Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse
Vancouver, WA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery. The position provides nursing care for patients across labor, delivery, antepartum, postpartum, and related obstetric presentations in a short-term acute care setting. Responsibilities include fetal surveillance, triage, intravenous therapy, cesarean support, cervical ripening, and water birth care.

Job Details

• Schedule: Three 12-hour night shifts per week, totaling 36 hours per week; no call required. Unit orientation is held every other Monday.
• Required Qualifications:
  • At least 2 years of Labor and Delivery experience, or 1 year of Labor and Delivery experience with Mother/Baby experience
  • Two completed travel assignments
  • At least 1 year of Epic experience
  • Washington or compact nursing license; pending Washington licensure may be accepted with proof of application
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), and a Fetal Monitoring Course completed within the past 2 years
  • Experience in a setting with more than 300 births per month
  • Competency starting and maintaining peripheral intravenous lines
  • Experience with Epic, OBIX, and Stork
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience scrubbing for cesarean sections
  • Experience in a unit with 100500 deliveries per month
  • High-risk obstetric experience
  • Triage experience
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Patient populations include neonates, adolescents, adults, and pediatrics.
  • Clinical care may include spontaneous vaginal delivery, cesarean section, dilation and curettage, postpartum tubal ligation, induction of labor, cervical ripening, antepartum preeclampsia observation, placental abnormality management, triage, evaluation for possible labor, fetal surveillance, intravenous hydration, cerclage placement and removal, and water birth.
  • The unit uses fetal monitors, intravenous pumps, birthing balls, waterbirth tubs, birthing beds, stretchers, medication-dispensing systems, bilirubinometers, glucose scanners, transfer devices, bladder scanners, cardiac monitors, and pulse oximetry equipment.
  • A seasonal influenza vaccination is required; medical and religious exemptions may be considered.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits