Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery w/bonus - 5380

We have a new need for a Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fort Walton Beach, FL.

Job Specific Details and Tasks:

• Possess knowledge of professional care theories, principles, practices, and procedures to provide comprehensive primary care to women and their babies in a variety of settings to include antepartum management, intrapartum management, postpartum care, and newborn care.
• Knowledge of a wide range of medical disorders to include, but not limited to premature birth, fetal death, forceps delivery, and C sections, as well as broad knowledge of normal deliveries and their complications and indicated therapeutic intervention required.
• Knowledge of a variety of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment, the desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use as well as the accurate administration of the pharmacologic agent, including dosage calculations as required.
• Must have the ability to acquire and use basic computer skills to enter patient data and extract patient information using all DOD government medical sites (i.e. Military Health System (MHS) Electronic Health Record (EHR) GENESIS).
• Medical Records Documentation. Health care providers shall complete medical records documentation within 72 business hours of the encounter with the patient.

Work Schedule:

Labor and Delivery Registered Nurses will work 14 shifts per month. Shifts will be 12 hours with a 30-minute lunch break. RNs will rotate every four (4) months from shifts, however, schedules may vary to accommodate demand. Duty hours will be scheduled by the Labor and Delivery Flight Commander, or designee, to correspond with the needs of the department. Shifts times are Days (0545 – 1815) and Nights (1745 – 0615).

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: ASN Degree from an accredited college or university
• Experience: Minimum one (1) year of post-grad RN clinical labor and delivery experience within the past three years
• Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN license from any state.
• Life Support Certification: Maintain current AHA or ARC BLS, NRP, Fetal Heart Monitoring Certifications.
• Security: Must possess ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.