Labor and Delivery RN
Mount Shasta, CA
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

L&D RN (Labor & Delivery) Travel Assignment, Mount Shasta, California

Location: Mount Shasta, California Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Days, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week, every other weekend

Required Qualifications

• Active BLS, ACLS, NRP, and Adv-AWHONN certifications
• Active California RN license
• Minimum 2 years of experience
• COVID vaccine required

Assignment Details

• Unit: Family Birth Center, 3 rooms (could cross over to MedSurg if full)
• Ratios: 1:1 or 1:4
• Charge nurse: Yes
• Holidays: Works in the permanent staff rotation
• Scrub color: Ceil Blue (hospital issued)
• Certifications listed in source: AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring (AFM)
• EMR: Cerner (software familiarity, not a credential)
• Respiratory therapy: RT available 24/7
• Pharmacy: Not 24/7
• Does not have nurse aides
• No telemetry patients
• No ventilator patients
• No IV team

Float and Orientation

• Floats to other units, primarily for tasking
• Floor-specific orientation of at least 2 days per unit floated to, plus additional time based on experience and comfort level

Additional Notes

• 150-175 births per year
• May be the only L&D nurse on site; the facility tries to have a second L&D nurse on call
• During C-sections, the nurse is expected to care for the baby with the assistance of RT and anesthesia
• Patients 36 weeks gestation and less are usually transferred out, sometimes by air transport