Travel Nurse RN - Labor & Delivery - $3,211 per week in Sacramento, CA

Registered Nurse (RN) | Labor & Delivery
Location: Sacramento, CA
Agency: Malone Healthcare
Pay: $3,211 per week
Shift Information: Days - 5 days
Start Date: ASAP

About the Position

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care across a high-acuity LDRP unit managing labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum patients from start to finish
• Circulate C-sections - all RNs on this unit are required to circulate cesarean sections
• Titrate drips including Pitocin and manage patients with common diagnoses such as preterm labor, bleeding, inductions, hypertension, and cesarean sections
• Read and interpret EKG strips for mothers in the PACU setting; utilize GE Corometric monitors with Fetalink surveillance for electronic fetal monitoring
• Float to Mother-Baby (MB) unit as needed; rare mid-shift float to other area facilities may occur
• Respond within 30 minutes when placed on call; may be assigned the NRP/Baby Catcher role for an entire shift as staffing requires

• Active RN license valid in the state of California
• BLS certification required
• ACLS certification required
• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) certification required
• AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring certification required
• Must be comfortable in all aspects of LDRP care including circulating C-sections and floating to Mother-Baby
• Candidates must not have been directly employed (full-time, part-time, or PRN) by any facility within the CommonSpirit health system, including CHI and/or Dignity, within the past year; candidates employed PRN through outside staffing firms may be considered

• STABLE program certification preferred
• Prior experience in a high-volume Labor and Delivery setting (unit delivers approximately 140-165 births per month)
• Familiarity with AWHONN staffing ratio guidelines and antepartum patient management
• Experience working alongside OB surgical techs and OB hospitalist teams

• Work in a well-supported, high-acuity LDRP environment with OB hospitalist coverage 24/7, anesthesia in-house 24/7, and neonatology on call around the clock with daily rounding
• Scrubs are provided on-site, and overtime as well as additional shifts may be available