RN/Registered Nurse - L&D - DH

Job Title:
Registered Nurse Job Specialty:
Labor and Delivery Job Duration:
Not specified Shift:
12-Hour Nights Guaranteed Hours:
0 hours per week Experience:
Minimum one year of experience in labor, delivery, postpartum, and nursery care preferred License:
Registered Nurse (RN) Certifications:
Basic Life Support (BLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP).
Advanced certifications such as AWHONN EFM (Intermediate or Advanced), STABLE, and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) are preferred.
Must-Have:
- Experience in triage, labor and delivery, recovery, postpartum, newborn stabilization, and newborn care.
• Charge nurse experience is preferred but not required.

- Facility Details:
- 4 Labor and Delivery beds, separate from 4 postpartum beds - One room used for triage - OR performs C-Sections, no dedicated suites on the unit - Nursery available, no NICU; infants under 35 weeks are transferred - Births:
Approximately 0-4 per day and 40-50 per month - Clinical Guidelines:
- Follows AWHONN guidelines for staffing ratios - Patient Demographics:
- Term labor, gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes, induction of labor, spontaneous rupture of membranes (SROM), term and late preterm newborns, newborn jaundice - Duties:
- Triage and care for patients during labor, delivery, and postpartum - Stabilization and care of newborns - Titration of drips such as Pitocin, Magnesium, insulin, and TXA - Charge nurse may take assignments ideally out of regular staffing - Team Support:
- Nursing aides available for support; work 12-hour shifts, not scheduled every day - OB/Neonatologist, Anesthesia, and Pediatrics on call 24/7 - Respiratory equipment such as Neopuff, CPAP, and hi-flow available - Documentation/Monitoring:
- RNs are required to read their own monitor strips.
• GE monitors used for Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM); Obix system for documentation - Sign-On Bonus Available:
Please inquire for additional details