Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery - $2,310 per week at Tact Staff
Show Low, AZ 85902
About the Job
Tact Staff is seeking a travel nurse RN Labor and Delivery for a travel nursing job in Show Low, Arizona.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Labor and Delivery
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours
- Employment Type: Travel
Start date: ASAP
Orientation: Every Monday
Shift & Scheduling: - Nights 6p-6a Days 6a-6p
Weekend Requirement: 3 weekend shifts per 4 week schedule minimum. Some like to work all weekends and others don't like to work them at all. As long as it's covered, it really doesn't matter to me.
Floating Requirement: - May float to ED or MS if experienced
Required certifications: - ACLS, BLS, NRP, Intermediate or advanced Fetal Monitoring Required
# of beds -
- 7 L&D beds
- 2 Triage beds
- 10 Postpartum beds
- 1-3 births per day
- 830 births per year
Ratios typically 1:2
Exp or Must have skills
- 2 years of experience required
- Respiratory Therapist in unit 24/7
- Support staff on unit: Patient Care Technician, Health Unit Secretary
- Nurse manager occasionally see patients (when needed)
- Need experience with:
- 3+ years of experience required
- C-section experience required
- Support staff on unit: OB scrub tech, HUC
- Call: one shift per 4 week schedule
- OB/Neonatologist not in house
- 24/7 pharmacy in house
- Must be proficient in fetal monitoring and the actions taken for fetal distress.
- Must be able to care for patients with pre-eclampsia
- Clinical background in high risk patients. Since there is NOT an in-house OB, so the nurses need to be very proficient with their assessment skills and be able to handle OB emergencies until the provider arrives.
- May float to other units of hospital (usually MedSurg) if needed
- Must be able to function in L&D and couplet care (they don't always utilize their LDRPs as couplet care beds, but can do so if census is low).
Additional helpful info:
1. For Direct: Who else is on their vendor panel; Secondary MSP with ProLink
2. Is your POC the manager or HR: HR POC
3. What will get our candidates interviewed the quickest? Clean files; Good Sizzle Statement; All certs
4. Scale of 1-5 (1= FAST, 5=SLOW), how quickly do the managers call our clinicians? 3
5. Are rates negotiable? No
6. Can you Market a candidate to this facility? Yes
7. Extension Approvals; Most of the time yes
a. How far out can we ask? 3-4 weeks for best response
b. How many levels of approval do extensions go through? Workforce meetings every Thursday
Tact Medical Staffing Job ID #488014. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery
About Tact Staff
Our nurses choose Tact assignments because it provides the opportunity to take on new challenges in their careers while they travel across the United States and gain enriching experiences on a professional and personal level.
Our dedicated team of staffing consultants will work with you and be your advocate as you choose to embark on new assignments. Our team is committed to providing our nurses with the most rewarding healthcare assignments and choices at primer healthcare institutions nationwide. Let us handle the details; you choose the job and location that are right for you.
Be Adventurous, Make a Difference, Travel with Tact.
Be Adventurous - Becoming a travel nurse is not only a professional adventure, but a personal adventure as well. It is an opportunity to challenge yourelf, to explore a new place, and try amazing food...
Make a Difference - Nurses make such a huge difference in so many lives. The care and compassion you show to your patients, does not go unoticed. We know how important your jobs is, which is why we take our job as recruiters so seriously. Being able to place nurses in hospitals, where you are doing something as crucial as saving lives, is something we feel thankful to be able to do.
Travel with Tact - From the moment we receive your resume we begin trying to build a relationship with you. We know the importance of becoming your friend, before becoming your recruiter. Building friendly, yet professional relationships allows us to discover what you truly want... and don't want in a travel assignment.