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Company: Mercy Hospital Southwest - Bakersfield
Location: Bakersfield, CA
Career Level: Mid-Senior Level
Industries: Recruitment Agency, Staffing, Job Board

Description

    Certification Details
  • Active BLS, ACLS, NRP, Advanced Fetal Monitoring certifications are mandatory.
  • No elective deliveries less than 39 weeks.
    Job Details
  • A hospital in California is looking for an experienced L&D nurse for a travel contract.
  • The right candidate will have 2 full years of experience.
  • To hear more about this opportunity please contact Medical Solutions.
    Job Requirements
  • Must have 2 full years of experience.
  • Must hold active BLS, ACLS, NRP, and Advanced Fetal Monitoring certifications.
  • An active CA License is required.
    Schedule Information
  • Shifts: 7a, 7p
  • Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend shifts per every 6 weeks.
  • Holidays: Must work a major and a minor.
    Unit Specific Information
  • - # beds: 18 LDRP rooms + 6 triage spaces + 8 beds shared with med surg that are women's care center overflow such as hysters, slings, etc, 2 OR rooms that nurses self circulate.
  • - Certs required: BLS, ACLS, NRP, advanced fetal monitoring.
  • - Ratios: Follow CA state guidelines; 4 to 1 couplets, 3 to 1 stable antepartums; 2 to 1 L&D; 1 to 1 for deliveries (a second NRP nurse is in every birth so nurse not only nurse in delivery).
  • - Common diagnoses / Types of patients: Will take L&D, recovery, postpartum, women's health patients; high risk OB, transfer out for major maternal or fetal complications if mom has major cardiac issue or baby needs surgery; recovering of babies.
  • - Floor specific orientation: 3 shifts is baseline on the unit; GNOSIS is an online training for all OB nurses; will also train with the perinatology safety specialists.
  • - L&D nurses must do antepartum, L&D postpartum.
    Additional Details
  • CERNER REQUIRED
  • Prefer candidates with CERNER charting experience.
  • Baby friendly hospital: immediate skin to skin and initiate breast feeding asap.
  • Have a lactation store on the campus.


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