Post Partum Maternal-Newborn RN
Wilmington, North Carolina
New Hanover Regional Medical Center

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

Location: Wilmington, North Carolina (facility name withheld) Employment type: Travel/Contract Contract length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 3x12-hour shifts (18:45-07:15), 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week Weekends: Every other weekend Locals accepted: Yes

Unit and Assignment

• Work settings: Postpartum, Special Care Nursery/Level II
• Float scope: Float to appropriate areas within the Women's & Children's Division
• Patient population: Mother/baby couplet care, postpartum pregnancy-related complications, Level II newborns, and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) newborns
• Duties: Postpartum maternal and newborn care, management of postpartum complications, newborn assessments, breastfeeding support, and discharge education
• Support and coverage: Interpretation, IV teams, pharmacy, phlebotomy, radiology, rapid response, respiratory, social services, and unit secretary support; hospitalist and anesthesiologist coverage in-house 24/7
• Systems used: Pyxis (medication), Epic (documentation), SBAR and PerfectServe (communication)
• Scrubs: Navy blue; tops and bottoms must match; white scrub jacket or vest

Requirements

• Valid RN license in North Carolina
• Minimum 2 years of post partum experience
• Post partum experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Procedure), if required, must be through AHA/AAP
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience in a Special Care Nursery setting
• Experience with post-epidural management
• Experience with IV PCA
• Experience maintaining central lines (CVC/PICC)
• Experience administering blood and blood products
• Experience with insulin drips
• Experience with magnesium sulfate therapy
• Experience administering Pitocin (oxytocin)
• Experience administering antiseizure medications
• Experience administering heparin

Skills

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

Compliance and Onboarding

• Background check: Required within 90 days of start, covering all locations lived in the last 7 years; includes county, federal court, national criminal database, DOJ sex offender search, and education verification for the highest profession-specific degree
• Exclusion checks: EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG, within 90 days of start
• State checks: NC Division of Medical Assistance search and NC Health Care Personnel Registry search, within 90 days prior to start
• Drug screen: Negative 10-panel drug screen within 30 days of start
• Physical: Within 1 year of start
• TB: Negative PPD, QuantiFERON, or T-spot within 1 year of start; a positive result requires a clear chest X-ray within 5 years, a physician-signed physical within 30 days, and a TB questionnaire
• Immunizations: Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella titer or 2 vaccines (declinations not accepted); Hepatitis B titer, series, or declination
• Flu vaccination: Required for all candidates for the 2026-27 season; intranasal accepted; exemptions reviewed case by case
• Fit testing: Required for clinical candidates; any N95 within 1 year of start or completion of PAPR training
• Education and orientation: Unit orientation of 36 hours; facility education roster (2 hours 45 minutes); annual compliance training (40 minutes); medication safety module (35 minutes); South Carolina modules do not apply
• Other: Confidentiality agreement, tobacco-free campus acknowledgement, hospital policies acknowledgement, clinical education checklist for NC travel candidates (8-10 hours for acute), and a non-employee badge with photo
• References: Two professional references within 3 years of start
• Employment application: Must be uploaded