Job Description

iDEAL Hire is seeking a travel nurse RN Labor and Delivery for a travel nursing job in Decatur, Illinois.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Labor and Delivery
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 07/28/2025
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Position/Specialty: Labor & Delivery/OB RN
Shift: 4x12 or 3x12 Nights (6:00 PM - 6:30 AM)
Unit: 18-bed Labor & Delivery unit
Facility Type: Acute Care Hospital, Level I Trauma Center, Magnet Hospital
Total Staffed Beds: 562

Job Requirements:

• Experience: Minimum 2 years of experience in Labor & Delivery/OB required.
• First-Timers Accepted: Yes.
• Certifications Required: ACLS, BLS, NRP, Fetal Monitoring Certification.
• License: Active Illinois RN license or in application process with ETA.
• Floating: Will float to Pediatrics based on facility needs.
• On-Call: Not required.
• Weekends: Not required.
• Block Scheduling: Discuss with manager for accommodation.
• RTO Restrictions: Ideally no more than 5 days.
• Local Candidates: Accepted (no radius restriction).

Guaranteed Hours:

• Client may cancel up to 36 hours per 13-week assignment without payment.
• Additional canceled hours will be billed.
• On-call in lieu of cancellation counts as a canceled shift.

Required Work Setting Experience:

• Antepartum, Labor and Delivery, High Risk Antepartum, Level I Nursery, LDRP, Mother/Baby.
• Facility births/month: <100.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Antepartum Care & Procedures:
  • Assist with sterile speculum exam (effacement, dilation, station, presentation).
  • Non-Stress Tests (NST), Oxytocin Challenge Tests (OCT).
  • Reflex checks, edema assessment, clonus, sterile vaginal exam.
  • Triage of obstetrical patients.
  • External Fetal Heart Monitoring (EFM).
• Fetal Monitoring:
  • External and Internal Fetal Monitoring.
  • Recognition and treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns.
• IV Therapy/Phlebotomy:
  • Start and maintain peripheral IV.
  • Administration of blood & blood products.
  • Use of infusion pumps, drips, IV monitoring.
• Medication Administration:
  • Antihypertensives, Magnesium Sulfate therapy, Pitocin (oxytocin), Prostaglandins.
• Labor & Delivery Management:
  • Assist with high-risk delivery, vaginal delivery, C-section circulation.
  • Hemorrhage/shock management, C-section recovery, sterile vaginal exam.
• Neonatal Care in Delivery Room:
  • APGAR scores, ID/security banding, radiant warmers/thermoregulation.
• Newborn Care:
  • Assist with circumcision and post-op assessment, cord care, discharge teaching.
  • Infant identification, metabolic screen, neonatal abstinence syndrome.
  • Newborn assessment, hypoglycemia management, thermoregulation, circumcision care teaching.
• Pain Management:
  • Epidural anesthesia, pain assessment, and management.
• Postpartum Care & Procedures:
  • Episiotomy/incisional care, Foley catheter insertion.
  • Fundus/lochia/perineum care, wound assessment, and care.
• Postpartum Patient Care:
  • Vaginal delivery, Cesarean section, couplet care, multiple births.
  • Postpartum hemorrhage, pregnancy-induced hypertension.
• Professional Skills:
  • Isolation precautions/PPE, vaccine administration.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Community hospital experience.
• Cerner charting experience.

Hospital Details:

• Scrub Color: Provided for this role.
• Charting System: Cerner.
• Parking: Free parking permit provided (form completed during orientation).

About iDEAL Hire

iDeal Travel Staffing is dedicated to working with the best of the best in travel healthcare. The iDeal Travel experience involves layers of support from the industry's most experienced team.

Benefits to Traveling with iDEALHire:

• Dedicated Recruiter
• Dedicated Compliance Member
• Mileage reimbursement
• Weekly pay
• Referral bonus
• Benefits Start on Day 1
• Medical benefits
• Dental Benefits
• Vision benefits
• Holiday Pay
• Guaranteed Hours
• License and certification reimbursement
• Immunization coverage
• Monitoring Credentials

Benefits

• Mileage reimbursement
• Holiday Pay
• Guaranteed Hours
• License and certification reimbursement
• Weekly pay
• Benefits start day 1
• Referral bonus
• Vision benefits
• Dental benefits

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