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Certification details

BLS
State Licensure as RN in North Carolina
AWHONN Beginner/Intermediate
FHM
NRP

Job details

Travel rate is available for local travelers if their start date is on or before 12/16/2024.

Job requirements

Minimum Years of Experience: 2 years Experience
Traveler Experience: Unit WILL ACCEPT 1st time travelers
Must have labor and delivery experience and either LDRP or couplet care experience, as well
Locals Accepted / Rate Difference: Yes
Work Setting Skills: Antepartum, Facility births/month <100, L&D, Level 1 Nursery, LDRP, Mother/Baby
Antepartum Care & Procedures: Assist with sterile speculum exam, NST, OCT, Reflex checks/edema assessment/clonus, Sterile Vaginal Exam, Triage of obstetrical patients & Use of EFM
Fetal Monitoring: Use of External & Internal Monitoring, Use of IUPC & Recognition and Treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
IV Therapy/Phlebotomy: Administer of blood & blood products, Drawing Venous Blood, Start & Maintain Peripheral IV & Use of infusion pumps/drips/IV Monitoring
Meds & Admin: Anticoagulants, Antihypertensives, Insulin drips, Magnesium Sulfate therapy, Pitocin, Prostaglandins & Terbutaline
L & D Management: Amnioinfusion, Assist with high Rise delivery & vaginal delivery, Circulate for C-Section, Forceps/vacuum extraction, Hemorrhage/shock, Recover C-Section & Sterile Vaginal Exam
Neonatal Care in Delivery Room: APGAR Scores, Baby Nurse ("Baby Catcher"), Collect cord samples, ID/Security Banding & Radiant Warmers/Thermoregulation
Newborn Care: Assist with Circumcision/Assess site post-op, Car Seat Education, Cord Care, Discharge teaching to parents, Infant identification, Metabolic Screen, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Newborn Assessment & Hypoglycemia, Phototherapy, Teach Circumcision care to parents & Thermoregulation
Pain Management: Epidural & General Anesthesia, Pain assessment & management & Use of PCA (IV)
Postpartum Care & Procedures: Baby friendly protocols, Breastfeeding Support/lactation support, Episiotomy/Incisional Care, Foley Catheter insertion, Fundus/lochia/perineum care & Wound Assessment & Care
Postpartum Care of the Patient With: Vaginal Delivery, C-Section, Couplet Care, Postpartum Hemorrhage & Pregnancy induced hypertension
Professional Topics & Skills: Isolation Precautions/PPE & Vaccine Admin
Surgical Case/Procedures: Cervical Cerclage, D & C & Tubal Ligation

Schedule information

36 hours can be offered
Shift: 12 Hour NIGHTS; 18:45 - 07:15
Call Requirement: Call may be required if low census
Float Requirement: Float: occasionally may float but would not be likely to be frequent
Weekend Requirement: Weekend Shifts Required: 8 shifts per contract

Unit specific information

We are an LDRP unit, RNs will have either a labor patient or couplets
Require experience in Mother/baby as well as labor and delivery

Additional Details

Target Ratios: L&D 1:1-2, Couplet care 1:3 (average) but could fluctuate up/down based on unit needs; 15 Rooms/ 17 beds
Unit will accept contracts from 13+ weeks up to March 15, 2025 (hard stop) to get the Unit through the Holidays!
SPECIAL PROCEDURES / UNIT DETAILS: We have 8 LDRP rooms, 3 observation rooms, and 3 triage rooms. We occasionally take off service female patients such as a hysterectomy, if census allows. We have 1 OB practice that delivers at our facility
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: We have all needed equipment to safely take care of our patients
UNIT SYSTEMS: Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR
UNIT ORIENTATION: 24 hours; Hospital Orientation week plus 2-12 hour shifts on the unit; traveler must be available for classes each day
SCRUBS: Provided/Blue
INTERVIEW AVAILABILITY: Manager WILL NOT OFFER without speaking to/interviewing the candidate first