Description

American Traveler is seeking an experienced Labor & Delivery RN with C-EFM certification and prior travel experience for a 13-week contract requiring weekend availability and scrub/float capabilities.

Details

• Labor & Delivery unit in a hospital setting
• Day shift schedule: 3x12-hour shifts, 6:50 AM – 7:20 PM
• Weekend shifts required
• Patient ratio of 1:2
• Float required to Mother/Baby and scrub roles
• On-call required: 2 shifts per 6-week schedule
• Charting via Cerner (experience preferred)
• Antepartum and high-risk antepartum patient populations

Requirements

• Active MD or Compact RN license currently in hand
• Required certifications: BLS, C-EFM (through NCC), NRP, and STABLE
• Preferred certifications: ACLS and AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring
• Minimum 2 years of recent L&D experience required; 3 years strongly preferred
• Must have completed at least 1 prior travel or per diem assignment
• Cerner EMR experience preferred
• Charge nurse experience preferred
• Scrub experience preferred
• Teaching hospital experience preferred
• Trauma Level I experience preferred
• 2 supervisory references required, including one from the most recent assignment, supporting at least 2 years of experience within the last 3 years
• Driver's license required for local eligibility determination

Additional Information

• Responsibilities include labor and delivery management, assisting with vaginal and high-risk deliveries, circulating and scrubbing for C-sections, fetal monitoring (external and internal), triage of obstetrical patients, antepartum and postpartum care, and neonatal care in the delivery room
• Additional skills include administration of Pitocin, Magnesium Sulfate, antihypertensives, antiseizure medications, prostaglandins, and terbutaline
• Neonatal duties include APGAR scoring, ID/security banding, radiant warmer use, cord sample collection, and newborn assessment
• Candidates residing within 60 miles of the facility are eligible to apply; local candidates are considered at a different rate
• Nurses with previous employment at this health system must have been separated for a minimum of one year before being considered as a traveler
• Candidates may only be submitted to one location within this health system at a time
• No RTO permitted during the first two weeks of the assignment; no more than 7 days of RTO per 13-week contract
• RTO must be disclosed at time of consideration and cannot be changed once the profile is under review
• Interviews with the manager are not guaranteed; candidates should be comfortable proceeding without one
• First-time travelers will not be considered for this position