Jobs › Northwestern Medicine

Labor & Delivery Tech Mother Baby Part Time Days

Northwestern Medicine · Huntley, IL · Part time · Health Care Provider

Posted Sep 23, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

Apply at Northwestern Medicine

Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

We are looking for L&D, surgical or scrub tech experience. Tell me about your experience in an OR or delivery setting.

What they are checking: Whether their background matches the cesarean and delivery support this unit needs.

Tell me about a time you supported a patient or family during a stressful or emotional moment.

What they are checking: Calm, kind presence in a setting where births can be joyful or frightening.

Tell me about a time you suggested a way to make work on your unit more efficient.

What they are checking: Contributing to improvement and cost-saving efforts the posting asks techs to support.

What would you do

A new mom's vital signs look different from an hour ago. What do you do?

What they are checking: Recognizing changes in postpartum patients and reporting them to the RN right away instead of waiting.

The RN asks you to do something you have not been trained to do. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Knowing their scope as a tech and saying so clearly, even when the unit is busy.

An emergency happens during a delivery and the room fills with people. What is your role?

What they are checking: Staying useful in a crisis, running for supplies or tasks without getting in the way.

About the work

Walk me through setting up a room or back table for a delivery or a C-section.

What they are checking: Hands-on knowledge of sterile setup and instrument readiness for obstetric procedures.

How do you maintain a sterile field, and what do you do if you see it broken?

What they are checking: Whether they speak up immediately about a break in sterility, regardless of who caused it.

How do you label specimens so there is no chance of a mix-up between mom and baby?

What they are checking: Patient identification discipline in a unit with two linked patients per room.

What does hourly rounding look like when you do it well?

What they are checking: Understanding that rounding is about anticipating needs and safety, not just checking a box.

Practice this interview out loud.

Offer builds a real interview for this exact role at Northwestern Medicine from your resume and this job description, asks the questions one at a time, and tells you what landed. The first one is free.

Practice this out loud

The full job description

As published by Northwestern Medicine.

*Seeking L&D tech, Surgical Tech or Scrub Tech experience. The Labor & Delivery Tech reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. Assists patients with activities of daily living, provides basic nursing care to non-critically ill patients and assists in maintenance of a safe and clean environment under the direction and supervision of the Registered Nurse in charge of the team and/or unit. Reinforces teaching previously taught by RN. Responsibilities: • Uses organizational and unit/department resources efficiently. • Manages work schedule efficiently, completing tasks and assignments on time. • Contributes to opportunities and processes for continuous improvement. • Participates in efforts to reduce costs, streamline work processes, improve and grow services we provide. • Performs basic patient care responsibilities, including vital signs, skin care, and personal care, considering needs specific to the standard of care for patient's age. • Maintains patient rooms in a clean and neat manner, keeping the patient's environment presentable and restocking areas as directed. • Consistently demonstrates hourly rounding key behaviors. • Collects and labels specimens (urine, stool and sputum)accurately and according to policy. Identifies and transports blood/blood components and specimens using appropriate blood borne pathogen precautions. Identifies drains and tubes, empties and records drainage. • Follows standard precautions and infection control policies and procedures consistently. • Performs services requiring technical and manual skills under the direction of the RN • Manages and operates equipment safely and correctly, cleans equipment according to standards. • Proactively performs other duties within L&D technician scope of practice. • Assists with patient admission, orients patient and family to the room, assists patients with ambulation/positioning, prepares patients for discharge/transfer, and transports patients as needed. • Demonstrates ability to promptly communicate to the RN any observed changes in patient status and responses; e.g. pain, changes in condition, distress. Clarifies with the RN any special procedures or observations necessary. • Interacts professionally with patient/family and involves patient/family in the formation of the plan of care under the direction of the RN. • Provides explanation to patient and family prior to administering care to patients; answers questions within scope of practice. • Maintains a good working relationship both within the department (co-workers, charge nurse, assistant manager and manager), physicians and with other departments. • Demonstrates the knowledge of proper identification and reporting of medical/health care errors. • Performs other duties as assigned Required : • High School Graduate or equivalent • Certified BLS Preferred : • Labor & Deliver or surgical technician experience Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status. Background Check Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. Benefits We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Click on or copy and paste URL to your browser to view detailed benefits information NorthwesternMedicine Career Page https://jobs.nm.org/benefits Please refer to the Benefits Eligibility by Employment Classification to determine benefits eligibility for job postings. If sign-on bonus is included in a job posting eligibility is as followed: Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign-on bonus. Exception : New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position as a Registered Nurse at NM may be eligible.

Apply at Northwestern Medicine