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Registered Nurse (RN) Labor and Delivery

HSHS · Springfield, IL · $34.00–$51.00 an hour · Full time

Posted Sep 21, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

This is a night shift Labor and Delivery role at St. John's. What's your experience in L&D or women's health?

What they are checking: Whether they are ready for the unpredictable pace of labor at night.

Tell me about a delivery that didn't go as planned.

What they are checking: Whether they stay calm in emergencies and support the family after.

What would you do

You see late decelerations. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they start intrauterine resuscitation and notify the provider quickly.

How do you support a mother whose birth plan can't be followed?

What they are checking: Whether they can respect the patient's wishes while keeping her and the baby safe.

A family member is filming and getting in the way during a tense moment. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they can set limits kindly while protecting patient safety.

How do you care for a family after a stillbirth?

What they are checking: Whether they can provide compassionate care during deep grief.

About the work

Walk me through how you read a fetal heart rate tracing.

What they are checking: Whether they understand fetal monitoring categories and when to act.

How do you recognize and respond to postpartum hemorrhage?

What they are checking: Whether they know early signs and the steps to control bleeding.

What's your role in newborn resuscitation?

What they are checking: Whether they are ready to use NRP skills right away.

How do you manage a patient on magnesium for preeclampsia?

What they are checking: Whether they know monitoring needs and signs of toxicity.

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The full job description

As published by HSHS.

Pay Range: $34.00 - $51.00 A successful candidate's actual pay rate will be based on several factors including relevant experience, skills, training, certifications and education. Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Multispecialty Care team. Ideal candidates are patient focused, mission driven caregivers looking for an opportunity to apply clinical knowledge to coordinate and perform hands on acute patient care at the bedside. Position Specifics: o Department: Labor and Delivery o Core Function: Nursing o Schedule: Nights, 36 hrs/wk, 7pm-7am o Facility: St John’s Hospital o Location: Springfield, IL o Sign On Bonus: Up to $20,000 Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families. Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process, collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families, and supervising assigned team members. Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills, and answering questions. Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following nursing philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations. Education Qualifications • Graduate from an accredited and approved school of nursing accepted for licensure in the state of practice is required. • Bachelor’s degree in Nursing is preferred. Experience Qualifications • Experience in healthcare is preferred. Certifications, Licenses and Registrations • Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in state of practice is required. • Wisconsin: RNs may practice with a valid multi-state RN license as outlined in the Nurse Licensure Compact rules. • Basic Life Support (BLS) is required. Job Description Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36 Throughout communities in Illinois and Wisconsin, 13 hospitals, numerous community-based health centers and clinics, our 13,000+ colleagues have built a culture based on our solid core values of respect, care, competence, and joy. These are the ideals we believe in, work by, and live each day. Built upon more than 145 years of service to the communities we serve, we now look to the future and our place in it as a healthcare system that strives to continually improve processes, procedures, and outcomes with the latest and most advanced technologies and treatments. Regardless of how far our passion for excellence carries us, our focus will always remain on the most important person in our entire organization: The patient. Benefits: HSHS provides a benefits package designed to support the overall well-being of our colleagues including their physical, emotional, financial, spiritual, and work health. Colleagues budgeted to work at least 32 hours per pay period are eligible for HSHS benefits. • Comprehensive and affordable health coverage includes medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time colleagues. • Paid Time Off (PTO) combines vacation, sick, and personal days into one balance to allow you the flexibility to use your time off as you need. • Retirement benefits including HSHS contributions. • Education Assistance benefits include up to $5,250 of educational assistance each calendar year and tuition discounts to select colleges with no waiting period. • Adoption Assistance provides financial support up to $7,500 for colleagues growing their families through adoption to reimburse application and legal fees, transportation, and more! • Other benefits include: Wellness program with incentives, employer-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, ID theft coverage, colleague rewards and recognition program, discount program, and more! Benefits HSHS and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). HSHS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce. Notice Regarding Potential Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Hiring Process Hospital Sisters may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence or machine-learning technologies, to assist with certain administrative aspects of the recruitment process. These tools may help our recruiting team organize applications, search for resumes, identify qualifications reflected in application materials, and facilitate communications or scheduling with applicants. Information used by these tools may include materials you provide during the application process, such as your resume, work history, education, qualifications, and responses to application questions. These tools are used only to support our recruiting process. Hiring decisions are made by HSHS personnel, and automated tools do not make employment decisions on behalf of HSHS. Applicants who have questions about this notice or who require a reasonable accommodation or alternative evaluation method may contact HSHS Human Resources at Contact@hshs.org

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