Job Description
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Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN Post Partum for a travel nursing job in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Job Description & Requirements\n
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- Specialty: Post Partum
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 09/21/2026
- Duration: 16 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, rotating
- Employment Type: Travel
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Travel RN – Labor & Delivery / Postpartum\n
Shift: 12-Hour Variable
Shift Times:
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- Day: 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
- Night: 6:30 PM – 6:30 AM
- Must be willing to work both days and nights during the contract
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Contract: 110 weeks
Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours/week
Weekend: Every other weekend
Call: None
Holidays: As needed
Scrub Color: Navy Blue
Parking: Free
First-Time Travelers: Accepted
RTO: None requested
🏥 Unit Details\n
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- Labor & Delivery: 10 beds
- OB ED/Triage: 4 beds
- Antepartum: 4 rooms
- ORs: 2
- Mother/Baby: 20 beds
- Nursery available; couplet care is encouraged
- Facility has the only Level 3 NICU within a 350-mile radius
- Caring for both high-risk and low-intervention pregnancies
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👩⚕️ Patient Population\n
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- Labor & Delivery
- Antepartum
- OB Triage/ED
- Postpartum and couplet care
- Newborn nursery
- NICU feeder/growers
- Pediatric patients
- GYN surgical patients
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Common cases include:
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- Pre-eclampsia
- Hypertension
- Magnesium sulfate patients
- Late-preterm infants
- Bilirubin/jaundice babies
- NAS scoring
- Blood sugar monitoring
- Post-surgical/GYN patients such as hysterectomy and ovarian cyst cases
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👩⚕️ Experience Required\n
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- Minimum 2 years of Labor & Delivery experience OR 2 years of Postpartum/GYN experience
- Must have experience caring for mother/baby couplets
- Must have GYN surgical experience
- Level 2 nursery experience preferred
- EPIC experience
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📋 Required Certifications\n
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- BLS
- NRP
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Preferred for LD-trained candidates:
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- ACLS
- Inpatient Obstetrics certification
- Electronic Fetal Monitoring certification
- Inpatient Antepartum certification
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💉 Required Skills\n
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- IV starts
- Phlebotomy
- Magnesium sulfate administration
- Blood administration
- Insulin drips
- Couplets/postpartum care
- GYN surgical care
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If LD trained:
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- Circulating C-sections
- C-section recovery
- Cervical checks
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👥 Patient Ratios\n
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- Antepartum: 1:3
- Inactive Labor: 1:2
- Active Labor: 1:1
- Postpartum/Couplet: Generally 1:3 couplets, up to 1:4 when needed
- NICU feeder/grower: 1:3
- Pediatrics: Up to 1:5
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🔄 Floating\n
Floating is required for all travelers.
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Candidates may be asked to float to:
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- Labor & Delivery
- NICU
- Pediatrics
- PICU
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Floating needs will depend on unit requirements.
🖥️ Charting\n
EPIC
🏥 Unit Support\n
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- Nurse Aide
- IBCLC/Lactation Nurses
- Charge Nurse
- Vascular Access Team
- Respiratory Therapy 24/7
- OB Physician Team
- Anesthesia/CRNAs
- Scrub Tech supporting L&D RNs
- CRN available to assist with babies or couplets
- NICU transfer standards/protocols in place
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📌 License\n
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- Registered Nurse (RN) – South Dakota Board of Nursing
- Must have completed an approved nursing education program
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About Care Career\n \n
Care Career brings together a portfolio of leading healthcare staffing organizations, each delivering specialized talent solutions across the industry. Wherever you want to go, We Make It Happen.
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With travel nursing jobs across the country, you can discover the possibilities that create the lifestyle and financial position that you have dreamed of.
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Care Career is a modern, transparent staffing firm creating the ultimate community of US.
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\n Benefits\n
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- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
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