Staff Nurse – Labour Room & Midwifery
Job Description
Arsalan Hospital is seeking a qualified and experienced Labour Room Staff Nurse/Midwife to provide safe and compassionate maternity care. The candidate must have hands-on experience in labour-room procedures, assisting with normal deliveries, caring for mothers before and after delivery, and providing immediate newborn care.
Key Responsibilities
• Prepare and manage the labour room for deliveries.
• Assess women presenting with labour pain and promptly inform the gynaecologist.
• Monitor labour progress, contractions, maternal vital signs and fetal heart rate.
• Assist the gynaecologist during normal vaginal deliveries and obstetric procedures.
• Conduct normal deliveries only within the candidate’s authorised scope and hospital protocols.
• Provide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal nursing care.
• Recognise warning signs and assist in obstetric emergencies, including postpartum haemorrhage, eclampsia and fetal distress.
• Prepare emergency medicines, instruments, delivery trays and newborn-resuscitation equipment.
• Provide immediate newborn care, including initial assessment, warmth, cord care and breastfeeding support.
• Assist with newborn resuscitation when required and appropriately trained.
• Administer prescribed medicines, injections and IV fluids.
• Maintain strict infection-control, sterilisation and patient-safety standards.
• Maintain accurate labour-room, delivery, medication and patient records.
• Educate mothers regarding breastfeeding, hygiene, nutrition, postnatal care and danger signs.
• Coordinate effectively with the gynaecologist, paediatrician and other hospital staff.
• Maintain patient privacy, dignity and confidentiality at all times.
Required Qualifications
• GNM, BSc Nursing or another recognised nursing/midwifery qualification.
• Valid registration as a Registered Nurse and Registered Midwife (RN/RM).
• Delhi Nursing Council registration, or eligibility and willingness to complete the applicable registration process.
• Minimum 1–2 years of hands-on labour-room or maternity experience.
• Practical experience assisting with normal vaginal deliveries is mandatory.
• Ability to handle rotational shifts, night duties and emergency delivery calls.
Work Location: In person
