Job Location : Red Bluff,CA, USA
NuWest Travel Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN Labor and Delivery for a travel nursing job in Red Bluff, California.
Job Description & RequirementsCare SettingAcuteShift Length12Guaranteed Hours36 hours per weekYears of Experience2 YearsLicense to SubmitYesBSN RequiredNoOrientation Hours12 HoursRequired CertificationsACLS, AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring (AFM), BLS, NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program)Shift Notes12 hr Nights, EOW, First to FloatAdditional DetailsTrauma Level3Charting SystemCernerUnit NotesUnit: L&D, Well-Baby Nursery, Postpartum combined to form one unit# beds: 10 bedsCerts: BLS, NRP, advanced fetal monitoring, NCC certified inpatient OB (RNC-OB) ADV FHMRatios: L&D is usually 1 to 1-2, follow AWHONN guidelines, postpartum is 1 to 4 couplet careEMR: Cerner, Fetal heart monitor is fetal linkCharge Nurse: yes, they will take a pt assignmentNurse Aides: noWeekend Requirement: every otherHolidays: work into perm staff rotationScrub Color: navyTele: phillipsVents: noHospitalist or Intensivist in house: no neonatologist, hospitalist has to be available 24/7, 4 OB/GYNs and 2 midwivesIV Team: noRT 24/7: yesPharmacy 24/7: no, only in house for 10 hours of the dayShifts: 12 hrs, 7-7, self scheduling to some degree, manager has to balance out and make sure shifts are covered, schedules are made out 30-45 days in advance, they can take call if they wantFloating: float to medsurg or CCU rarely & only if desired. Will have to work both L&D & PP on unitFloor specific orientation: 2-3 daysCommon diagnosis / Types of patients: on PP side they may occasionally get a post-op gyn surgery, also will see high risk deliveries, 35 weeks and above, drug babies that go through withdrawal protocol, twin deliveriesAdditional Notes: must be comfortable running and managing delivery on own, must be teamwork oriented, candidates MUST have postpartum and L&D experience, they will not have to scrub in for c-sections, OR will cover this, they do about 30-40 deliveries per month