Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced Labor & Delivery RN for a night shift position requiring AWHONN fetal monitoring certification and prior L&D circulating experience.

Details

• Work in the Women's Services unit of an acute care hospital
• Labor & Delivery unit with 10 L&D beds, 4 triage beds, and 10 postpartum beds
• Unit averages approximately 120 births per month
• Circulate in 2 OR suites for C-sections
• Care for laboring patients 32 weeks and greater, elective and medical inductions, stable antepartum patients, postpartum patients, and well newborns
• Follows AWHONN staffing standards with 1:1 ratios in L&D and 1:6 couple care in postpartum
• Uses EPIC EMR
• Uses GE Connect EFM system
• 12-hour night shifts (7p-7a) with weekend and holiday coverage based on unit needs
• No call or standby requirements
• Required to float to sister L&D units within approximately 20 minutes of the facility, and may occasionally float as a sitter to Med-Surg or ED
• Staff may not work more than five consecutive shifts
• Charge RN, Resource RN, and House Supervisor are staffed on every shift without patient assignments
• CNAs support the floor 4-5 days and nights per week, with 24/7 unit clerk coverage

Requirements

• Active RN license (ID or compact) required
• BLS, ACLS, and NRP certifications required
• AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring certification required
• STABLE certification required (must have been taken at least once)
• Minimum 2 years of RN experience required
• L&D, postpartum, and circulating experience required
• Triage experience strongly preferred
• Experience titrating drips including Pitocin, magnesium, and occasionally insulin required
• Driver's license required for consideration

Additional Information

• Provide direct patient care to laboring, antepartum, postpartum, and newborn patients including circulating for C-sections
• Titrate medications per protocol including Pitocin and magnesium
• OB hospitalist and midwives available 24/7, along with Neonatal NP 24/7 and Neonatologist on call within 15 minutes
• CRNA anesthesia coverage available 24/7
• Unit provides blue scrubs
• Unit-specific orientation typically 4-6 shifts, customized per traveler
• Facility may cancel up to 4 shifts over the course of the 13-week assignment
• Candidates must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility
• Former permanent employees must wait one year before applying for a travel assignment
• Two professional references required: one supervisor reference from within the last 12 months worked and one peer or supervisor reference from within the last 3 years worked, including dates of employment and rehire eligibility
• No blocked scheduling or special scheduling requests accepted