REQUIRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP:
Minimum Years of Experience: 2 years
Traveler Experience: NOT REQUIRED
Locals Accepted / Rate Difference: Yes
Skills:
Work Settings: Postpartum, Special Care Nursery/Level II
IV Therapy: Administration of blood and blood products, maintaining central lines (CVC/PICC), starting and maintaining IVs
Medication Administration: Antiseizure medications, antihypertensives, heparin, insulin drips, magnesium sulfate therapy, Pitocin (oxytocin)
Newborn Care: Circumcision assistance and site assessment, car seat education, cord care, discharge teaching, infant identification, IV antibiotics, metabolic screening, neonatal abstinence syndrome, newborn assessments, phototherapy, thermoregulation, newborn hypoglycemia
Pain Management: Post-epidural management, opioids, pain assessment and management, IV PCA
Postpartum Care: Baby-friendly protocols, bladder assessment/Foley catheter insertion, breast engorgement, breast milk collection and storage, breastfeeding education, couplet care, episiotomy/incision care, fundus/lochia/perineum care, electric/manual breast pumps
Postpartum Complications: Vaginal delivery, cesarean section, multiple births, postpartum hemorrhage, pregnancy-induced hypertension
Additional Skills: Isolation precautions/PPE, phlebotomy, vaccine administration, Mother-Baby/Couplet Care
Certs: BLS, NRP
PREFERRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP:
** Contract staff will be assigned and expected to work a Storm Team and/or Hurricane Team. Contract staff may be required to report to work during a catastrophic event, mass casualty or disaster. Consolidation to the Centralized Office mid contract may occur and the contract staff may be preassigned to units as needed
JOB DETAILS:
Shift: 12-hour days
Float Requirement: Float to appropriate areas within the Women's & Children's Division
Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend.
PATIENT DIAGNOSES:
Mother/Baby couplet care, postpartum pregnancy-related complications, Level II newborns, and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) newborns.
SPECIAL PROCEDURES / UNIT DETAILS:
Provides postpartum maternal and newborn care, including management of postpartum complications, newborn assessments, breastfeeding support, and discharge education
Support services include interpretation, IV teams, pharmacy, phlebotomy, radiology, rapid response teams, respiratory services, social services, and unit secretary
Hospitalist and anesthesiologist coverage available in-house 24/7
UNIT SYSTEMS (Medication, Documentation, Communication):
Medication: Pyxis
Documentation: Epic
Communication: SBAR, PerfectServe
UNIT ORIENTATION:
36 hours.
SCRUBS:
Navy blue. Scrub tops and bottoms must match; white scrub jacket or vest.
*** INTERNAL NOTES ***
Please review against the UD.