Saint Luke’s is a Nicotine free (this includes patches, gum, vape, etc.) Health System – all travelers will be tested upon hire. If found with nicotine in your system, you will be canceled and may be ineligible for re-hire.

Required Skills/Experience:

• The required facility birth-volume categories are 100-200 and 200-300 births per month.
• Antepartum and low-risk obstetrical care are required.
• Required clinical skills include assisting with sterile speculum exams (effacement, dilation, station, and presentation), reflex checks, edema assessment, clonus checks, sterile vaginal exams, and triage of obstetrical patients.
• Required clinical skills include external fetal heart monitoring, internal fetal monitoring, spiral electrode placement, IUPC placement and calibration, recognition and treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns, and telemetry interpretation.
• Required clinical skills include caring for patients with asthma, diabetes mellitus, HELLP syndrome, infectious disease, malpresentations (breech, face, or brow), multiple gestation, pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, premature rupture of membranes, preterm labor, Rh incompatibilities, and pregnancy-induced hypertension.
• Required clinical skills include VBAC management/trial of labor, rapid response/code team use, blood and blood product administration, venous blood draws, starting and maintaining IVs, infusion pumps/drips/IV monitoring, and isolation precautions/PPE.
• Required clinical skills include antiseizure medications, antihypertensives, insulin drips, magnesium sulfate therapy, Pitocin (oxytocin), prostaglandins, and terbutaline.
• Required clinical skills include amnioinfusion; assisting with high-risk and vaginal deliveries; circulating for C-sections; forceps/vacuum extraction; hemorrhage/shock care; and C-section recovery.
• Required clinical skills include ID/security banding, neonatal resuscitation, radiant warmers/thermoregulation, epidural and general anesthesia, opioids, pain assessment/management, IV PCA, breastfeeding/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, and vaccine administration.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• LDRP experience is preferred; candidates with LD/LDR experience only will be considered.
• Community hospital experience is preferred.

Required Credentials:

• You must have a MO license and be in the process of applying for a KS license (+vice-versa) or you must have a compact licensure to apply.

Special Requests:

• If requesting 7 days of RTO, the expectation is that the missed time is made up.
• You must be able to complete labs within 48 hours of signing.

Unit Details:

• The unit includes L&D and postpartum in the same physical space.
• L&D houses antepartum and intrapartum patients.
• Postpartum and postoperative GYN patients are cared for on the unit; adult med/surg overflow is cared for by med/surg staff, not OB RNs.
• The patient population includes pregnant patients, neonates, adolescents, and adults.
• Patient assignments are based on patient acuity per AWHONN staffing standards; L&D ratios are typically 1:1 but can be 1:2 or 1:3 for antepartum and/or cervical ripening, depending on patient acuity.
• The unit uses the PeriWatch fetal monitoring application and Philips Avalon fetal monitors.

Shift & Scheduling:

• 4-5 weekend shifts are required per 6-week schedule period. Weekends are defined as Friday and Saturday nights for night shift and Saturday and Sunday for day shift. In addition, a minimum of 2 Sunday night shifts/2 Friday day shifts is required per 6-week schedule period.
• RTO is limited to no more than 7 days.
• Call required: 2 on-call shifts per 6-week schedule period.

Floating Requirements:

• Float to the postpartum unit to provide couplet care or care for postpartum mothers only.

Details:

• AUTO OFFER - NO INTERVIEW: This is an auto-offer position. You will likely not interview with the facility prior to receiving an offer. However, an interview can be arranged upon request. All time off requests must be submitted at application. Scheduling requests must be worked out with the manager directly upon starting the assignment. Any offers for this job will require a clear "Yes" or "No" response from the nurse within 24hrs or the offer must be declined.

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