Job Title
Registered Nurse – Labor & Delivery
Location
Little Rock, AR | Acute Care
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | Days | Three 12-hour shifts per week (0630-1900 or 1830-0700) | Rotating weekends (up to every other weekend) and rotating holidays | No on-call requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Provide direct nursing care to high-risk OB patients across antepartum, labor and delivery, and postpartum phases, as well as newborn stabilization
- Circulate C-sections in the OR as required
- Administer and monitor IV infusions including Oxytocin, Magnesium Sulfate, and Insulin infusions; start IVs and draw labs on both mothers and newborns
- Utilize electronic health record system (EPIC) and Pyxis medication system for documentation and medication management
- Operate specialty equipment including Alaris pumps, epidural pumps, fetal monitors, infant warmers, and SCDs
- Float to Post-Partum and Antepartum units as needed
Required Qualifications
- Active Compact RN license or active Arkansas RN license
- BLS certification required
- Minimum 2 years of clinical experience in Labor & Delivery
- Recent EPIC experience required
- Must be available for heavy weekend shifts, including up to every other weekend
- Must live at least 100 miles from the facility to be eligible
Preferred Experience / Skills
- AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring certification
- Level 1 trauma center experience
- Experience in a teaching hospital environment
Why Join Us
- Work in a high-volume, dynamic Labor & Delivery unit with a robust support team including Certified Nurse Midwives, CNA/PCT staff, unit clerks, and 24/7 anesthesia and respiratory support
- Scrubs are provided on the unit, and no charge nurse responsibilities are required