Registered Nurse-Labor and Delivery
Suffern, New York
The WMCHealthWorx Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care in an assigned clinical area, including but not limited to, ambulatory, psychiatric, medical/surgical, critical care, specialty units, or long term care units at one of the many facilities throughout the Hudson Valley, within WMCHealth. Westchester Medical Center is an academic medical center.
- Shift and hours
- Night · 7P-7:30AM Shift: Night Hours: 7P-7:30AM
- Unit and setting
- Labor and Delivery · Hospital Responsible for providing patient centered care to medically complex patients.Medically complex patients
- License
- RN license Mustpossess a valid license and current registration, issued by the New York State Education Department, as a Registered Nurse.New York State Registered Nurse license and registration
- Term
- Per Diem Position: Per Diem
Do you qualify?
- License
- New York State Registered Nurse license and registration Mustpossess a valid license and current registration, issued by the New York State Education Department, as a Registered Nurse. Check your license
- Certification
- BLS Current BLS required.
- Education
- Associates degree Associates degree required,BSN preferred
- Experience
- Previous professional nursing experience Previous professional nursing experience required
Preferred
- Education
- BSN
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Pays above most New York PRN rolesNew York PRN postings that state pay run $32/hr to $78/hr, the middle half $40/hr to $61/hr, across 335 postings.
The role and schedule
- Union
- Non-union
- Day to day
- Provides planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care Provides planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care.
- Day to day
- Supervises patient care, treatment, and services Supervises care, treatment, and services of the patient(s).
- Day to day
- Documents the patient's plan of care Documents the patient’s plan of care using identified nursing diagnosis, expected patient outcomes and appropriate nursing interventions.
- Day to day
- Maintains confidentiality with patients, medical staff, and co-workers Maintains confidentiality at all times with patients, medical staff, and co-workers.
- Day to day
- Provides a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic patient environment Provides a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic patient environment, using empathy.
- Day to day
- Adheres to policies and revises plan of care according to evaluation and orders
- Day to day
- Performs interventions per priorities, plan of care, and outcome standards Performs interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, and the hospital policies and patient care outcome standard.
- Day to day
- Implements orders, administers medications, starts IVs, and performs treatments and procedures
- Day to day
- Assesses and evaluates patients' needs for and responses to care rendered Assess and evaluate patients' needs for, and responses to, care rendered.
- Day to day
- Applies sound nursing judgment in patient care management decisions Apply sound nursing judgment in patient care management decisions.
- Day to day
- Administers prescribed medications as ordered Administer prescribed medications as ordered.
- Day to day
- Completes assessments using nursing process, evidenced-based practice, and competencies
- Day to day
- Observes Nurse Practice Act, Joint Commission, laws, and Patient's Bill of Rights
- Day to day
- Maintains patient care environment focused on safety and infection control
- Day to day
- Maintains positive relationships with physicians and interprofessional team members Maintains positive relationships with physicians and other interprofessional team members, collaborating to problem solve and improve patient care.
- Day to day
- Provides customer service and impacts HCAHPS metrics Provides excellent customer service and positively impacts HCAHPS metrics.
- Details
- Potential contact with human blood and other potentially infectious materials The individual performing this job may reasonably anticipate coming into contact with human blood and other potentially infectious materials.
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, 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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- Job Title: Registered Nurse-Labor and Delivery
- Company: WMCHealthWorx
- City/State: Suffern, NY
- Category: Nursing/Nursing Management
- Department: WRM - Nursing Admin - CHARITY
- Union: No
- Position: Per Diem
- Hours: 7P-7:30AM
- Shift: Night
- Posted Date: Sep 25, 2026
- Hiring Range: $75/hr
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Job Details
Job Summary
The WMCHealthWorx Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care in an assigned clinical area, including but not limited to, ambulatory, psychiatric, medical/surgical, critical care, specialty units, or long term care units at one of the many facilities throughout the Hudson Valley, within WMCHealth. Contact the recruitment team to learn more about the current opportunities available at the facility of your choice. They provide direct nursing care by assessing patients' needs, performing physical examinations, and taking health history and demographic information.
In addition, the Registered Nurse plans, develops, implements, administers, evaluates and updates specialized plans of treatment and preventive care regimens in accordance with medical orders and nursing standards, and also annotates medical records in accordance with established procedures, implements infection control protocols, and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities
- Provides planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care. • Responsible for providing patient centered care to medically complex patients. • Supervises care, treatment, and services of the patient(s). • Documents the patient’s plan of care using identified nursing diagnosis, expected patient outcomes and appropriate nursing interventions. • Maintains confidentiality at all times with patients, medical staff, and co-workers. • Provides a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic patient environment, using empathy. • Adheres to and supports the policies/procedures/goals/objectives of WMCHealth and the local hospital to provide quality patient care, revises plan of care according to evaluation, changes in medical plan of care and nursing interventions. • Performs interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, and the hospital policies and patient care outcome standard. • Implement physicians’ orders, administer medications, start IVs, perform treatments, procedures and special tests, and document treatment as required by WMCHealth and local hospital policy and local/state/federal rules and regulations. • Assess and evaluate patients' needs for, and responses to, care rendered. • Apply sound nursing judgment in patient care management decisions. • Administer prescribed medications as ordered. • Utilizes nursing process, evidenced-based practice, and unit-specific competencies to complete an accurate and timely assessment of the patient’s needs, goals, preferences, and resources available. • Supports professional practice by observing the following: Uses knowledge and practices in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act; Joint Commission, state, and local laws; and Patient’s Bill of Rights. • Uses appropriate standards of safety and hygiene to maintain a patient care environment with a focus on safety and preventing the spread of communicable disease between patients and staff. • Maintains positive relationships with physicians and other interprofessional team members, collaborating to problem solve and improve patient care. • Provides excellent customer service and positively impacts HCAHPS metrics. • Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications/
Requirements
Experience
Previous professional nursing experience required
Education
Associates degree required,BSN preferred
Licenses /
Certifications
Mustpossess a valid license and current registration, issued by the New York State Education Department, as a Registered Nurse. Current BLS required.
Other
The individual performing this job may reasonably anticipate coming into contact with human blood and other potentially infectious materials.
About Us
WMCHealthWorx
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What's around it?
Suffern, NYFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 8% above the US average
- Median rent
- $2,091/mo
- Household income
- $104,607/yr, all local households, not nurse pay