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Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
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Hours: 36 hrs/wk
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Start Date: Jun 8, 2026
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Length: 13 weeks
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Openings: 1
American Traveler is seeking an experienced RN for a 13-week Labor & Delivery night shift travel assignment, requiring active L&D, postpartum, and circulating experience along with AWHONN fetal monitoring certification.
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Acute care hospital setting on a Women's Services unit (Labor & Delivery, Postpartum)
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Unit includes 10 L&D beds, 2 OR suites for C-sections, 4 triage beds, and 10 postpartum beds, averaging approximately 120 births per month
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Patient population includes laboring patients 32 weeks and greater, elective and medical inductions, stable antepartum patients, postpartum patients, and well newborns
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Staffing ratios follow AWHONN standards: primarily 1:1 in L&D and 1:6 couple care in postpartum
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L&D RNs are required to circulate in the OR for C-sections
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RNs are required to titrate drips; common titratable drips include Pitocin per protocol, magnesium, and occasionally insulin
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GE Connect EFM system is used on the unit; Epic is the EMR
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12-hour night shifts, 7p–7a; weekends required based on unit needs
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Holiday coverage required based on unit needs
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No on-call or standby requirement
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Travelers are first to float and may be floated to like L&D units within the valley (approximately 20 minutes apart); true floating to a separate location is rare and notice is given prior to the shift
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Active ID or Compact RN license required; must be active at time of consideration — pending licenses will not be accepted
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Minimum 2 years of RN experience required
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Required certifications (all must be active, no pending certifications accepted): BLS, ACLS, NRP, S.T.A.B.L.E. (taken at least once), and AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring
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Experience in L&D, postpartum, and OR circulating required; triage experience strongly preferred
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Epic EMR experience required
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Valid driver's license required
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Two professional references required: one supervisor from within the last 12 months and one peer or supervisor from within the last 3 years, both including dates of employment and eligibility for rehire
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Candidates must reside more than 50 miles from the facility to be eligible
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Responsibilities include caring for laboring, antepartum, and postpartum patients, circulating for C-sections, and managing titratable drips per protocol
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Unit is well-supported with a Charge RN and Resource RN (neither carrying an assignment) plus a House Supervisor on every shift
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CNA support available on L&D/PP/NICU 4–5 days and nights per week; unit clerk available 24/7
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OB hospitalist and midwives are available 24/7; Neonatal NP is on-site 24/7 with a Neonatologist on call within 15 minutes; CRNA available 24/7
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Orientation is customized per traveler, typically 4–6 shifts
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No blocked scheduling or special scheduling requests will be accepted
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Blue scrubs are provided on the unit
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Former permanent employees of this facility must have been away for at least one year before being eligible for a travel assignment
