Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
Rapid City, SD
Premier Medical Staffing Services
4x12 hrs, Nights

• Beds: 10 L&D beds; 4 OB ED (Triage beds); 4 Antepartum rooms
• Patient Types: We see all types of pregnant patients in our labor and delivery. We have the only Level 3 NICU in a 350-mile radius, so we accept patients with almost any kind of risk factor or complication. We care for high-risk all the way down to low-intervention laboring patients. Antepartum, OB triage/ED, postpartum, and infants
• Patient Ratios: Antepartum: 1:3; Inactive Labor: 1:2; Active Labor: 1:1; Postpartum/Couplet care: 1:3 couplets
• Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.): Required: BLS, NRP; Preferred: ACLS, certification in inpatient obstetrics, electronic fetal monitoring, or inpatient antepartum
• Support on the Unit: Unit Secretary; Scrub Tech that supports L&D RNs; Charge nurse; VAT team is available if needed; RT, 24/7; OB Physician team; Anesthesia/CRNA
• Floating: Will be required to work Postpartum/Couplet care throughout the contract; Would prefer a candidate with Level 2 nursery baby experience
• Orientation: NEO; 4 days with preceptor; 3 in L&D and 1 in PP
• Scheduling: Shift Times: 12-hour shifts, 0630/1830, variable shifts, must work Nights/Days throughout contract; Some requisitions may be posted for straight Nights, otherwise, comfortability to work variable shifts will be required throughout contract; Weekend rotation: every other; Could be placed on low census call; Holiday Expectations: holidays as needed; Approval of time off: Manager Approval

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Will you accept a traveler with 1 year experience? 2 years L&D experience, preferably level 3 or higher Labor and Delivery unit (i.e. an L&D that has a level 3 or higher NICU)
• Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes
• Skills required: Must have manager approval to offer if candidate lacks any of the following: EPIC charting experience; Level 3 or higher L&D experience and competency to manage high acuity labor patients, to include but not limited to - preeclampsia, preterm labor and delivery, management of laboring and antepartum patients less than 35 weeks gestation; IV starts, cervical checks, phlebotomy, magnesium sulfate, blood administration, insulin, circulate C-sections, C-section recovery care; Hard Stop: Must care for couplets and be comfortable caring for normal newborn nursery patients (Level I care); Highly prefer candidate comfortable with lower acuity NICU patient (Level II care)
• Education required: Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing; Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing
• Charting System: EPIC

MORE INFORMATION:

• Floating: If yes, where? Will be required to work Postpartum/Couplet care throughout the contract; Would prefer a candidate with Level 2 nursery baby experience
•