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RN Float Women & Children's Full-time Nights

Northwestern Medicine · Winfield, IL · Full time · Health Care Provider

Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Full time nights at Winfield across labor and delivery, mother baby and NICU. How does that fit your life?

What they are checking: The posting states the shift, the site and the three areas.

What would you do

How do you switch from a laboring patient to a sick newborn in the same shift?

What they are checking: The posting names floating to multiple assigned areas, and these are different disciplines.

How do you get oriented on a unit at the start of a night shift?

What they are checking: The posting is nights, when there is nobody spare to show a float around.

Equipment is set up differently on each unit. How do you handle that?

What they are checking: The practical hazard of floating between three specialist areas.

A delivery becomes an emergency. What is your part in the first two minutes?

What they are checking: Obstetric emergencies move fast and everyone needs a role they already know.

How do you care for a mother and a baby as two patients at once?

What they are checking: The structural difficulty of mother baby work, and both can deteriorate.

About the work

Tell me about your experience across labor and delivery, mother baby and the NICU.

What they are checking: The posting requires three or more years of acute experience in three areas of women and children's services.

What on a fetal monitor strip would make you act immediately?

What they are checking: The central clinical judgment when floating to labor and delivery.

What early signs would tell you a newborn is deteriorating?

What they are checking: Newborns decline fast and the NICU float has to see it early.

Where are you with your PALS, NRP and BLS certifications?

What they are checking: The posting requires PALS or NRP depending on the areas floated, plus BLS.

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The full job description

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This role will primarily support L&D, Mother Baby and NICU. The RN Float - Women & Children's 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. This role is a clinically competent, registered, professional nurse who prescribes, delegates and coordinates nursing care to the acutely ill patient through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation and evaluation. Responsibilities: • Effectively interacts with patient, significant others, and other health team members, while maintaining ANA standards of professional nursing practice. • Ability to float to multiple assigned areas. Required: • Three or more years of current acute nursing experience within past 5 years in 3 areas in Women and Children's Services. • Candidates for Women and Children's Services with experience in 2 areas will be considered but, must be willing to train in a third area. • Completion of an accredited Registered Nurse program. • BSN. • Must have PALS and/or NRP certification based on which areas they are floating. • LIC RN • CERT PALS • CERT BLS • CERT NRP 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. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more. Sign-on Bonus Eligibility (if sign-on bonus offered for position): 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 at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family.

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