Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse
Manchester, CT
GHR Healthcare - PH Division
3x12 hrs

Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery (Travel/Contract)

Location: Manchester, Connecticut
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Details

• Specialty: Registered Nurse
• Unit: Labor and Delivery
• Shift: 3x12 hour nights (7:00 PM - 7:00 AM)
• Scheduling: Block scheduling
• Experience Required: Minimum 2 years
• Patient Age Group: Neonates and Adults
• Labor Ratios:

  • Labor: 1:1 or 1:2
  • Couplet: 1:4
• Documentation Systems: Omnicell, MediTech, GE Centricity
• Communication System: SBAR
• Scrubs: Provided

Required Certifications

• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
• BLS (Basic Life Support)
• EFM-C (Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification)

Required Skills and Competencies

• Antepartum care
• Labor and Delivery, LDRP (Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum)
• Mother/Baby care and couplet care
• Assist with sterile speculum exams
• Non-Stress Test (NST)
• Reflex checks, edema assessment, clonus
• Sterile vaginal exams
• Triage of obstetrical patients
• Use of Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM), external & internal fetal monitoring, and IUPC (Intrauterine Pressure Catheter)
• Recognition and treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
• Infant/neonatal resuscitation and arrest management
• Use of rapid response team
• Administration of blood and blood products
• Drawing venous blood
• Maintain central lines (CVC/PICC) and start/maintain peripheral IVs
• Use of infusion pumps, drips, and IV monitoring
• Administration of antihypertensives, magnesium sulfate therapy, Pitocin (Oxytocin), prostaglandins, terbutaline
• Radiant warmers and thermoregulation
• Metabolic screening and infant identification
• Discharge teaching to parents, cord care, car seat education
• Assist with circumcision and post-op assessment
• Newborn assessment including hypoglycemia and thermoregulation
• Teach circumcision care to parents
• Pain management including epidural anesthesia, general anesthesia, nitrous oxide, opioids
• Episiotomy/incisional care, Foley catheter insertion
• Fundus, lochia, perineum care, wound assessment and care
• Vaginal delivery, cesarean section, bladder distension
• Multiple births management
• Postpartum hemorrhage and pregnancy-induced hypertension management
• Isolation precautions and PPE use
• Vaccine administration
• Assist with vaginal delivery, circulate for C-section, forceps/vacuum extraction
• Hemorrhage/shock management
• Recovery post C-section
• APGAR scoring
• Baby nurse duties (“Baby Catcher”)
• Collect cord samples and ID/security banding

Time Off

• Pre-approval for time off considered on a case-by-case basis

Required Documentation and Compliance

• I-9 verification
• Government-issued photo ID
• 7-year background check including SS trace, county searches, national criminal and sex offender checks
• Annual EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks
• Education verification (diploma or transcripts)
• State license primary source verification
• Medication and competency exams (minimum 80% score)
• Facility-specific policies review (e.g., hand hygiene, COVID policies)
• Physical exam within 1 year
• Negative TB or chest X-ray within 1 year (2 negative PPDs or negative Qgold/Tspot acceptable)
• Immunizations or titers for Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Rubella, Hepatitis B, Varicella
• Drug testing (4 panel, within 1 year)
• Seasonal flu vaccination or declination during flu season (Nov 2 - Mar 31)
• COVID-19 vaccination requirements or approved exemptions (medical or religious) with timely submission of exemption forms

Notes

• Candidates within 75 miles are considered local and must be noted upon submission.
• Locals are considered at a reduced rate (not relevant here).
• First-time travelers may be accepted depending on relative experience.