Travel Nurse RN - Labor/Delivery in Bakersfield, CA

**Job Title:** Registered Nurse (Labor and Delivery)
**Job Specialty:** Labor and Delivery (L&D)
**Job Duration:** 13 weeks
**Shift:** 12-Hour Nights, Every Other Weekend, First to Float
**Guaranteed Hours:** 36 hours per week
**Experience:** Minimum 2 years
**License:** Required
**Certifications:** ACLS, Advanced Fetal Monitoring, BLS, NRP
**Must-Have:**
- Proficiency in Cerner EMR system
- Willingness to work holidays and weekends
- Ability to start own IVs
**Job Description:**
- Support labor and delivery processes in a unit with 18 LDRP rooms, 6 triage spaces, and additional overflow and surgical spaces.
- Adhere to safe patient ratios following state guidelines.
- Assist with deliveries, including providing NRP support during births.
- Use Cerner for EMR management and ensure infant security with HUGS system.
- Facilitate in a multidisciplinary environment with OB technicians and in-house 24/7 OB and anesthesia coverage.
- Work across various areas, such as L&D, postpartum, C-section, and women's health.
- Participate in unit-specific orientation, including online GNOSIS training and sessions with perinatology safety specialists.
- Engage in initiatives focusing on evidence-based practices, such as maternal mental health screenings and reducing low-risk primary C-sections.
- Operate in a baby-friendly hospital environment encouraging immediate skin-to-skin contact and early breastfeeding initiation.
- Collaborate effectively in managing approximately 250 births per month and assisting in high-risk deliveries.
- Participate in continuous quality improvement through chart audits and perinatal safety initiatives.
- Maintain a professional appearance, wearing navy scrubs provided by the unit.
Note: Hospital may cancel up to 3 shifts per contract.