Labor & Delivery RN
Meridian, Idaho
St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center

Job Opportunity: Registered Nurse (Labor and Delivery)

Location

• Meridian, Idaho

Assignment Details

• Travel assignment length: 13 weeks
• Shift length: 12-hour shifts (7a-7p and 7p-7a)
• Hours per week: 36
• Weekend and holiday shifts as needed based on unit requirements
• No call or standby requirement
• Staff cannot work more than five shifts in a row per hospital policy
• Floating required to like units within the local valley area (approx. 20 minutes travel), with prior notice; true floating to separate locations is rare

Unit Overview

• Unit: Women’s Services, Labor & Delivery (L&D)
• Number of L&D beds: 10
• Number of OR suites for C-sections: 2 (L&D RNs circulate)
• Number of triage beds: 4
• Number of postpartum beds: 10
• Average births per month: About 120
• Nurse staffing ratios follow AWHONN guidelines (primarily 1:1 in L&D and 1:6 couple care in postpartum)
• Charge RN, Resource RN (no patient assignment), and House Supervisor present on each shift
• CNA support 4-5 days/nights per week; unit clerk available 24/7
• OB hospitalist available 24/7; midwives always on call
• Neonatal NP available 24/7; neonatologist on call within 15 minutes
• CRNA anesthesia coverage 24/7
• No Telemetry/Monitor Techs on unit
• Electronic Fetal Monitoring system: GE Connect
• Blue scrubs provided on unit

Patient Population and Care

• Common patient types: laboring patients ≥32 weeks gestation, elective and medical inductions of labor, stable antepartum patients, postpartum patients, well newborns
• Common diagnoses and care include labor and delivery, postpartum care, triage (strongly preferred experience)
• RNs are required to titrate drips (primarily Pitocin per protocol, magnesium sulfate, rarely insulin)

Required Certifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
• Stable (taken at least once)
• AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring

Required Experience and Skills

• Labor & Delivery nursing experience required
• Postpartum nursing experience required
• Circulating experience required
• Triage experience strongly preferred

Orientation

• Customized unit/department-specific orientation, typically 4-6 shifts

This position is ideal for experienced Labor and Delivery RNs with required certifications and skills, seeking a 13-week travel assignment with 12-hour shifts in a busy women’s services unit.