Registered Nurse - LDRP (Labor & Delivery and Recovery & Postpartum)

Job Title

Indiana University Health is looking for passionate, experienced nurses to join our team and collaborate with top medical professionals.

Labor & Delivery Skills

• Low-risk labor assessment and management
• Fetal monitoring (intermittent auscultation and basic EFM interpretation)
• Sterile vaginal exams
• Labor support techniques (positioning, coping, hydrotherapy, etc.)
• Identifying early signs of labor complications and initiating provider notification
• Assisting with inductions and augmentations (e.g., Foley balloon, Cytotec, low-dose Pitocin protocols)
• Assisting with spontaneous vaginal deliveries
• Immediate postpartum recovery for birthing parents
• Grief support and bereavement care when needed.

Postpartum

• Focused postpartum assessments: fundus, lochia, pain, perineum, bladder, vitals
• Postpartum hemorrhage recognition and first-line interventions
• Breastfeeding support and safe formula feeding education
• Management of common postpartum needs (pain control, mobility, peri-care)
• Post-operative cesarean section care.
• Maternal mental health screening (e.g., EPDS)

Newborn Nursery

• Comprehensive newborn assessments
• Routine newborn care: meds (Vitamin K, Hep B, erythromycin), baths, weights
• Thermoregulation and blood sugar monitoring
• Feeding support for breastfeeding and formula-fed infants
• Jaundice screening
• Newborn screening coordination (CCHD, hearing, heelstick)
• Safe sleep education for families
• Stabilization of late preterm or borderline infants before transfer if needed

Emergency Management Skills

• Neonatal stabilization prior to transport (NRP-level skills)
• Maternal emergency stabilization (PE, eclampsia, hemorrhage, sepsis)
• Shoulder dystocia support and documentation
• Initial response to OB traumas before transfer
• Participation in mock codes and drills (PPH, neonatal resuscitation, maternal code)

Cross Training & General

• Caring for antepartum patients for short-term observation.
• Managing a mix of labor, postpartum, and newborn patients following AWHONN Safe Staffing Guidelines.
• Crosstrain to Medical Surgical Unit

Unit Successes/Designations/National Recognition

• IU Health Paoli has been recognized by ANCC as a Pathway to Excellence Hospital through 2029. We were re-designated in July 2025.
• US News and World Reports recognized our unit as a High Performing Hospital for Maternity Care and a Maternity Care Access Hospital

Unit Culture Highlights

• Team-work environment
• Strong professional governance culture
• Implementation and maintenance of IU Health Values

Qualifications

• Requires 1 year RN experience.
• Requires an Associates of Nursing (ASN); Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Requires an active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Indiana or an active Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) RN license.
• Requires that the RN has graduated from a nationally accredited nursing program.
• Requires Basic Life Support certification through the AHA.
• Other advanced Life Support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies.

Why Join IU Health?

As Indiana's largest and most comprehensive healthcare system, and the number 1 ranked healthcare system in Indiana, we offer:

• A supportive and collaborative work environment that is patient centered.
• Competitive benefits.
• 401(K) retirement savings with employer match.
• Employer paid medical leave.
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness IU Health qualifies under the public service loan forgiveness program.
• Employee Assistance Program Counseling at no cost to you
• Healthy Results - Participation in our team member wellness programs award points that contribute toward a biweekly financial incentive in your paycheck. The more you participate, the more you earn.

Our culture of compassion allows for a holistic delivery of care that is individualized based on our patients' and their families' needs. At IU Health, every team member is a caregiver. This care does not stop with our patients, it also extends to one another and our community through service projects, health initiatives and wellness education.