Key Responsibilities:
• Provide direct patient care in accordance with healthcare facility policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive patient care.
• Maintain accurate patient medical records and documentation.
• Adhere to infection control standards and other regulatory requirements.
• Educate patients and their families on healthcare plans and treatments.

Qualifications:
• Active state licensure in [specify relevant states] (e.g., RN, LPN, PT, OT).
• Minimum [number] years of experience in [specialty].
• BLS/CPR certification (ACLS, PALS, or others as required by specialty).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to adapt to different environments and work independently.

Unit Details:
• RTO after booking is NOT allowed and is NOT allowed to be worked out onsite. Any call offs or additional RTO on unit, could possibly turn into a Cancel and DNR.
• DIFFICULT UNIT/FAST PACED.
• MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH >300 BIRTHS PER MONTH.
• Double labor assignments are a daily occurrence on the Unit.

Required Skills / Certs / Exp:
• Minimum Years of Experience: 2 years to be comfortable working on this unit, as it can be challenging for less experience. Prefers 3 years.
• Traveler Experience: Unit WILL ACCEPT 1st Time Travelers. (But should have experience in large/ high volume similar setting).
• Locals Accepted / Rate Difference: Yes
• Skills: Circulate, Sterile vaginal exam and competent in immediate newborn care
• Certs: BCLS, AWHONN Intermediate and NRP

Job Details:
• RATIOS: 2:1, average 20 births in 24hrs and 30-40 admits, 40 Visits/Day, 20 Rooms
• Unit Will Accept 13 - 26 Week Contracts!
• SHIFT: 48 hours can be offered. If Accepting 48 hours, NO OT until after 48 hours has been billed.
• 12 HR NIGHTS; 18:45 - 07:15
• RTO: 7 DAYS MAX for AYA AUTO OFFER.
• Call Requirement: NONE
• Float Requirement: FLOAT REQUIRED AS NEEDED. Special Maternity Care high risk OB unit.
• Weekend Requirement: Every Other Weekend minimum of 6 weekend shifts per 6-week schedule.

Patient Diagnoses:
• Obstetrical patients 16 weeks and greater for all intrapartum and for high-risk antepartum and postpartum care. We care for under 16 weeks high risk patients too on our high risk maternity unit. The Birthing Care Unit has an obstetrical triage unit to allow for screening of patients prior to admission and to perform routine outpatient procedures such as antenatal fetal surveillance, intravenous hydration, and medication administration. Scheduled and unscheduled Cesarean Births and rescue cervical cerclage are performed.

Special Procedures / Unit Details:
• Unit VERY FAST PACED, busier and higher acuity than might be normally expected. May not be realistic for nurses to take 48hr contracts on this unit due to how busy it is. Strongly prefer RN with circulate to OR experience.
• UNIT SYSTEMS: PYXIS, EPIC, SBAR.
• UNIT ORIENTATION: 24.0 Hours
• SCRUBS: Scrubs provided (blue).

Additional Unit Information:
• Interdisciplinary Support: Physical Therapy, Respiratory Services, Interpretation Services, Radiology, Social Services, Lift Teams, Rapid Response Teams, Pharmacy, Transportation, Unit Secretary
• Patient Age Groups: Neonates, Adolescents, Adults
• Daily Census: 400-600
• Number of Visits Per Day: 40
• Number of Rooms: 20
• Patient Diagnoses: Obstetrical patients 16 weeks and greater for all intrapartum and for high-risk antepartum and postpartum care. The Birthing Care Unit has an obstetrical triage unit Scheduled and unscheduled Cesarean Births and rescue cervical cerclage are performed. Unit VERY FAST PACED, busier and higher acuity. 400-600 births per month
• Special Procedures/Unit Details: Unit VERY FAST PACED, busier and higher acuity than might be normally expected. May not be realistic for nurses to take 48hr contracts on this unit due to how busy it is. Strongly prefer RN with circulate to OR experience. MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH >300 BIRTHS PER MONTH. Double labor assignments are a daily occurrence on the Unit.
• Special Equipment: MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH >300 BIRTHS PER MONTH. OCT - REQUIRED. Infact/Neonatal Arrest - REQUIRED.

Job Requirements & Qualifications:
• COVID-19 Vaccine: Not Required
• Flu Vaccine: Required - Medical/Religious Exemptions Only
• Years of Experience: 2
• Patient Ratio Experience:
• Days: 2:1
• Nights: 2:1
• Weekends: 2:1
• Charting System Experience: Required Charting System Name: Epic
• Certifications: AWHONN Advanced, AWHONN Intermediate, BLS, NRP, Will Accept C-EFM in Lieuof AWHONN
• Skills: Circulate for C-section, Facility births/month >300, High Risk Antepartum, Infant / neonatal arrest, Isolation Precautions/PPE, LDRP, OCT (Oxytocin Challenge Tests), Pain assessment & management, Sterile vaginal exam, Telemetry Interpretation, Triage of obstetrical patients
• Float Required: May Float within women's unit (SMC-High risk OB)
• Number of Weekend Shifts Per Contract: 6 weekend shifts (falling on a Saturday or Sunday) are required per 6 weeks of schedule - NO BLOCK Scheduling at this time
• Pre-Approved Time Off: one
• Orientation Hours: 24

Submission Details:
• Any previous PERM / PRN / EP staff employee of Novant Health or New Hanover must wait 12 months before applying as a traveler. Please note in the submission packet if your candidate previously worked here, the hospital name and dates of employment. Facility rehire approval is needed. We cannot proceed with any offer until rehire approval is obtained. Failure to disclose this information will negatively impact your candidate and may result in a cancel. Novant runs their own check on each traveler upon hiring, so we need to notify them beforehand.
• Current travel Per Diem clinicians at Novant Health or New Hanover are ineligible for travel assignments. Working both simultaneously is not accepted. Clinicians must select either travel Per Diem or a Travel Contract. Please indicate in the submission packet if your candidate is currently in a travel Per Diem role at this Health system and if they wish to transition to a Travel Contract.
• Candidate's perm address under 50 miles will be offered at a lower local rate.
• RTO - We can auto approve 7 days of RTO or less as long as it does not fall on a holiday. Anything more requires facility approval. Candidate MUST WORK 2 out of 3 major holidays. No RTO allowed during the first week of a traveler's assignment due to orientation.
• NC or Compact license pending OK for submission. Required in hand at time of start.
• Candidates may float within hospital or to an affiliate hospital nearby - Please refer to the job description for floating details. It is common for travelers to float to other units based on their skill sets and based on census. Candidate must be comfortable floating based on the job description with no restrictions or special requests.
• Travel Pairs - Allowed but MUST be submitted for and work on different units. Must be called out in the submission if your clinician is part of a travel pair.
• Charting Exp Required - Epic is most common. Please review the specific job posting for details.
• References - Pending references at time of submission OK. Required at time of start. Two manager/supervisor references from within the past 12 months are HIGHLY preferred at time of submission.
• # of jobs in system we can sub: Top 3 choices only and acknowledge your candidate's openness or flexibility to other Novant locations, units, and shifts in the submission email.
• Fatigue Policy: Travelers cannot work more than 5 days in a row and/or more than 60 hours in a week.
• Modules:
• Modules are non-billable
• Acute Care roles: 8-10 hours of modules
• Non-Acute roles: 4-5 hours of modules
• Modules must be completed pre-start and annually, and hours vary by specialty
• Modules are recorded via online learning, and Zoom, webinar, and in-person classes