Postpartum RN
Wilmington, North Carolina
New Hanover Regional Medical Center

Registered Nurse: Mother-Baby / Couplet Care / Post Partum

Location: Wilmington, North Carolina Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Day, 3 x 12-hour shifts (6:45 a.m. to 7:15 p.m.), 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week Weekends: Every other weekend Locals Accepted: Yes Traveler Experience: Not required

Role Overview

• Provides postpartum maternal and newborn care, including management of postpartum complications, newborn assessments, breastfeeding support, and discharge education
• Patient population: mother/baby couplet care, postpartum pregnancy-related complications, Level II newborns, and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) newborns
• Work settings: Postpartum and Special Care Nursery/Level II
• Float to appropriate areas within the Women's & Children's Division
• Hospitalist and anesthesiologist coverage available in-house 24/7
• Support services include interpretation, IV teams, pharmacy, phlebotomy, radiology, rapid response teams, respiratory services, social services, and unit secretary

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in North Carolina
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Post Partum experience: minimum of 2 years
• Post Partum experience within the last year
• Experience working with neonate patients
• Experience working with infant patients
• Experience in a Special Care Nursery setting
• Experience assisting with circumcision and assessing the site post-op
• Experience with car seat education
• Experience managing newborn hypoglycemia
• Experience managing postpartum hemorrhage
• Experience with pregnancy-induced hypertension
• Experience with multiple births
• Experience with post-epidural management
• BLS (Basic Life Support) certification through AHA or American Red Cross only
• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) certification through AHA/AAP only

Clinical Skills

• IV therapy: Administration of blood and blood products, central line maintenance (CVC/PICC), starting and maintaining IVs
• Medication administration: Antiseizure medications, antihypertensives, heparin, insulin drips, magnesium sulfate therapy, Pitocin (oxytocin)
• Newborn care: Circumcision assistance and site assessment, car seat education, cord care, discharge teaching, infant identification, IV antibiotics, metabolic screening, neonatal abstinence syndrome, newborn assessments, phototherapy, thermoregulation, newborn hypoglycemia
• Pain management: Post-epidural management, opioids, pain assessment and management, IV PCA
• Postpartum care: Baby-friendly protocols, bladder assessment/Foley catheter insertion, breast engorgement, breast milk collection and storage, breastfeeding education, couplet care, episiotomy/incision care, fundus/lochia/perineum care, electric/manual breast pumps
• Postpartum complications: Vaginal delivery, cesarean section, multiple births, postpartum hemorrhage, pregnancy-induced hypertension
• Additional skills: Isolation precautions/PPE, phlebotomy, vaccine administration, Mother-Baby/Couplet Care

Other Expectations

• Assigned to a Storm Team and/or Hurricane Team
• May be required to report to work during a catastrophic event, mass casualty, or disaster
• Consolidation to a centralized office mid-contract may occur, with possible preassignment to units

Onboarding and Compliance Requirements

• Background check: Required within 90 days of start, covering all locations lived in the last 7 years (local county, federal court, national criminal database, DOJ sex offender search)
• Education verification: Required for the highest degree specific to your profession; a completed verification must be on file
• Exclusion checks: EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG within 90 days of start; NC Division of Medical Assistance search and NC Health Care Personnel Registry search within 90 days prior to start
• Physical exam: Within 1 year of start
• TB screening: PPD, Qgold, or Tspot within 1 year of start; a positive result requires additional documentation
• Immunity: Measles (rubeola), mumps, rubella, and varicella by titer or 2 vaccines; hepatitis B by titer, vaccine series, or facility declination form. Declinations are not accepted for measles, mumps, rubella, or varicella.
• Influenza vaccination: Required for the 2026-27 season; intranasal vaccines are acceptable
• Drug screen: Negative 10-panel drug screen within 30 days of start
• Fit testing: Required; N95 fit test within 1 year of start or completion of PAPR training
• References: 2 professional references within 3 years of start
• Employment application: Must be uploaded
• Orientation: Unit orientation is 36 hours. Required education modules include a confidentiality agreement, education roster (2 hours 45 minutes), tobacco-free campus acknowledgement, medication safety (35-minute long version), annual compliance training (40 minutes), and the North Carolina Non-Novant Health Worker Clinical Education Checklist (modules take 8 to 10 hours for acute care)
• Dysrhythmia/EKG competency exam: Not required for Mother-Baby units
• Corp ID: Proof of I-Learn login required before start
• Scrubs: Navy blue; tops and bottoms must match; white scrub jacket or vest