Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery

Lees Summit, MO - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

RN/L&D Ratios: 1:1 days and nights Avg Daily Census: 7-10 Rooms: 28 Beds: 33 Years of experience REQ: 3 First-timers accepted: (Y/N) No Weekend REQ: 4-5 weekend shifts per 6-week schedule period. Weekends are defined as Friday and Saturday night for nightshift and Saturday and Sunday for dayshift. PLUS obligation to work a minimum of 2 Sunday night shifts/2 Friday day shift per 6-week schedule Certs REQ: BLS FHM NRP Skills REQ: Antepartum Facility births/month 100-200 Facility births/month 200-300 Labor and Delivery Low risk Assist with sterile speculum exam (effacement dilation station presentation) Reflex checks / edema assessment / clonus Sterile vaginal exam Triage of obstetrical patients Use of EFM (External Fetal Heart Monitoring) Asthma Diabetes mellitus HELLP Syndrome Infectious disease Malpresentations (breech / face / brow) Multiple Gestation Pre-eclampsia / eclampsia Premature Rupture of Membranes Preterm labor RH incompatibilities VBAC management / trial of labor Use of Rapid Response/Code teams Telemetry Interpretation Spiral Electrode Placement Use of External Fetal Monitoring Use of Internal Fetal Monitoring Use of IUPC (Intrauterine pressure catheter) placement and calibration Recognition and Treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns Administration of blood & blood products Drawing Venous Blood Starting and maintaining IVs Use of infusion pumps / drips / IV monitoring Antiseizure Antihypertensives Insulin drips Magnesium Sulfate therapy Pitocin (oxytocin) Prostaglandins Terbutaline Amnioinfusion Assist with high risk delivery Assist with vaginal delivery Circulate for C-section Forceps/vacuum extraction Hemorrhage/shock Recover C-Section Sterile vaginal exam ID/Security Banding Neonatal Resuscitation Radiant Warmers/Thermoregulation Epidural Anesthesia General Anesthesia Opioids Pain assessment & management Use of PCA (IV) Breastfeeding Support/lactation support Episiotomy/Incisional Care Foley catheter insertion/management Fundus / lochia / perineum care Wound Assessment and Care Vaginal Delivery Cesarean Section Bladder Distension Multiple Births Postpartum Hemorrhage Pregnancy induced hypertension Isolation Precautions/PPE Vaccine Administration Is on-call REQ 2 on call shifts per 6-week schedule period Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs Yes To postpartum unit to provide couplet care or care for postpartum mom onlys Locals accepted: (Y/N) What is the local radius rule No home address must be at least 75 miles from the facility Pending License accepted: (Y/N) Yes RTO Restrictions: No more than 7 days Guaranteed Hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks. The cancelled shifts must be the regular shift length to which the Contractor Personnel is assigned Special Requirements: Unit includes L&D and postpartum in the same physical space. For this reason agency staff with LDRP experience are preferred but would consider individuals with LD/LDR experience only. L&D unit houses antepartum and intrapartum patients. This unit has 11 labor rooms and 5 triage rooms. This agency contracts would not be required to work OB triage. The postpartum unit has 15 rooms with 2 additional flex rooms that can be used for labor or PP patients. Postpartum and post-operative GYN patients are bedded in this unit. There are also 5 rooms that be converted into adult med/surg overflow but those patients would be cared for by med/surg staff NOT OB RNs. Patient assignments are based upon patients acuity per AWHONN staffing L&D the nurse-to-patient ratio is typically 1:1 but could be 1:2 or 1:3 (antepartum and/or cervical ripening) again depending upon patient acuity. PeriWatch fetal monitoring application Phillips avalon fetal monitors