Highlights
As a Mother Baby Nurse Resident, you'll play a meaningful role in helping mothers recover, educating families on newborn care, and creating memorable experiences for patients during their first days together. Do you love caring for newborns, supporting growing families, and helping new moms gain confidence during one of life's most important transitions?.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | St Louis |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1986 |
| Website | https://www.mercy.net/ |
Description
Find your calling at Mercy!
June 2027 RN Nurse Residency | Mother Baby | Mercy Hospital St. Louis
Do you love caring for newborns, supporting growing families, and helping new moms gain confidence during one of life's most important transitions?
At Mercy Hospital St. Louis, every birth story is unique, and every family deserves exceptional care. As a Mother Baby Nurse Resident, you'll play a meaningful role in helping mothers recover, educating families on newborn care, and creating memorable experiences for patients during their first days together.
Why Mother Baby at Mercy?
Care for both mothers and newborns in a rewarding, family-centered environment
Build lasting relationships through education, support, and compassionate care
Learn from experienced nurses and clinical leaders through a structured Nurse Residency Program
Develop specialized skills in postpartum care, newborn assessment, breastfeeding support, patient education, and maternal-newborn health
Join one of the region's most trusted destinations for childbirth and women's services
Mercy is consistently recognized as one of the best places in the region for expecting families. From routine deliveries to the most complex maternal and neonatal needs, we provide comprehensive care for mothers and babies all under one roof. As a Mother Baby nurse, you'll be part of a collaborative team dedicated to clinical excellence, patient safety, and creating exceptional family experiences.
Begin your nursing journey where every day brings new beginnings, tiny miracles, and the opportunity to make a lasting impact.
Position Details:
What You'll Do
As a Mother Baby Nurse Resident, you will:
- Provide compassionate, family-centered care to postpartum mothers and newborns.
- Educate patients and families on infant care, breastfeeding, postpartum recovery, safe sleep practices, and discharge planning.
- Partner with patients and their support systems to develop individualized plans of care.
- Perform comprehensive maternal and newborn assessments and accurately document clinical findings.
- Collaborate with physicians, lactation consultants, case managers, and multidisciplinary care teams to support positive patient outcomes.
- Communicate patient updates effectively using bedside report, SBAR, and other patient safety tools.
- Interpret laboratory, diagnostic, and monitoring data to support clinical decision-making.
- Participate in bedside rounding and proactively identify patient needs.
- Utilize evidence-based nursing practice to promote healing, health, and patient safety.
- Delegate and coordinate care appropriately with support staff and other healthcare team members.
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives, professional development opportunities, and unit-based projects.
- Complete residency program requirements, nursing competencies, certifications, and ongoing education.
- Demonstrate accountability, professionalism, and a commitment to Mercy's mission of compassionate care.
Why Choose Mercy's Nurse Residency Program?
- Structured transition-to-practice program designed specifically for new graduate RNs
- Dedicated preceptors and supportive clinical leaders
- Hands-on learning in one of the region's leading maternal-newborn programs
- Professional development, mentorship, and networking opportunities
- Collaborative team environment focused on growth and success
- Opportunities to develop expertise in postpartum, newborn, breastfeeding, and family-centered care
Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program
- Eligible for or currently licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN)
- Strong communication and critical thinking skills
- Passion for maternal-newborn nursing and patient education
- Commitment to providing exceptional, compassionate care to mothers, babies, and families
Begin Your Nursing Journey with Mercy
Every day brings new beginnings, tiny miracles, and the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of mothers, babies, and their families.
Launch your career with Mercy Hospital St. Louis and help families create memories that last a lifetime.
Why Mercy?
From day one, Mercy offers outstanding benefits - including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, tuition support, and matched retirement plans for team members working 32+ hours per pay period.
Join a caring, collaborative team where your voice matters. At Mercy, you'll help shape the future of healthcare through innovation, technology, and compassion. As we grow, you'll grow with us.
About Company
Our Mercy health system was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1986. But our heritage goes back more than 185 years. It began with an Irish woman named Catherine McAuley, who wanted to help the poor women and children of Dublin. Though Catherine had a modest upbringing, she received an unexpected inheritance that allowed her to fulfill her dreams. In 1827, she opened the first House of Mercy in Dublin, intending to teach skills to poor women and educate children. Many volunteers came to help. A few years later, Catherine founded the Sisters of Mercy, the first religious order not bound to the rules of the cloister, whose Sisters were free to walk among the poor and visit them in their homes. By the time Catherine died in 1841, there were convents in Ireland and England, and in 1843, the Sisters of Mercy came to the United States. In 1871, they traveled to St. Louis and from there throughout the Midwest, beginning what would, today be known as Mercy.
Mercy, named one of the top five large U.S. health systems in 2018, 2017 and 2016 by IBM Watson Health, serves millions annually. Mercy includes more than 40 acute care and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, 800 physician practices and outpatient facilities, 44,000 co-workers and 2,100 Mercy Clinic physicians in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In addition, Mercy's IT division, Mercy Technology Services, supply chain organization, ROi, and Mercy Virtual commercially serve providers and patients in more than 20 states coast to coast.