Travel RN - Labor & Delivery

Travel RN - Labor & Delivery

American Traveler

Rancho Mirage, California, United States

Position ID: P-780456

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

$2,641.12/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Labor and Delivery RN for a night shift role requiring couplet care and postpartum experience with a CA RN license.

Details

• Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum (LDRP) unit within a hospital setting
• Night shift schedule, 4x12 hours from 19:00 to 07:00
• Unit has 22 rooms and 28 beds
• Patient ratios of 1:2 and 1:4 in Postpartum
• Patient population includes childbearing women and well newborns, including neonates, infants, adolescents, and adults
• Charting system is Epic Stork; medication system is Omnicell
• Intensivist, hospitalist, and anesthesiologist in house 24/7
• Special equipment includes Belmont Rapid Infuser, Phillips Fetal Monitor, CADD epidural pump, Baxter IV pumps, ATOM cribs and warmers, and AVE2 birthing bed
• No on-call shifts required for 4x12 contracts
• Candidates expected to float within skill set as needed
• Facility performs 100-200 births per month

Requirements

• Active CA RN license required on hand at time of consideration
• Required certifications: ACLS, BLS, NRP, AWHONN Intermediate, and AWHONN Advanced
• Minimum of 2 years of Labor and Delivery experience required, 4 years preferred for night shift
• Couplet care and postpartum experience required
• Previous travel RN experience required
• Epic charting experience preferred but not required
• Skilled in labor and delivery management, including assisting with vaginal and high-risk deliveries, circulating for C-sections, and fetal monitoring (external and internal)
• Experience with IUPC placement and calibration
• Experience administering medications such as Pitocin, Magnesium Sulfate, and antihypertensives
• Postpartum care skills including fundus/lochia/perineum care and lactation support
• Newborn care skills including thermoregulation, newborn assessments, and discharge teaching
• 1 professional reference required

Additional Information

• Responsibilities include circulating for C-sections, assisting with vaginal and high-risk deliveries, and providing couplet and postpartum care
• Provide newborn care including assessments, cord care, and discharge teaching to parents
• Wine colored scrubs required
• Flu vaccination required, with exemptions considered case-by-case
• First-time travelers will not be considered for this role
• Permanent address must be more than 50 miles from the facility; local candidates are not accepted
• Former employees of the facility must have been separated for at least 2 years to return as a travelers
• RTO should not exceed 7 days and must be submitted with the initial profile; no RTO permitted within the first two weeks of the assignment
• Travelers must work every other holiday, with preference for coverage on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve
• Only one contract extension allowed; traveler must then take time off equal to the combined original and extension length before returning to this facility

American Traveler