Mother-Baby/Postpartum RN
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale-New Haven Hospital

Job Opportunity: Registered Nurse – Mother-Baby / Couplet Care / Post Partum

Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Employment Type: Per Diem
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Connecticut
• Maternal-Newborn nursing experience, minimum 1 year, with experience within the last year
• BLS certification issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Clinical skills including:

  • Antihypertensives
  • Assist with circumcision and post-op site assessment
  • Car seat education
  • Cord care
  • Discharge teaching to parents
  • Infant identification
  • IV antibiotics administration
  • Newborn assessment
  • Teaching circumcision care to parents
  • Thermoregulation

Preferred Experience

• Experience in a Teaching Hospital
• Experience in a Level I Trauma Center

Required Skills

• Antihypertensives
• Assist with Circumcision and post-op site assessment
• Car Seat Education
• Cord Care
• Discharge teaching to parents
• Infant Identification
• IV Antibiotics administration
• Newborn Assessment
• Teach Circumcision care to parents
• Thermoregulation
• Newborn hypoglycemia management
• Pain assessment & management
• Bladder assessment/Foley Catheter Insertion
• Breast engorgement management
• Breast Milk Collection and Storage
• Breastfeeding instructions
• Couplet Care
• Episiotomy/incision care
• Fundus/lochia/perineum care
• Vaginal Delivery
• Cesarean Section care
• Care for Multiple Births
• Postpartum Hemorrhage management
• Pregnancy-induced hypertension management

Preferred Skills

• Postpartum care
• Administration of blood & blood products
• Maintain central lines (CVC / PICC)
• Starting and maintaining IVs
• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome care
• Phototherapy
• Care for large for gestational age infants
• Care for low birth weight infants
• Post-epidural management
• Opioid management
• Use of PCA (IV)
• Baby friendly protocols
• Use of Electric/Manual breast pump

Shift Details

• 8 & 12 hour shifts available:

  • 07:00 - 15:30
  • 15:00 - 23:30
  • 23:00 - 07:30
  • 07:00 - 19:30
  • 19:00 - 07:30

Orientation

• 3-4 days orientation including:

  • Virtual orientation (Friday)
  • In-person orientation (Monday)
  • Epic training (Wednesday) with test-out option for experienced candidates
  • 1 Unit Shadow Shift

Additional Information

• Charting system: Epic
• Medication system: Pyxis
• Patient ratio: 1 nurse to 6-8 patients (3-4 mothers, 3-4 babies)
• 1 year separation period required for previous permanent employees
• Medical/religious exemptions allowed for COVID vaccination
• First-time travelers accepted
• Prior travel experience is not required

Background and Compliance Requirements

• 7-year criminal background check required within 12 months of start, updated annually
• EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks required within 30 days of start
• Education verification and foreign equivalency evaluation (if applicable)
• Employment application with 7-year work history and no gaps greater than 90 days
• Drug screening: 10 panel drug screen within 12 months of start
• Physical exam within 12 months of start
• Fit mask test within 12 months of start, updated annually
• Immunizations and titers:

  • Tetanus/Diphtheria/Tdap (highly preferred for pediatric specialties, labor and delivery, postpartum)
  • Negative TB test or chest X-ray
  • Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Rubella titers or vaccinations
  • Hepatitis B vaccination or declination
  • Varicella vaccination or titer
• Flu vaccination or medical/religious exemption required during flu season
• COVID vaccination preferred but not required

Competency and Training Requirements

• Medication Test/Pharmacology Competency Exam (must score 85%)
• Color Blind Testing (required for all candidates starting 8/2/2024)
• Dysrhythmia/EKG Competency Exam (required for certain units, not required for NICU or Behavioral Health)
• Various facility-specific training modules and attestations including:

  • Stroke Education (except pediatric specialties and NICU)
  • CLABSI Prevention
  • Preventing Pressure Injury
  • Language Services
  • CAUTI Education
  • Patient Transportation with Oxygen
  • Suicide Risk and Environmental Assessment
  • Pyxis ES MedStation
  • Baxter Pump Interoperability
  • Patient Bedside Rounding
  • Ventricular Assist Device Awareness
  • Blood Administration Module (annual update required)
  • New Employee Orientation Module
  • 21st Century Cures Act Module
  • ED Handbook (for ED/ER RNs)
  • eCart Training Module
  • Chaperone Policy Training

This position offers a comprehensive orientation and ongoing training to support clinical excellence in Mother-Baby and Postpartum nursing care.