Registered Nurse Birth Center

Job Description

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence‑based practice, and coordination of care with other health team members.

Birth Center of Denver is a midwife‑led birth center providing evidence‑based, compassionate and supportive care to women and families in Denver and surrounding areas. We offer prenatal care, customized education classes, labor support, water birth, postpartum and newborn care up to 14 days. Centering Pregnancy™ is our standard model of prenatal care, a group‑based approach that combines belly checks with time for discussion and shared learning about pregnancy, birth, and babies.

We provide a home‑like space outside of a hospital that supports a highly supportive and unmedicated childbirth experience. The birth center is owned by Saint Joseph Hospital, operates independently as a 5‑bed licensed freestanding birth center, and is fully integrated with St. Joe’s for seamless hospital transitions.

The Birth Center RN role is a salaried exempt position and provides opportunities to work at the top of your scope with an incredible clinical team. You will be scheduled for day, night, and weekend shifts and may be required to take call from home if there is no one in labor. You must be on site within a 30‑minute call response time.

Your hours will align with midwife schedules, following a CNM/RN call‑schedule model. You will support low‑risk pregnancies by providing information, guidance, and hands‑on clinical care during prenatal care, labor, birth, postpartum, and newborn care. The birth center nurse also supports family education, breastfeeding support, and serves as a key resource of information throughout the prenatal and childbirth journeys.

• Assess:
  Perform appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seek and evaluate information from interdisciplinary team members, patients, families, physicians, and other disciplines.
• Plan:
  Use assessment information and critical thinking to collaboratively develop individualized plans of care. Actively involve patients, families, the team, and physicians, including necessary education and referral.
• Implement:
  Lead the interdisciplinary team through delegation, coordination, and collaboration. Provide or delegate care consistent with the plan, guidelines, and licensure obligations. Prioritize and coordinate patient care delivery, managing time, supplies, and resources efficiently.
• Evaluate:
  Review patient response to interventions, assess goal achievement, clinical outcomes, and patient and family satisfaction. Revise the plan of care as needed and reassess changes accordingly.
• Professionalism:
  Promote the nursing profession, participate in development of others, integrate legal and ethical standards, comply with regulatory standards, practice within scope of licensure, document accurately and timely, and understand legal implications of care delivery.

• Patient Care Delivery
• Nursing Fundamentals
• Interdisciplinary Team Collaboration
• Documentation
• Professional Etiquette
• Accountability
• Patient Care Coordination
• Communication
• Patient Evaluation
• Critical Thinking

• Current license to practice as an RN in the state of practice; compact licenses must transfer within 60 days of employment.
• RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four (4) years of hire.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.
• Current labor and delivery experience required; postpartum or newborn care experience strongly preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution; degree will be verified.
• BSN required as of the job description’s last update on 4/27/2025. Employees hired or promoted prior to this date will be held to the requirements…