Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: Nursing
Specialty: Mother-Baby / Couplet Care / Post Partum
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Night
Hours per Shift: 12 hours (19:00 - 07:30)
Experience: Minimum 2 years of postpartum experience
License: Valid nursing license required
Certifications: BLS, IV certification
Must-Have:
Minimum 2 years of postpartum experience
IV start skills and labor & delivery experience
EPIC experience
Experience in administration of blood and blood products
Foley catheter insertion skills
Breastfeeding instruction experience
Cesarean section care
Fundus, lochia, and perineum care
Management of postpartum hemorrhage
Knowledge of neonatal abstinence syndrome
Description:
The position requires a registered nurse in the Mother-Baby specialty focusing on couplet care in the postpartum setting.
The nurse will work night shifts, providing care to postpartum patients, including vaginal and cesarean deliveries.
They will be responsible for managing patient care in a unit with a patient ratio of 3-4 dyads and 6-8 patients on nights and weekends.
The nurse may be required to float to units with similar acuity as needed.
Interdisciplinary support includes teams for IV, physical therapy, interpretation services, social services, and pharmacy.
The unit cares for postpartum patients and healthy newborns, as well as readmissions for complications such as wound infection and preeclampsia.
Telemetry interpretation is required, and the nurse will be expected to pass an EKG exam prior to starting.
All candidates must be responsive and cooperative with credentialing processes.
References from professional supervisors are required for submission.