Labor & Delivery RN
Santa Fe, NM
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Opportunity: FBC/L&D RN

Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Employment Type: Clinical - Nursing
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Summary

• Floating between departments and/or local locations within 20 miles is required.

Antepartum Responsibilities

• Assess all triage patients >20 weeks gestation.
• Use obstetric triage acuity tools.
• Labor assessment and evaluation.
• Fetal evaluation and assessment.
• Evaluate for labor at term, preterm labor signs, preeclampsia symptoms, rupture of membranes, decreased fetal movement, vaginal bleeding, and acute/critical conditions (e.g., motor vehicle accidents, abruptio placentae).
• Stabilize patients with emergency medical conditions for delivery or transfer to higher level of care if needed.

Intrapartum Responsibilities

• Labor assessment, evaluation, and care.
• Fetal evaluation and assessment.
• Prepare expectant mother for safe delivery.
• Administer medications including Pitocin, misoprostol, methergine, hemabate, magnesium sulfate, terbutaline, labetalol, nifedipine, hydralazine, and insulin.
• Immediate stabilization of newborn.
• Administer newborn medications.
• Prepare for scheduled or emergency cesarean delivery.

Postpartum/Newborn Care

• Assess and care for postpartum patients (vaginal and cesarean deliveries) and newborns.
• Newborn care includes hearing screening, assisting with lab draws, IV starts and care, medication administration (Hep B, Vitamin K, erythromycin, antibiotics), assisting with circumcisions, care of opiate withdrawal newborns, stabilization of critically ill newborns for transport, phototherapy, and hypoglycemia care.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in New Mexico
• Minimum 2 years of Labor and Delivery experience, including experience within the last year
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• BLS certification issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification

Preferred Qualifications

• EPIC electronic health record experience (on-site training available).

Additional Notes

• Prior travel experience is not explicitly required.
• Floating within a 20-mile radius is mandatory.