Labor & Delivery Unit - Travel Registered Nurse

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Shift: 6:00 PM - 6:30 AM

Experience:

• 18 months of role experience is required with some in the last 12 months.

• Must have at least 22 months of Labor & Delivery Unit experience.

• Experience with Cerner is required from any number of months.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have a Illinois license (required for submission).

• This role may require floating to additional units and locations

• Local & travel allowed.

• Flu vaccination required for submission. Religious and medical declinations accepted.

• 12 months between Staff at Program: Aya Program - Memorial Health System - IL

• 12 months between Per Diem at Program: Aya Program - Memorial Health System - IL

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:

References must cover at least 1 full year of relevant experience in specialty within the past 3 years.

Shift & Scheduling: 4x12 or 3x12 Nights

Required Skills/Experience:

• Work Setting Experience: Antepartum, Facility births/month <100, Labor and Delivery, High Risk Antepartum, Level I Nursery, LDRP, Mother/Baby.
• Antepartum Care and Procedures Skills/Experience: Assist with sterile speculum exam (effacement, dilation, station, presentation), NST (Non Stress Tests), OCT (Oxytocin Challenge Tests), Reflex checks / edema assessment / clonus, Sterile vaginal exam, Triage of obstetrical patients, Use of EFM (External Fetal Heart Monitoring).
• Fetal Monitoring Skills/Experience: Use of External Fetal Monitoring, Use of Internal Fetal Monitoring, Recognition and Treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns.
• IV Therapy/Phlebotomy Skills/Experience: Administration of blood & blood products, Start & maintain peripheral IV, Use of infusion pumps / drips / IV monitoring.
• Medication and Administration Skills/Experience: Antihypertensives, Magnesium Sulfate therapy, Pitocin (oxytocin), Prostaglandins.
• Labor and Delivery Management Skills/Experience: Assist with high risk delivery, Assist with vaginal delivery, Circulate for C-section, Hemorrhage/shock, Recover C-Section, Sterile vaginal exam.
• Neonatal Care in Delivery Room Skills/Experience: APGAR scores, ID/Security Banding, Radiant Warmers/Thermoregulation.
• Newborn Care Skills/Experience: Assist with Circumcision/Assess site post-op, Cord Care, Discharge teaching to parents, Infant Identification, Metabolic Screen, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Newborn Assessment, Newborn hypoglycemia, Teach Circumcision care to parents, Thermoregulation.
• Pain Management Skills/Experience: Epidural Anesthesia, Pain assessment & management.
• Postpartum Care and Procedures Skills/Experience: Episiotomy/Incisional Care, Foley Catheter insertion, Fundus/lochia/perineum care, Wound Assessment and Care.
• Postpartum Care of the Patient with: Vaginal Delivery, Cesarean Section, Couplet Care, Multiple Births, Postpartum Hemorrhage, Pregnancy induced hypertension.
• Professional Topics and Skills: Isolation Precautions/PPE, Vaccine Administration.

Preferred Skills/Experience: Community Hospital Experience, Cerner experience

Parking Cost: parking permit required, no cost. Will fill out form during orientation.

Types of Patients on Unit: Neonates, Adolescents, Adults

Unit Details: Beds 18

Procedures/Diagnostics/Treatments Performed on Unit: C-sections, laboring, triage, medications: epidural medications, magnesium sulfate, pitocin (more standard on L/D)

Previous Employment Requirements: Any PERM or PRN employee of Memorial must be away for 12 months before applying as a traveler

5 days maximum time off. Facility holidays: 01/01/2025, 11/27/2025, 12/25/2025. Number of holidays allowed off: 2

1 reference from last 3 years (Charge/Lead reference type) - required after submission

1 reference from any number of months (Manager/Supervisor reference type) - required after submission

Proof of identification required

Certifications:

• Intermediate AWHONN FHM (Intermediate Fetal Heart Monitoring)

• STABLE (Sugar, Temperature, Airway. Blood Pressure, Lab work and Emotional Support)

• BLS (Basic Life Support)

• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)

• Skills Checklist: Yes
• References: Yes
• License Type: registered
• License State: IL
• Certifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, Sugar, Temperature, Airway. Blood Pressure, Lab work and Emotional Support, Intermediate Fetal Heart Monitoring, Basic Life Support

Job Details

• Job Type: Travel
• Nurse/Patient: – –
• Shift Type: Night
• Contract Date: 2025-10-13
• Expected Length: 13 weeks
• Hours per Shift: 12
• Shifts per Week: 3