Spectrum Healthcare Resources has a POTENTIAL opportunity for a civilian Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse in Fort Leonard Wood, MO located in the heart of the Ozarks.
Job Requirements:
- Degree/Education: Associates Degree of Nursing; Graduate from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
- Experience: One year of experience as a Labor and Delivery Nurse
- Licensure/Registration: HCW must possess a current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse in any state, US Territory or District of Columbia.
- Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) by way of an American Heart Association or American Red Cross training program. Advanced Life Saving Obstetrics (ALSO) or Emergencies in Clinical Obstetrics (ECO), Intermediate Fetal Heart Monitoring, and Sugar, Temperature, Airway, Blood pressure, Lab work, and Emotional support (STABLE) is required.
Duties not limited to:
- Provide specialized and comprehensive antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum nursing care to normal to high-risk obstetric patients. High-risk patients are characterized by the presence of real or potential complicated fetal or maternal conditions requiring continuous observation and intervention to prevent complications and maintain/restore maternal and fetal health. All high-risk/critical conditions and newborn care require close observation, assessment and documentation for acute changes in patient condition.
- As appropriate, assumes circulation role in the operating room for scheduled and emergent cesarean-sections and cesarean-hysterectomy. Provides nursing care to patients during post-anesthesia recovery.
- As appropriate, serves as the OB Triage Nurse, independently or in collaboration with Provider assesses and evaluates obstetrical outpatients 20 weeks gestation or greater presenting for care.
- Provides care to patients presenting for both complicated and uncomplicated pregnancy and labor concerns.
- Provides newborn care for vaginal deliveries, routine scheduled Cesarean and emergent cesarean sections.
- Implements routine or high risk transition care protocols for normal and high risk newborns following delivery.
- Possesses skills in the performance of newborn respiratory tasks.
- Performs newborn physical assessments using standardized newborn assessment tools.
- Provides nursing care consistent with established professional standards, guidelines, hospital protocols, and unit-level Standar Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- In the absence of a physician, independently determines and implements proper emergency interventions within scope of practice after identifying and interpreting maternal and/or fetal distress and newborns.
This position will offer:
- Full time 40hrs per wk. Rotation of nights/weekends/holidays
- Medical/Dental/Vision/401k
- Paid Federal holidays
- PTO and sick leave
- Exciting opportunity to be of service to our military members!
For More Information Contact:
Laura Hatcher
(314) 744-4156
Laura_Hatcher@spectrumhealth.com
Company Overview:
Spectrum Healthcare Resources (SHR) was established in 1988 to deliver systems and processes designed to meet the unique needs of Military and VA Health Systems. SHR is a leading organization that provides physician and clinical staffing and management services to United States Military Treatment Facilities, VA clinics and other Federal Agencies through various contracting vehicles. A Joint Commission Health Care Staffing Services firm, SHR is the military staffing division of TeamHealth, a Nationwide organization that serves 850 civilian and military hospitals with a team of 9,600 affiliated health care professionals.
Spectrum Healthcare Resources is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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