Registered Nurse(RN) / Travel / Labor and Delivery

Unit Information: Maternity Care Center


Location: Lewis Gale Medical Center


Address: 1900 Electric Road, Salem, Virginia 24153
Floor: 2 West


Building: Main

General Information


Tell us about the unit(s):


• Number of Beds - 9 LDR; 8 PP/GYN; 2 OR suites; 23 wellborn nursery


• Number of Staff - 50+


• Type of staff:
• Day Shift - Director; Manager; Couplet nurses; Birth response nurse; L&D nurses; Scrub Tech


• Night Shift - Clinical coordinator or charge nurse; Birth response; couplet; L&D nurses; Scrub Tech

• Patient Ratios - 3 couplets/1 nurse; L&D = 1:1 active labor/Pitocin/epidural


• Type of equipment - Corometrics


• EMR - Centricity Perinatal & Meditech

Hiring Profile

Must have:


• OB experience

• BLS, ACLS, NRP & AWHONN

Preferred or nice to have:


• Cesarean section - circulator, 1st assist, scrub

List typical procedures performed on unit(s):


• Labor & Delivery; cesarean sections; post-partum & newborn care


• OBED triage; inductions; midwives


Best personality Fit:


• Energetic and self-directed


Floating Area(s):


• Within the unit - nowhere else in the facility

Dress Code:


• We provide scrubs

Weekends and On call:


• 4 weekend shifts/4 week schedule: days are Saturday/Sunday; nights are Friday/Saturday


• No call requirement for travel staff, however, there may be opportunity for extra shifts