Travel Nurse Rn - Postpartum In Bakersfield, Ca

**Job Title:** Registered Nurse (RN)

**Job Specialty:** Postpartum Manager - Mother Baby (Postpartum)

**Job Duration:** 28 Weeks

**Shift:** 8H Days, 5x8s

**Guaranteed Hours:** 40 hours per week

**Experience:** Minimum 2 years required

**License:** Active RN license required for submission

**Certifications:** ACLS, BLS (AHA), NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program)

**Must-Have:**
- Knowledge of Mother Baby care
- Postpartum experience or Labor and Delivery experience
- Management experience required
- Cerner experience required
- No first-time travelers

**Job Description:**

- Oversee the postpartum unit, providing care to post-partum, mother and baby couplets, and Gyn patients.
- Manage a unit with 30 postpartum beds and handle around 275-300 deliveries per month (>3000/year).
- Maintain staff ratios of 1:4 for couplet care, and 1:5 if not involving babies.
- Coordinate with a team that includes CNAs, unit secretaries, hearing screeners, BC clerks, and lactation consultants.
- Work collaboratively with in-house OB hospitalists available 24/7.
- Utilize the Cerner charting system for documentation.
- Adhere to the unit's navy blue scrub color/dress code.
- Participate in a department-specific orientation lasting 5 shifts.
- Take occasional calls from staff on weekends when needed.
- No floating outside the postpartum unit.
- Ensure compliance with the cancellation policy of three shifts per 13-week contract.

Please note this position requires a professional with both management skills and hands-on experience in mother-baby postpartum care.