L&D RN
Austin, TX
Travel Nurses, Inc.
3x12 hrs

RN - L&D

Location: Austin, Texas Employment Type: Travel Contract Length: 13 weeks Hours per Week: 36 Shift: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM Call: No on-call required

Unit Overview

• Unit: Labor and Delivery, Acute Hospital building, 3rd floor
• Designation: Level 4 maternal center caring for the most complex patients at any gestation
• Beds: 22 total (16 labor beds)
• Patient ratios: 1:2 and 1:1
• Staffing: Approximately 100 staff including RNs and support staff. Each shift includes a charge nurse, a minimum of 2 surgical techs, and a unit clerk, with RNs staffed to census.
• Weekends: 4 weekend shifts per schedule
• Permanent positions: Available on nights and weekend plan
• Typical procedures: Vaginal and cesarean deliveries, tubal ligations, cerclage placement and removal, D&C, C-hyst, and PASD cases
• Scrub color: Navy blue
• Standardized order sets: Available on the unit in a reference book

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Texas
• Labor and Delivery (1 year of experience)
• Labor and Delivery experience within the last year
• ACLS
• AWHONN
• BLS
• NRP
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Experience working with High Risk patients
• Experience working with Maternal-Fetal patients
• Experience with triage
• OR Circulate experience

Team Fit

• Multitasker who can move at a fast pace and change directions quickly
• Team player, which is a must for this tenured, supportive unit

Why This Unit

• America's Best Maternity Hospital 2023 by Newsweek
• Leapfrog Grade A, the only hospital in Texas to receive straight A's since the list began
• Very tenured unit with long-term leadership; the manager and director will come into patient care if census requires
• Renovation underway to update all rooms on the floor