Registered Nurse (RN) Mother Baby Unit
Washington, DC
Posted Sep 4
- Hours a week
- 24
- Unit
- Mother-Baby
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 24 hours
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 2+ years
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Pay
- Against the board
- Relocation
- Help offered
The median for nursing in District of Columbia is $42/hr, across 49 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
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.
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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.
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Requirements
- 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).
Benefits
- Referral program
- Free parking
- Retirement plan
- Relocation assistance
Place
- City
- Washington, DC
- Rent against this pay
- 45% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $109,870/yr
- Metro price level
- 9% above the national average
$1,954 median rent against $4,368 a month at $42/hr for 24 hours a week, before tax.
all local households, not nurse pay
Washington area index 108.9, where 100 is the national average.
Washington, DC blends monumental grandeur with livable neighborhood charm. From the historic rowhouses of Capitol Hill to the wooded trails of Rock Creek Park, the nation's capital offers renowned hospital systems, free Smithsonian museums, and Metro access that connects the city to surrounding suburbs.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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You’re weighing MedStar Health from Leonardtown, at the rural southern Maryland edge of a system that runs from Baltimore and DC outward—about 8,000 nurses across 10 hospitals, home health, and ambulatory sites. If you’re new, the Nurse Residency Program (October…
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