Travel Nurse (RN) - Labor & Delivery Unit

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

Resume: Each employment history entry must include all the following: detailed duties, hospital size, unit size, trauma level (if applicable), patient ratio, teaching facility. Any employment gaps greater than 30 days must be explained.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Mother baby experience, prefer 1 year.
• Experience and be able to attend deliveries and complete 1 hour of newborn care, triage, Circulate C/S, and provide Postpartum Couplet Care.
• Experience with magnesium.
• Required to titrate drips: Pitocin Protocol, Magnesium Protocol, Insulin drips (occasionally).

Preferred Skills/Experience: Charge nurse experience.

Types of Patients on Unit: 32 week gestation and greater, HTN-getting mag, BACs, TOLACs, some gestational diabetes, community has a lot of home birth midwives so a lot of the population comes in for medical intervention and pain control. Do have some antepartum patients. Do not take placenta previa or placenta accreta. Serve a very diverse population.

Unit Details:

• LDRP Beds: 14 LDRP- patients stay in the same room.
• OR Suites on the unit for C-Sections: 2 suites- RNs will circulate and recover.
• Triage beds: 4- travelers will staff.
• Do you follow AWHONN guidelines for ratios?: Follow AWHONN Staffing Standards. 1:1 labor unless pairing 2 cervical ripening patients. Postpartum is 1:3 couplets care. Triage 1:3, if get up to 4pts will utilize Resource nurse.

Special Requests:

• Do NOT guarantee Block Scheduling - can not work 6 shifts in a row.
• Travel duos will need 2 cars, can not do 1 car as they could be at different sites or float during shift.

Shift & Scheduling:

• Weekend Requirements: No minimum requirement. Based on unit needs and requests.
• Holiday Requirements: No set requirement for travel RNs. Regular Staff have a set holiday rotation and there are 3 groups. May work a holiday if there is a need during contract.

Floating Requirements: Float to all St. Lukes Treasure Valley Sites-Meridian, Nampa, Boise in primary skill set (L&D, Postpartum, or Antepartum) or as a sitter.

Eligibility as Current/Previous Employee: The facility may make one off exceptions if previously employed at the facility, but exceptions must be approved by St. Luke’s Health System