Labor and Delivery RN
Hillsboro, Oregon
Tuality Community Hospital

Job Opportunity: Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse

Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
Employment Type: Travel/Contract
Contract Length: 13 weeks
Shift: Nights (1900-0730), options for 3x12 or 4x12 hour shifts
Weekend Requirement: Yes
Start Date: ASAP

Position Overview

• Provide care for low to moderate risk laboring patients, antepartum, postpartum patients, and their newborns.
• Manage triage in two triage rooms and perform maternal and newborn assessments.
• Circulate and recover C-sections in the OR suite and private rooms.
• Floating within the hospital required; no floating to other hospitals.
• Block scheduling accommodations not available.
• Locals accepted.
• Pending Oregon license accepted if application is submitted and received by the licensing board prior to start.

Required Experience & Skills

• Valid RN license in Oregon.
• Minimum 1 year of Labor and Delivery experience within the last year.
• Experience in Labor Delivery Recovery & Postpartum (LDRP).
• Triage experience.
• Baby nurse/transition experience.
• Skills in IV starts, triage, and newborn transitions.

Required Certifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) – AHA provider only, traditional certification required.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP).

Licensure

• Active, unrestricted Oregon RN license required.
• Pending license accepted if application is submitted and received by the Oregon licensing board before start date.

Additional Requirements

• Must be available for weekend shifts.
• No call required.
• Must comply with facility-specific background checks including 7-year criminal background check, EPLS/GSA/SAM, HHS/OIG, and education verification.
• Physical exam within 1 year prior to start confirming good physical and mental health.
• Fit testing for respiratory protection required onsite on first day and annually thereafter.
• Drug testing: 10-panel with methamphetamines listed, within 30 days prior to start.
• Immunizations and titers required or documented declinations accepted for:

  • Tetanus/Diphtheria/Tdap (within 10 years)
  • Measles (Rubeola)
  • Mumps
  • Rubella
  • Hepatitis B (immune titer and/or vaccine series or signed declination)
  • Varicella
• Annual TB testing with Qgold or TSPOT required; PPD not accepted.
• Flu vaccine or signed declination required during flu season.
• Completion of facility-specific orientation safety manual and compliance documents required prior to start.
• At least 2 professional employment references required.

Facility & Work Environment

• Short term acute care facility with Level III trauma center designation.
• Teaching hospital environment.
• 167 staffed beds.
• Electronic charting system: EPIC.
• Free parking available.
• Scrubs provided for OR.

Notes

• Prior travel experience is not explicitly required for this assignment.
• Floating is limited to within the hospital only.
• Block scheduling accommodations are not available.
• Locals are accepted.

This position is ideal for experienced Labor and Delivery RNs who are comfortable with newborn resuscitation and triage, and who meet the required certifications and licensure criteria.