Job Title: RN - Labor & Delivery/Postpartum
Profession: RN
Specialty: Labor & Delivery/Postpartum
Duration: 13 Weeks
Shift: 12hr Night Shift
Hours per Shift: 36
Experience: Minimum of 2 years in Labor and Delivery
License: Required Licensure
Certifications: BLS, ACLS, EFM, NRP
Must-Have: Ability to work in a Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum setting
Description:
This position requires expertise in Labor and Delivery nursing.
The unit consists of 8 labor rooms, 3 triage rooms, 1 operating room suite, and 1 Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU).
On average, the nurse will manage 4 to 6 patients per day.
Patient care will focus on Labor, Delivery, Postpartum, and Newborn care.
The nurse will use staffing guidelines that allow for a ratio of 1:2 for inactive labor, 1:1 for active labor, and 1:3 to 1:4 for couplets.
Duties include labor management, circulating cesarean sections, pre-operative and PACU care, triage, resuscitation of newborns, Pitocin management, and epidural management.
Support will be available from a charge nurse and a resource nurse when available.
Respiratory Therapy and Clientists are available 24/7 for support in newborn care.
The position requires the ability to float to other facilities within the region as needed.
Travel time will be compensated if floating mid-shift.
Please consider shift flexibility, weekend rotations, and holiday expectations.
The unit fosters a culture of teamwork.