Mother-Baby / Couplet Care / Post Partum RN
Charlotte, North Carolina
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center

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

Location

• Charlotte, North Carolina

Contract

• 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Night shift, 3x12 hours: 18:45–07:15

Unit Overview

• LDRP unit with low-risk obstetric patients
• May occasionally float, but not frequently
• Call may be required if census is low
• Weekend shifts required: 8 per contract

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in North Carolina
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• 2 years of Post Partum experience
• Post Partum experience within the last year
• BLS - Basic Life Support issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Procedure
• EFM - Electronic Fetal Monitoring
• Ability to circulate in the operating room
• Antepartum care including sterile speculum exam, NST, OCT, reflex checks, edema assessment, clonus assessment, and sterile vaginal exam
• Triage of obstetrical patients
• External and internal fetal monitoring
• IUPC (intrauterine pressure catheter) use
• Recognition and treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
• Administration of blood and blood products
• Anticoagulant administration
• Insulin drip administration
• Magnesium sulfate therapy

Preferred Qualifications

• ACLS
• AWHONN Advanced
• Triage experience

Skills and Clinical Experience

• Antepartum care
• L&D
• Level 1 nursery
• IV start
• Telemetry
• Circulating in the OR for C-sections
• PACU recovery
• Fetal monitoring
• Neonatal care in the delivery room
• Newborn care
• Postpartum care
• Surgical procedures including cervical cerclage, D&C, and tubal ligation

Orientation

• 24 hours total
• Hospital orientation plus 2 unit shifts
• Must be available for classes each day

Additional Notes

• Locals are accepted
• Scrubs provided: blue
• Interview required before offer