Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
Montpelier, VT
Tact Staff
3x12 hrs

Travel Rate: $120 Radius: $115: 51-100 miles Local: $110: 50 miles or less
Women’s and Children’s RN travel position: Every other weekend requirement with call (2 – 12 hour shifts in a rolling 4 week timeframe); Prior travel preferred; Charge experience preferred; Experience as a baby nurse at delivery, initiating/being a part of neonatal resuscitations, assigning APGAR scores, and giving newborn medications post-delivery required; Traveler MUST have 1 year of L&D experience to submit; LDRP experience required; Must have BLS and NRP to submit; ACLS, PALS (or PEARS), STABLE preferred; Will occasionally take med/surg overflow. EPIC experience from within the past 2 years is required and nonnegotiable. Monday to Sunday; Bi-weekly Orientations on Monday. IVS to OFFER; This facility requires ALL work history information (bed count, EMR, facility type, etc.) to be complete in order to submit. Please ensure all employment gaps over 30 days are explained. Covid and Flu declinations accepted- please have either proof or declinations in packet. No block schedules for any reason. Public Transportation is NOT accessible in this area, please ensure you have reliable transportation, personal vehicle or rental vehicle are strongly recommended. Vehicles should be equipped with all season or snow tires during the months of November – April.

-- Women’s and Children’s RN travel position: Every other weekend requirement with call (2 – 12 hour shifts in a rolling 4 week timeframe); Prior travel required; Charge experience preferred; Experience as a baby nurse at delivery, initiating/being a part of neonatal resuscitations, assigning APGAR scores, and giving newborn medications post-delivery required; Traveler MUST have 1 year of L&D experience to submit; LDRP experience required; Must have BLS and NRP to submit; ACLS, PALS (or PEARS), STABLE preferred; Will occasionally take med/surg overflow.

EPIC experience from within the past 2 years is required and nonnegotiable. Monday to Sunday; Bi-weekly Orientations on Monday. IVS to OFFER; This facility requires ALL work history information (bed count, EMR, facility type, etc.) to be complete in order to submit. Please ensure all employment gaps over 30 days are explained. Covid and Flu declinations accepted- please have either proof or declinations in packet.

No block schedules for any reason. Public Transportation is NOT accessible in this area, please ensure you have reliable transportation, personal vehicle or rental vehicle are strongly recommended. Vehicles should be equipped with all season or snow tires during the months of November – April.

Facility Name: Central Vermont Medical Center 130 Fisher Rd. Berlin, VT 05602
Total # of Facility Beds: 88 Inpatient Beds
Unit Name: Women and Children’s Unit
Unit Specialty: Labor and Delivery, Newborn, Postpartum, LDRP
Total # of Unit Beds/Suites/Deliveries: 7 inpatient beds, 3 triage rooms, approximately 300 deliveries/year
Teaching Facility: ? Y ? N
Teaching Hospital Experience Required: ? Y ? N
Prior Travel Experience Required: ? Y ? N Preferred
Minimum # Years Clinical Experience Required: 1 * must have LDRP experience
Minimum # Years Clinical Experience in Specialty Required: 1
Certifications Required: BLS, NRP
Certifications Preferred: ACLS, PALS (or PEARS)
Nurse Patient Ratio by shift: Active Labor or on Pitocin 1:1, Couplets 2 or 3 (4 or 6) patients depending on census/acuity
Circulate/Scrub as applicable: No
Ancillary Assistance:
CNA/ PCT: ? Y ? N #staff per shift: We have 3 LNA’s/Perinatal Techs. There is not always one on each shift but most shifts.
Unit clerk/Secretary: ? Y ? N #staff per shift:
Other: #staff per shift:
Advanced Practice on the unit:
# Days of Orientation: Typically 3 – 12 hours shifts
Specialty Testing for Unit/Facility: ? U ? F Math test for the facility, N-95 Fit testing
Patient Care Modality: LDRP with some M/S overflow
Dress Code
Scrubs/color: Light blue (supplied by unit)
Shoes: Closed toe
Jewelry: Your choice – needs to be removed when in OR
Hair/Beard: No Code
Nail Polish: Needs to not be chipped and nails trimmed
Documentation System: Epic, Philips Intellispace
Medication System: Pyxis
Floating Required: ? Y ? N Only as helping hands not to take an assignment
To what units/facilities: Any within the immediate organization, but just as helping hands or patient sitting
Describe the rotation: As needed depending on unit census, uncommon
Charge required: ? Y ? N Some travelers have oriented to charge after first assignment with us
Scheduling: Via “When to Work” application
Shift Hours: 7a-7p/7p-7a Rotation Schedule: Every 2 weeks
Self-Scheduling No Weekend Requirements: Every other
Call Requirements: Yes, 2 – 12 hour call shifts in a rolling 2 pay period time frame
Holiday Requirements: Yes
Patient Population (Diagnoses): Labor, Delivery, Newborn, Postpartum Occasional Med/Surg Overflow, Traige
Age Range: All
Special Equipment: (For example: IV Pumps: Type; Invasive Monitoring; Monitors: Type; ECMO;
Ventilators: Type; ABG: Type: Electronic Fetal Monitors, Smart Pumps, Mindray cardiac monitor
Respiratory available 24/7 for support ? Y ? N
Anesthesia available 24/7 for support ? Y ? N Not always in house 24/7
Who manages ventilators: Respiratory Therapy
Unit Specific Procedures and Protocols: (For example: Drips; Infusions; Phlebotomy; Starting IVs; EKGs; Transports; Weaning; Nebulizer to Inhaler; Starting IVs, performing venipuncture, Performing EKGs; Discontinuing sheaths) IV Starts, Lab Draw (on occasion), PACU post C-section, Eat Sleep Console for NAS, Removal of epidural catheters
Additional Unit Specific Information: RNs must have LDRP experience including independence in a LDRP, including all aspects of care and experience in a community hospital environment that does not have NICU resources on sight. Unit will also take M/S overflow.
Date Updated: 11/15/22
Updated By Full Name: Monica Cerminara, MSN, RNC-OB
Title: Nurse Manager