Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: Nursing
Specialty: Labor and Delivery
Duration: 13 Weeks
Shift: Night
Hours per Shift: 12 Hours
Experience: Minimum of 2 years in Labor and Delivery with post-partum experience
License: Active Nursing License required
Certifications: BLS, NRP
Must-Have:
Sterile vaginal exam experience required
Experience with the use of External and Internal Fetal Monitoring
Experience with Intrauterine pressure catheter placement and calibration
Recognition and treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
Experience administering Pitocin (oxytocin)
Experience managing/administering Epidural Anesthesia
Description:
This position is located in a Mother Baby Center.
Registered Nurses will work in both labor and post-partum settings.
The average daily census includes approximately 8 deliveries and 15 post-partum patients.
First-time travelers are accepted.
Staff will be required to work every other weekend.
On-call hours are not required.
Floating within scope may be necessary to meet facility needs.
A block schedule cannot be accommodated.
Local candidates are not accepted, with a radius restriction of 100 miles.
Pending licenses will be accepted.
Time off requests should ideally not exceed 5 days.
The client may cancel up to 3 shifts without penalty.
The hospital is a teaching hospital with a Level 2 Trauma Center and has a total of 258 staffed beds.
Patient groups include neonates and adults.
The unit features 13 beds in the Labor and Delivery area, 5 triage rooms, and 27 post-partum rooms.
Collaborative support is provided by various interdisciplinary teams, including physical therapy, pharmacy, and social services.
Common patient diagnoses include labor, post-partum, cesarean sections, vaginal deliveries, and ante-partum situations.
Travelers are required to have a background check and fingerprinting completed for compliance.
A minimum of one supervisor reference is required.