RN - Mother/Baby - Nights

Cambridge Health Alliance; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare institution in Cambridge is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Postpartum Unit. This role involves assessing and providing care for mothers and infants during the postpartum period. The ideal candidate will have a BSN and current RN licensure, with experience in mother/baby care preferred. The position includes ongoing assessment, education, and discharge planning in a supportive and culturally sensitive environment. Full-time night shifts are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing education to maternal newborn dyad from birth to discharge.
• Competency in discharge planning and follow up care for mother and newborn.
• Ability to maintain clinical practice in accordance with established guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing assessment and care of the mother and newborn.
• Participate in quality initiatives within the maternal newborn unit.
• Coordinate discharge planning for mother and newborn.

Skills

Current mother baby/ nursery experience

Current AHA BLS or ARC BLS

Level 1B nursery experience

Education

BSN preferred

Current MA RN Licensure

Job description

Location: CHA Cambridge Hospital

Work Days: 12 hr shifts, every other weekend, alternating holidays

Category: Registered Nurse

Department: Postpartum 5 North

Job Type: Full time

Work Shift: Night

Hours/Week: 36.00

Union Name: MNA Cambridge

The Maternity Suite at Cambridge Hospital is a beautiful unit with lovely views of downtown Boston and Harvard Square. It includes a Labor and Delivery (L&D) Unit and a Postpartum Unit and helps more than 1,100 growing families every year. The 7 bed labor unit has 3 triage bays and 2 ORs. We are proud of our multidisciplinary patient care, our culturally sensitive approach to labor and delivery, and some of the lowest C-section rates in Massachusetts. The PostPartum Unit consists of 12 private rooms with a level 1b continuing care nursery. This unit provides care for mothers and infants right after birth and through the early stages of postpartum to discharge. We foster a culturally sensitive approach to couplet care and early family bonding.

The Postpartum RN provides an ongoing assessment and care of the mother through the postpartum periods according to established guidelines. Provides ongoing assessment and care of the newborn according to established guidelines. Provides education to maternal newborn dyad from birth to discharge. Orchestrates and coordinates discharge planning and follow up care for mother and newborn. Participates in ongoing maternal newborn unit based quality initiatives. Maintains clinical practice in accordance with AWHONN, ACOG, NRP, and AAP established guidelines. Successfully completes the maternal newborn unit based competency programs as required

Qualifications/Requirements

• BSN preferred
• Current MA RN Licensure
• Current AHA BLS or ARC BLS required, NRP required prior to completion of unit orientation
• Current mother baby/ nursery experience required; Level 1B nursery experience strongly preferred

In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.