Registered Nurse (RN) Mother Baby Unit
Washington, District of Columbia
- Shift and hours
- 24 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Mother-Baby · Hospital
- License
- RN license Active DC RN License and Basic Life Support for Healthcare providers required (AHA or American Red Cross).
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Active DC RN License and Basic Life Support for Healthcare providers required (AHA or American Red Cross).
- Experience
- At least two years of recent, hospital-based Mother/Baby Clinical Nursing (RN) Experience required.
Preferred
- Education
- ADN, BSN, MSN, or CNL from an accredited School of Nursing required. BSN preferred.
- Experience
- High risk 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.
Benefits
- Referral program
- Free parking
- Retirement plan
- Relocation assistance
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- 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
Join the nationally recognized Mother/Baby Nursing team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
The Perinatal Department at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital consists of a Labor & Delivery/Inpatient Antepartum Suite along with a Mother-Baby Couplet Postpartum Unit. Perinatal nurses assess the mother and neonate in a family-centered, holistic environment that supports the new family during this time of changing needs. MedStar Georgetown is a regional referral center for high-risk mothers and infants, and enjoys a supportive and cooperative relationship with our outstanding Level IV NICU to provide excellent continuity of care for these families.
Perinatal nurses collaborate with parenting services, antepartum/postpartum patient educators and lactation specialists to provide comprehensive patient and family education. Our diverse patient population includes both medically complex and uncomplicated patients. Perinatal nurses enjoy participating in collaborative governance at the unit and hospital level and are encouraged to attend a wide variety of educational opportunities, including AWHONN regional and national conferences.
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital has been named one of the Best Maternity Hospitals in 2025 by Newsweek magazine and Statista Inc., a world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. MedStar Georgetown is among an elite group of hospitals from across the country and the only hospital in the District of Columbia to meet this standard of excellence and earn this recognition. This is the third time in recent years that MedStar Georgetown has been recognized with this distinction.
Key Responsibilities
As a Clinical Nurse on the Postpartum Mother/Baby Couplet Unit, you will provide skilled, compassionate care to patients and families across a spectrum of needs—from routine to highly complex. You will assess evolving patient conditions, identify actual and potential health concerns, and develop appropriate care plans. Interventions may be delivered directly or coordinated through collaboration with other members of the nursing team .
Nursing Benefits
- Part-time 24 hours per week position available, or full-time 36 hours per week.
- Nationally recognized nurse wellbeing resources
- Retirement plans
- Systemwide referral bonus program—up to $6,000 for each RN and up to $4,000 for each LPN that joins MedStar Health
- Relocation assistance up to $5,000
- Free parking for associates
Qualifications
- ADN, BSN, MSN, or CNL from an accredited School of Nursing required. BSN preferred.
- At least two years of recent, hospital-based Mother/Baby Clinical Nursing (RN) Experience required. High risk experience preferred.
- Active DC RN License and Basic Life Support for Healthcare providers required (AHA or American Red Cross).
This position has a hiring range of : USD $42.00 - USD $69.42 /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