52/hr, the middle half $34/hr to $45/hr, across 33 postings.
- Tuition assistance
- Offered
Benefits
- Benefitsprescription drug coverageprescription drug
- Benefitsvision plansvision plans
- Benefitslife insurancelife insurance
- Benefitspaid time offpaid time off
- Benefitstuition reimbursementtuition reimbursement
- Benefitsretirement plan benefitsretirement plan benefits
More benefits (3)
- medical
- prescription drug
- dental
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- medications, IV therapy and treatments Administers medications, IV therapy, and treatments in compliance with policies and procedures at the hospital.
- Day to day
- patient assessment and triage to standard, urgent or emergent care Performs assessment and analyzes patient problems and conditions using critical decisioning to determine need for standard, urgent or emergent interventions.
- Day to day
- patient and family education and discharge planning
- Hours stated
- 12-hour shifts, PRN
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Labor & Delivery has an opening for new graduates. This employer welcomes new graduates for this role. See the posting’s qualifications and orientation details.
Original listing
Posted on CommonSpirit Health’s careers page.
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As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.
To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement. Assumes responsibility for acquiring knowledge and skills necessary for patient care in the identified practice setting.
Performs assessment and analyzes patient problems and conditions using critical decisioning to determine need for standard, urgent or emergent interventions. Implements and/or modifies plan of care using assessment data, standards of care and evidence based practice inclusive of nursing care coordination, appropriate patient and family education, and discharge planning. Facilitates interdisciplinary partnership in patient care.
Integrates ethical provisions in nursing practice and delivers care in a manner that preserves and protects patient autonomy, dignity and rights. Administers medications, IV therapy, and treatments in compliance with policies and procedures at the hospital. Evaluates progress towards attainment of desired patient outcomes.
What's around it?
London, KY
Living costs about 10% below the US average