RN L&D

Job Description

RN L&D

Shift: 7pm-7am

Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours per week

1.General job duties. Types of procedures required.

Care of the laboring patient. Nursing duties during vaginal and cesarean deliveries. Care of couplets

2.Equipment utilized in the unit/dept. (Is there computerized charting, medication systems, etc.)

EPIC Stork documentation. Centricity fetal monitoring system. Pyxis medication system.

3.Required skills and minimum years of experience.

Labor and Delivery experience minimum 2 years required, ability to circulate c-sections required.

4.Specific licensures and certifications/registrations required. (ARRT, CRT, BLS, ACLS, etc)

NRP required, BLS thru AHA required, ACLS thru AHA required, STABLE required. Compact or IN state RN license required.

5.Shift or schedule requirements. (Will the employee ever work alone? Is call required? If so, how often? Are weekends required?)

12 hour shifts, 3 out of 4 weekends, no call requirement. RN will work with a shift nurse lead and at least 6 L&D RN's.

6.Floating to other units/departments. (If so, to which units/departments?)

Traveler will float between sister facilities based on need.

7.Nurse to patient ratio of this unit. (nursing only)

1:1 typically, possibly 1:2 if early labor or induction of labor; 1-3 for couplet care