Registered Nurse(RN) / Travel / Labor and Delivery

Hospital: LewisGale Medical Center

Location: Salem, Virginia

Address: 1900 Electric Road Salem, Virginia 24153

Unit Name: L&D

Building: Main Building, 2nd Floor

Cost Center: 70718

General Information

Unit Specifics:

• Number of Beds:
17 inpatient, 2 triage

• Patient Ratios: 1:1-2

• Unit staffing description- (unit secretaries and tech availability): Secretary on dayshift only, no techs

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Type of equipment: Monica Novii, Ambulatory (Telemetry) Monitors, GE EFM

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Documentation system: Meditech, Centricity

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Scheduling requirements: 3 12-hours shifts
per week

• Floating policy:
MB/Postpartum

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Patient Experience requirements: AIDET, courtesy and
respect

Hospital Specifics-

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Certifications: BLS, ACLS,
AWHONN Intermediate FM or C-EFM,
NRP

Hiring profile

Requested Skill
Set: IV insertion, lab draws,
JADA and BAKRI
knowledge, blood administration, nitrous administration, experience with vaginal exams, setting
up delivery tables for vaginal deliveries



Must have: Labor and delivery experience, strip interpretation, knowledge of
common OB medications, circulator experience in C/S, PACU
recovery experience for spinal anesthesia, antepartum triage, knowledge of common complications and treatments for obstetrical
complaints, assist with epidural placement, teamwork approach to patient care



Advanced skills needed:

Procedures performed on unit: ECV, C/S, Vaginal
Deliveries, Assist with
vacuum or forceps as needed, Epidural placement

Certifications Required: RN licensure, BLS, ACLS,
NRP

Dress Code : (Required uniform)

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Hospital provided scrubs
(wear whatever you
chose to hospital, change on arrival and departure)

Unit Guidelines/Policies : Please attach
unit specific policies and guidelines.

• 4 weekend shifts per 4-week
schedule, ready for huddle at
6:45

Awards/Recognition: Please
include anything that you would
like prospective candidates to be aware of, such as links to videos that feature the department, outstanding
department/team awards.

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Any additional information that would entice
a worker to select your
unit for their
assignment: Consider

items such
as new equipment or technology, tenure
and experience of staff, schedule options, etc.

• Willing to block schedule