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Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
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Hours: 36 hrs/wk
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Start Date: Jul 6, 2026
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Length: 16 weeks
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Openings: 1
American Traveler is hiring a travel RN for an LDRP (Labor, Delivery, Recovery & Postpartum) position at a rural acute care hospital in Colorado, requiring at least 1 year of L&D experience and active AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring certification.
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Rural acute care hospital setting with a combined L&D, postpartum, and mother-baby unit
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Unit consists of 4 LDRP beds, 1 C-section OR suite, 2 triage beds, and 3 postpartum beds
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Low-volume unit averaging 0–2 births per day (~200 per year)
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Patient population includes laboring women, newborns, and gynecological surgical patients
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Titration of drips required; Pitocin is the most common titratable drip
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Charge nurse takes a patient assignment as one of two nurses on shift; no nurse aides or surgical techs on the unit
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OB physicians are on-call and not in-house — 20-minute response time after hours
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Anesthesia is in-house during regular business hours and on-call after hours with a 20-minute response time
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RT is requested for deliveries but not always available; pediatrician on-call may attend in their place
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Respiratory equipment available includes bubble CPAP, CPAP, and nasal cannula
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EFM system: OBIX
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EMR: Epic
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12-hour night shifts, 6p–6a
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Every other weekend required (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday rotation)
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Half of winter holidays required
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No on-call or standby requirement
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Floating to med/surg as a helping hand is required on rare occasions (traveler is first to float)
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Active CO RN license or Compact (NLC) RN license — must be active at time of consideration; pending licenses not accepted
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Minimum 1 year of L&D experience required
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Must be trained and experienced in the LDRP care model
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Must be able to triage and function as a baby catcher/transition nurse
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Required certifications (all must be active; AHA-issued): BLS, ACLS, NRP, and AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring — pending certifications not accepted
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Epic EMR experience
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2 professional references required: one supervisor from within the last 12 months worked, and one peer or supervisor from within the last 3 years worked — both must include dates of employment and eligibility for rehire
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Valid driver's license required
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Candidates must permanently reside more than 60 miles from the facility; driver's license is used to verify permanent address
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Candidates may not have been directly employed (full-time, part-time, or PRN) by any CommonSpirit, CHI, or Dignity Health facility within the past year — candidates who worked PRN through outside staffing firms will be considered
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Circulting C-sections or managing post-op GYN patients is not required for this role
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Unit orientation is 3 days; clinicians must be on-site in Colorado for the orientation week even if initial modules are completed remotely
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Ratios follow AWHONN guidelines as closely as possible given the rural hospital setting
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No scrub color requirement; scrubs are not provided by the facility
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Half of winter holidays are required
