Postpartum RN
Glendale, California
Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health Center

Postpartum RN (Registered Nurse)

Location: Glendale, California Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 12-hour shifts (0645-1915 or 1845-0715) Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week

Required Qualifications

• Active BLS, ACLS, and NRP certifications
• Active California RN license
• 2 years of prior experience in postpartum

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior travel experience

Unit Details

• Unit: Post-Partum
• Postpartum beds: 18
• L&D beds: 10, including 2 ORs in L&D
• Triage beds: 2
• Births: About 130 per month, with approximately 40-60 C-sections per month
• Common diagnoses and patient types: Deliveries as early as 23 weeks, some high-risk patients (antepartum, hypertension). Patients with a known cardiac abnormality in the baby are transferred out before delivery. Perinatology support is available.

Staffing and Support

• Ratio: 4:1 couplets
• Charge nurse: Yes, shared between L&D and Postpartum
• Nurse aides/OB tech: None
• Telemetry: None; patients are transferred out, with a 30-minute response time
• Ventilators: None
• OB/neonatologist in house: None, currently being worked on
• IV team: None
• Respiratory therapy: 24/7
• Pharmacy: 24/7
• Scrubs: Provided

Schedule and Expectations

• Weekend requirement: 4 shifts in a 4-week period
• Call requirement: None
• Holidays: 1 major and 1 minor holiday for RNs. Major holidays: Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year's Day
• Floor-specific orientation: 2 shifts
• Floating: Not typically done. Floating from L&D to Postpartum requires a NICU background for feeder/grower patients. The units typically don't work interchangeably.
• Shift priority: First to float