Travel Nurse RN - LDRP - Labor Delivery Recovery & Postpartum
Mint Hill, NC
Premier Medical Staffing Services
3x12 hrs, Nights

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Minimum Years of Experience: 2 years Experience
• Traveler Experience: Unit WILL ACCEPT 1st time travelers Must have labor and delivery experience and either LDRP or couplet care experience, as well
• Locals Accepted / Rate Difference: Yes
• Required Certs: AWHONN Beginner/Intermediate, BCLS, FHM & NRP
• Preferred Certs: ACLS, AWHONN Advanced
• Shift: 12 Hour NIGHTS; 18:45 - 07:15
• Call Requirement: Call may be required if low census
• Float Requirement: Float: occasionally may float but would not be likely to be frequent
• Weekend Requirement: Weekend Shifts Required: 8 shifts per contract
• 36 hours can be offered
• Unit will accept 13 Week Contracts
• MUST have both L&D and Couplet Care experience
• Scrubs: Provided/Blue
• NC or Compact license pending OK for submission. Required in hand at time of start
• Candidates may float within hospital or to an affiliate hospital nearby
• Travel Pairs - Allowed but MUST be submitted for and work on different units
• Fatigue Policy: Travelers cannot work more than 5 days in a row and/or more than 60 hours in a week

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

• Target Ratios: L&D 1:1-2, Couplet care 1:3 (average) but could fluctuate up/down based on unit needs
• Patient Ratios Days: 2-3
• Patient Ratios Nights: 2-3
• Patient Ratios Weekends: 2-3
• RTO after booking is NOT allowed and is NOT allowed to be worked out onsite. Any call offs or additional RTO on unit, could possibly turn into a Cancel and DNR
• RTO - We can auto approve 7 days of RTO or less as long as it does not fall on a holiday. Anything more requires facility approval. Candidate MUST WORK 2 out of 3 major holidays
• No RTO allowed during the first week of a traveler's assignment due to orientation
• COVID-19 Vaccine: Not Required
• Flu Vaccine: Required - Medical/Religious Exemptions Only
• Candidate must go into the lab within 48 hours after signing
• All testing must be completed within 48 hours
• Any previous PERM / PRN / EP staff employee of Novant Health or New Hanover must wait 12 months before applying as a traveler
• Current travel Per Diem clinicians at Novant Health or New Hanover are ineligible for travel assignments
• Candidate's perm address under 50 miles will be offered at a lower local rate
• References - Pending references at time of submission OK. Required at time of start. Two manager/supervisor references from within the past 12 months are HIGHLY preferred at time of submission
• # of jobs in system we can sub: Top 3 choices only and acknowledge your candidate's openness or flexibility to other Novant locations, units, and shifts in the submission email
• Modules are non-billable
• Acute Care roles: 8-10 hours or modules
• Non-Acute roles: 4-5 hours of modules
• Modules must be completed pre-start and annually, and hours vary by specialty
• Modules are recorded via online learning, and Zoom, webinar, and in-person classes

MORE INFORMATION:

• Work Setting Skills: Antepartum, Facility births/month <100, L&D, Level 1 Nursery, LDRP, Mother/Baby
• Skills: IV Start, Circulate, Telemetry. We require experience in Mother/baby as well as labor and delivery. Our nurses need to be able to do both, as well as circulate in the OR for C/S deliveries and recover patients in PACU
• Antepartum Care & Procedures: Assist with sterile speculum exam, NST, OCT, Reflex checks/edema assessment/clonus, Sterile Vaginal Exam, Triage of obstetrical patients & Use of EFM
• Fetal Monitoring: Use of External & Internal Monitoring, Use of IUPC & Recognition and Treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
• IV Therapy/Phlebotomy: Administer of blood & blood products, Drawing Venous Blood, Start & Maintain Peripheral IV & Use of infusion pumps/drips/IV Monitoring
• Meds & Admin: Anticoagulants, Antihypertensives, Insulin drips, Magnesium Sulfate therapy, Pitocin, Prostaglandins & Terbutaline
• L & D Management: Amnioinfusion, Assist with high Risk delivery & vaginal delivery, Circulate for C-Section, Forceps/vacuum extraction, Hemorrhage/shock, Recover C-Section & Sterile Vaginal Exam
• Neonatal Care in Delivery Room: APGAR Scores, Baby Nurse ("Baby Catcher"), Collect cord samples, ID/Security Banding & Radiant Warmers/Thermoregulation
• Newborn Care: Assist with Circumcision/Assess site post-op, Car Seat Education, Cord Care, Discharge teaching to parents, Infant identification, Metabolic Screen, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Newborn Assessment & Hypoglycemia, Phototherapy, Teach Circumcision care to parents & Thermoregulation
• Pain Management: Epidural & General Anesthesia, Pain assessment & management & Use of PCA (IV)
• Postpartum Care & Procedures: Baby friendly protocols, Breastfeeding Support/lactation support, Episiotomy/Incisional Care, Foley Catheter insertion, Fundus/lochia/perineum care & Wound Assessment & Care
• Postpartum Care of the Patient With: Vaginal Delivery, C-Section, Couplet Care, Postpartum Hemorrhage & Pregnancy induced hypertension
• Professional Topics & Skills: Isolation Precautions/PPE & Vaccine Admin
• Surgical Case/Procedures: Cervical Cerclage, D & C & Tubal Ligation
• Preferred Skills: Triage
• PATIENT DIAGNOSES: Low risk LDRP unit, although we do take any patients who are pregnant and need care. If too high risk, patient will be transferred out or we will stabilize and then transfer
• SPECIAL PROCEDURES / UNIT DETAILS: We have 8 LDRP rooms, 3 observation rooms, and 3 triage rooms. We occasionally take off service female patients such as a hysterectomy, if census allows. We have 1 OB practice that delivers at our facility
• We are an LDRP unit, RNs will have either a labor patient or couplets. We require experience in Mother/baby as well as labor and delivery. Our nurses need to be able to do both, as well as circulate in the OR for C/S deliveries and recover patients in PACU
• SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: We have all needed equipment to safely take care of our patients
• UNIT SYSTEMS: Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR
• UNIT ORIENTATION: 24 hours; Hospital Orientation week plus 2-12 hour shifts on the unit; traveler must be available for classes each day
• SCHEDULE: May be able to accommodate more pre-approved time off, depending on when it is
• INTERVIEW AVAILABILITY: Please provide your candidate's interview availability for the next 72 hours while submitting candidates to avoid holding up the approval process. Manager WILL NOT OFFER without speaking to/interviewing the candidate first