Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
Milwaukee, WI
Talent4Health
3x12 hrs, Days, Nights

Shift- 
Option 1- 12hr Night Shift (36) (1900-0730)

Option 2-  12hr Day Shift (36) (0700-1930)

SimpliFi Clinical Interviewing- Yes/No- Yes

On Call, Call Back Requirements- No on-call, need to be available for call-back if low censused

Weekend Rotation- Every other based on need

Holiday Requirements- Every other based on need

Floating Requirements- as needed to Post-Partum

Patient Service Area (PSA) DNU- Greater Milwaukee

JOB SUMMARY

Sinai - L&D

JOB DESCRIPTION

Sinai - L&D

 

      About Facility

·       Milwaukee, WI

·       Level IV Trauma Center

·       Level III NICU

·       Level III Perinatal Center

·       Accreta Center of Excellence

·       Advance Comprehensive Stroke Center

·       Teaching hospital

·       Beds: 228

·       Covid vaccine required

●      General Information

·       Beds: 20

·       Experience: 2 years

·       First-time traveler: NO

·       Required: Must have Level III Perinatal Care Experience

▪        Provided care for high-risk mothers/newborns

▪        Will not accept any travelers without this experience (no exceptions)

●      Patient Types:

·       High risk mothers/newborns

·       Knowledgeable in placenta accreta (able to support), tubal ligation, cerclage, hysterectomies, assist as secondary nurse for C-section deliveries, circulate in vaginal delivers, surgical recovery, care for newborns, massive transfusions, pre-eclampsia, COVID

·       280 deliveries per month on average

·       No circulation for C-sections as primary nurse

●      Covid & PPE:

·       Will be fit-tested at facility

·       Single use PPE

·       CAPR/PAPR available

●      Patient Ratios:

·       1:1-2 Active Labor

·       1:3 Antepartum

·       Follows AWHONN staffing guidelines

●      Required Certifications:

·       RN: BLS, NRP, FHM

·       OB Tech: BLS, CST

●      Skills required

·       RN: Fetal monitoring, maternal assessments/interventions, high risk newborns/mothers post-delivery, cervical exams for labor progression, OB triage, able to assist with circulating c-sections, primary nurse for vaginal deliveries, assist with procedures, post-partum, L&D recoveries

·       OB Tech – scrub c-sections, draw cord gases and blood at deliveries, and perform stocking, delivery set up, room set up, and Health Unit Coordinator tasks on the unit

●      Support on the Unit:

·       Charge nurse: patient assignment based on staffing

·       Clinical Resource Nurse

·       Phlebotomy: lab draws (shared role with RN)

·       RT, house supervisor, certified nurse midwives, OBGYN Providers, OB anesthesia onsite 24/7

·       Teaching hospital with OBGYN residents, family practice docs, and midwives

●      Charting System/Equipment:

·       EPIC

·       Alaris

·       Pyxis

·       Fetal Monitoring

·       Epidural Pumps

●      Floating:

·       Postpartum

·       Women’s Care Center (another inpatient unit)

▪        Inpatient women that have had procedures done (non-pregnant)

·       Travelers will float first

●      Orientation:

·       First Day:

▪        Meet with NM for NEO onboarding

▪        Rest of the day, on the unit for training

·       Second Day:

▪        Training with preceptor

·       Third Day:

▪        Assigned a work buddy

▪        Will have own patient assignment

●      Scheduling:

·       No set schedules

·       Must be available to work 7 days a week

·       Plugged into the schedule where traveler is needed

·       Every other weekend, block scheduling, patterned scheduling not guaranteed

▪        Attempt to try to make it happen

·       RTO: Email NM Cassandra Belotti

·       On-Call: none, only for low census and could be called back in

·       Holiday Expectations: Every other holiday, based on start date

●      Other notes:

·       Scrub Color: Provided

·       Parking: Free designated areas