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Coordinate and provide individualized quality patient care for families during the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods. Formulate collaborative care plans and maintain professional nursing standards within the New Beginnings Family Birth Centers.
Requirements summary
Candidates must be nursing students eligible for licensure or experienced RNs new to L&D, with specific GPA or practicum requirements for graduates. A current Pennsylvania nursing license and BLS certification are required.
Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees.
The employees of St.
Luke's are our most valuable asset!
Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.
Nurses are pivotal to providing the care that is needed and demanded in our communities.
At St.
Luke's, we are proud to be the forerunners of that higher quality standard.
Our philosophy and professional practice model are our commitment to safe, compassionate and quality patient centered care.
Nursing uniquely leaves a lasting impression on patients and families who rely on these skills.
Here at St.
Luke’s, PCRAFT values are the guiding core principles of our health care team and the qualities we strive for with every encounter.
Pride, caring, respect, accountability, flexibility and teamwork are the qualities our team will deliver every time.
As a patient or prospective employee, you can count on every member of the St.
Luke’s team to display PCRAFT values in every situation.
St.
Luke’s New Beginnings Family Birth Centers are trusted by more Lehigh Valley parents than any other hospital in the region.
Our state-of-the-art birthing units, offer parents the comforts of a safe, family-centered atmosphere to welcome their new babies into the world.
The nursing staff is highly skilled in labor, postpartum and newborn assessment, and care.
They are also specially trained and certified in Advanced Fetal Monitoring.
Board–certified anesthesiologists are available 24-hours-a-day, and board-certified obstetricians make daily rounds.
The Registered Nurse in the New Beginnings Family Birthing Units are responsible for providing individualized family centered care during the antepartum, intrapartum, & postpartum periods.
HOSPITAL LOCATIONS: Will vary by campus availability Allentown Campus Anderson Campus, Easton Upper Bucks Campus, Quakertown QUALIFICATIONS: Nursing Student with prospective Spring/Summer/Winter graduation dates who will be eligible to sit for NCLEX and obtain licensure before start of Internship.
Requirements for GNs: must have employment experience in an L&D unit or have a senior practicum in an L&D unit or have a minimum of a 3.2 GPA Experienced RN that has not worked in the L&D setting.
OVERVIEW: What St.
Luke's Labor and Delivery RN Internship Offers: The Length of the internship program is Full Time competency-based and is tailored to each individual adult learner.
Dedicated Education Team Bridging the Preparation to Practice Gap Support Transition from Novice to Advanced Beginner A Progressive Arrangement of Seminars, Workshops, Supervised hands-on trainings, Simulation, and Clinical Observations Clinical Preceptorship Cultivate Leadership, Team Building, & Conflict Management AWHONN'S Perinatal Orientation & Education Program Oriented to Couplet Care, Labor, Operating Room and Infant Resuscitation 50.2 CEs The Labor and Delivery RN Internship is conducted at various sites within the St.
Luke’s University Health Network and is supervised by the Labor and Delivery RN Internship coordinator.
Upon successful completion of the Labor and Delivery RN Internship Program, the intern will work in a St.
Luke's Labor and Delivery Department where he/she will practice caring for patients across their lifespans.
JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES The Maternal/Neonatal nurse is responsible for coordinating and providing individualized quality patient care utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, documentation and evaluation.
Formulates collaborative and individualized plan of care and identifies expected patient outcomes, using the nursing process and patient birth plan.
Works cooperatively with ancillary, nursing and other patient-team personnel to maintain standards for professional nursing practice.
Maintains confidentiality of all materials handled within the Network/ Entity as well as the proper release of information.
Demonstrates/models the Network’s Service Excellence Standards of Performance in interactions with all customers (internal and external).
Complies with Network and departmental policies regarding attendance and dress code.
Demonstrates competency in the assessment, range of treatment, knowledge of growth and development and communication appropriate to the age of the patient treated.
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: Maintain current BLS certification.
EDUCATION: Registered Nurse with current license to practice in the State of Pennsylvania.
PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS: Sit up to 2 hours per day; 1 hour at a time.
Stand for up to 10 hours per day; 8 hours at a time.
Walk 6 hours per day; 10 minutes at a time.
Consistently lift, carry and push objects up to 10 lbs.
Occasionally lift, carry and push objects up to 75 lbs.
Transports patients weighing up to 500 lbs. via wheelchair, bed and/or stretcher.
Frequently stoop and bend.
Frequently reach above should level.
Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch.
Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation and high and low frequencies.
Must be able to see as it relates to general, near, far, color and peripheral vision.
Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address.
Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer.
Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable.
It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application.
Thank you for your interest in St.
Luke's!!
St.
Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Founded in 1872, St.
Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites.
With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey.
St.
Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St.
Luke’s Children’s Hospital.
SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.
It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital.
The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY.
In 2021, St.
Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally.
St.
Luke’s is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row.
Also, for the third straight year, St.
Luke’s has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award.
In 2025, St.
Luke’s was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024.
Lastly, in 2025, St.
Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row.
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