Registered Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery LDR

Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse (RN)

Advance your obstetrical nursing career at HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast and deliver exceptional, family-centered care as a Labor and Delivery (L&D) Registered Nurse (RN). This dynamic position is intentionally designed to attract high-caliber L&D, LDP, Perinatal, Obstetrical (OB), Intrapartum, and Maternal-Newborn RNs who are passionate about providing high-quality care during life's most meaningful moments. Operating within our comprehensive women's services line, you will manage high-acuity labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum care, including high-risk obstetrical monitoring, trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC/VBAC), and immediate post-surgical recovery in our dedicated cesarean surgical suites. Our nursing team works in close collaboration with board-certified OB/GYNs and an on-site, 24/7 designated Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to ensure maximum safety for both mother and infant. Our commitment to clinical and nursing excellence is highlighted by elite organizational honors, including our Labor and Delivery unit being recognized as a prestigious HCA Healthcare Unit of Distinction recipientplacing our nursing performance in the top 5% across the entire corporation. Furthermore, our clinical environment is backed by national accolades, including the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award and Americas 250 Best Hospitals Award, providing an elite, award-winning environment where you can truly thrive.

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in line with the requirements of the department and the standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. Collaborating with medical providers and the care team, you will provide personalized, comprehensive, and compassionate care, following established nursing models such as "Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage." You will also act as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers, embodying the organizations vision, mission, and values to ensure an outstanding patient experience and positive clinical outcomes.

What you will do in this role:

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate comprehensive care and discharge planning using an interdisciplinary team approach.
• Execute physician orders, assist with procedures, safely administer medications, and monitor clinical changes using a defined chain of command.
• Maintain accurate medical records while strictly following hospital policies, infection control protocols, and the Texas Nurse Practice Act.
• Participate actively in hospital-wide performance improvement initiatives to directly elevate clinical safety and patient outcomes.
• Foster a collaborative team environment by exhibiting professional behavior that supports a high-quality working workplace.
• Maintain strict patient confidentiality and privacy while honoring diverse cultural, psychosocial, and spiritual values.

What qualifications you will need:

• Graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree registered nursing program.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date)
• Current BLS, ACLS, EFM and NRP issued from American Heart Association required
• 1 year of clinical L&D experience as a licensed RN in a hospital required.

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast is a full-service 340+ bed acute care hospital in Pasadena, Texas. We have been a leader of medical care in Pasadena for more than 50 years. With board-certified physicians, registered nurses and expert technicians, the community has come to rely on us for top-quality, comprehensive and compassionate healthcare. HCA Houston Southeast is the only hospital in Pasadena with both Chest Pain Center Accreditation with Primary PCI and Resuscitation by the American College of Cardiology and full accreditation by The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare