Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery - $3,222 per week

American Consultants is seeking a travel nurse RN Labor and Delivery for a travel nursing job in Lake Tahoe, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : Labor and Delivery
• Discipline : RN
• Duration : 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift : 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type : Travel

8 bed unit, 300 births / year. No deliveries before 35 weeks.

Specialty Profile Notes

Minimum of 2 years of experience working in the L&D department required.

Certifications : BLS, ACLS, NRP and Fetal Heart Monitoring required.  STABLE preferred.  FHM does not have to be AWHONN, will also accept NCC

Will care for high-risk patients such as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, and multiples (twins only). Day shift will do outpatient fetal stress tests.  Nurses do it all : pre-labor / triage, delivery, post-partum, and nursery care. Willing to train in nursery and lactation skills.  There are 2 RN / LCs on staff.

3 RNs always staffed on unit. RN should be able to independently provide care as no physician or anesthesia in hospital at nights or weekends.  RN will attend c-section and will recover mom and baby.  RN needs to have significant resuscitation experience for newborns. May float to ER or Acute Care floor as a sitter and will not take a patient assignment.  Ideal traveler is a self-starter, adaptable and open to coaching.

Client job description :

The Perinatal Nurse provides professional nursing care to patients through the Labor and Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum and Nursery, by utilizing the established facility and AWHONN policies, procedures and guidelines, ensuring safe and effective care. The Nurse performs antenatal testing, monitors maternal and neonatal wellbeing during labor and provides individualized care structured to each patient’s unique situation and requests in order to achieve a safe and positive birthing experience for the family unit. The Nurse provides postpartum care and education based on individual needs and department standards. The Nurse provides newborn care based on individual needs and departmental standards. The Nurse participates in activities necessary in keeping the department in a state of readiness to provide patient care (included but not limited to restocking rooms, checking crash carts, quality control for point of care testing, participating in policy and procedure creation and revision, attending meetings, attending and / or providing in services, researching and championing ways to improve the patient experience).

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About American Consultants

Since 1989, American Consultants has been the leader in national healthcare staffing and consulting services. We have successfully placed thousands of healthcare professionals in executive, clinical, laboratory, financial, consulting, and HIT roles across the country. We specialize in Healthcare Search and Staffing, IT Staffing and Solutions, and Executive Search and Interim Services. American Consultants takes a consultative approach to help our clients solve their talent acquisition and HIT challenges. We are truly the healthcare people.

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