Job Title
Registered Nurse – Labor & Delivery
Location
Anchorage, AK | Acute Care
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | 13 or 26 Weeks | Nights | 4x12-Hour Shifts (7:00 PM – 7:30 AM) | Every Other Weekend Required | Holidays: Expected to work 2 of 3 major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's)
Key Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care in a high-risk Labor & Delivery unit encompassing OB Triage, LDR rooms, OR suites, and PACU rooms
- Manage care for laboring, antepartum, and high-risk OB patients, with average daily deliveries around 7 and patient volumes that may include inductions and high-risk antepartum cases
- Support OB Triage operations, including third-trimester testing and triage patient influx
- Float to like units within the facility or affiliate locations as needed to meet patient care demands
- Charge experience preferred; facility is willing to train qualified candidates for charge responsibilities
- Document patient care accurately using Epic electronic health records
Required Qualifications
- Active Alaska RN license (pending license accepted for submission; license must be in hand prior to offer)
- BLS certification required
- ACLS certification required
- AWHONN Intermediate and Advanced certification required
- NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) certification required
- Minimum 1 year of Labor & Delivery experience; first-time travelers accepted
- Epic charting experience required
- Hepatitis B vaccine required; titers and declinations are not accepted
- 2 references covering at least 1 year of experience within the last 3 years required prior to start
- Must reside at least 50 miles from the facility to be eligible
Preferred Experience / Skills
- Prior charge nurse experience in a Labor & Delivery or OB setting
- Experience in high-risk OB or antepartum care
- Familiarity with high-volume triage and induction management
Why Join Us
- Opportunity to work at a nationally recognized Magnet-designated, Level II Trauma facility known as a top hospital in Alaska, offering a dynamic and clinically rich Labor & Delivery environment
- Expected 60 hours per two-week period with scrubs and parking provided at no cost