Labor & Delivery Nurse
Milwaukee, WI
PRIDE Health
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Opportunity: Labor & Delivery Nurse (L&D)

Position Details

• Employment Type: Contractor
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: 12-hour Day Shift
• Hours per Week: 36
• Location: Milwaukee, WI (general area, no facility name provided)
• Patient Population: High-risk mothers and newborns

Job Description

• Provide and coordinate comprehensive patient care through the nursing process.
• Deliver safe, therapeutic care using evidence-based practice, clinical decision-making, compassion, and skilled communication.
• Lead efforts to create the safest patient environment and best patient experience.
• Care for high-risk mothers/newborns including those with placenta accreta, tubal ligation, cerclage, hysterectomies.
• Assist as secondary nurse for C-section deliveries; primary nurse for vaginal deliveries.
• Circulate in vaginal deliveries and assist with procedures.
• Manage surgical recovery, newborn care, massive transfusions, pre-eclampsia, and COVID-related care.
• No primary circulation for C-sections allowed.

Patient Ratios

• Active Labor: 1:1-2
• Antepartum: 1:3
• Staffing follows AWHONN guidelines.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum 2 years nursing experience.
• Specialty Experience: Must have Level III Perinatal Care experience; experience with high-risk mothers and newborns is mandatory (no exceptions).
• Certifications:

  • RN: BLS, NRP, FHM
  • OB Tech: BLS, CST
• Licensure: Registered Nurse (RN) license required.
• Prior Travel Experience: Not required (first-time travelers not accepted).

Skills & Competencies

• Fetal monitoring and maternal assessments/interventions.
• High-risk newborns/mothers post-delivery care.
• Cervical exams for labor progression.
• OB triage.
• Assist with circulating C-sections and post-partum care.
• L&D recoveries.
• OB Tech skills include scrubbing C-sections, drawing cord gases and blood, delivery and room setup, and Health Unit Coordinator tasks.

Unit Support & Team

• Charge nurse manages patient assignments.
• Clinical Resource Nurse available.
• Phlebotomy shared role with RN.
• Onsite support includes respiratory therapists, house supervisors, certified nurse midwives, OBGYN providers, and OB anesthesia 24/7.

Equipment & Systems

• EPIC electronic charting system.
• Alaris infusion pumps.
• Pyxis medication dispensing system.
• Fetal monitoring equipment.
• Epidural pumps.

Floating Assignments

• Postpartum unit.
• Women’s Care Center (inpatient unit for non-pregnant women who have had procedures).
• Travelers will float first.

Orientation

• Day 1: Meet with Nurse Manager for onboarding, unit training.
• Day 2: Training with preceptor.
• Day 3: Assigned a work buddy and own patient assignment.

Scheduling & Work Expectations

• No set schedules; must be available to work 7 days a week.
• Scheduling is flexible and based on unit needs.
• Every other weekend off; block scheduling and patterned scheduling not guaranteed but attempted.
• Holiday work expected every other holiday based on start date.

COVID-19 & PPE

• COVID vaccine required.
• Fit testing provided at facility.
• Single-use PPE provided.
• CAPR/PAPR respirators available.

Additional Information

• Scrub color provided.
• Free designated parking available.