Job Description
AMN Healthcare Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN Post Partum for a travel nursing job in Gardner, Massachusetts.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Post Partum
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 07/27/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Description & Requirements\n
\nRegistered Nurse – Postpartum - Travel - (PP RN)\n
\nStartDate: 7/27/2026 \nAvailable Shifts: 12 N \nPay Rate: $1794.00 - $1905.00 \n
\n??Assesses (and reassesses), plans, implements, and evaluates nursing interventions/plans of care/patient goals.\n\nProvides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.\nRespects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient’s sense of dignity and positive self-regard.\nProvides patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.\nCollaboratively plans and prepares patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources as necessary.\nAppropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others.\nAppropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.).\nProvides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses according to established standards.\nProvides timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other health care team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.\nPromotes learning for colleagues and self (e.g. functions as preceptor, instructor, trainer, attends professional development programs, etc.).\nProactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).\nIdentifies ethical issues in care and develops plan to address.\nSafely administers medications and intravenous therapy in accordance with physician’s orders, protocols, policies and procedures.\nAssesses patient pain level upon admission and as necessary, depending upon diagnosis utilizing the numerical pain scale.\nReassesses effectiveness of pain control and notifies physicians as needed, as well as, documents assessment and patient’s response to medication.\nProvides appropriate care to the postpartum and gynecological patient.\nSafely cares for surgical and postpartum patients, recognizes complications and initiates appropriate nursing interventions in collaboration with physicians.\nProvides appropriate information and education to patients and families based upon individual needs so they may effectively care for themselves during hospitalization and following discharge.\nEnsures new mothers and families have the basic understanding of newborn care and resources available after discharge.\nDemonstrates knowledge of medications and the correct administration based on age of patient and their clinical condition.\nDemonstrates proper technique for assessing fundal height, and fundal massage.\nDemonstrates ability to assess lochia, perineum, breast, bowel, bladder and emotional status.\nResponsible for obtaining supporting information and completing required documentation related to medication reconciliation for use by the Attending MD.\nProvides assessment and planning for individualized patient care in collaboration with physicians and other disciplines.\nAssesses the normal stages of labor, delivery and recovery, as well as, identifies any deviation of the normal pattern and progress and takes appropriate action.\nUtilizes fetal monitoring equipment, external and internal (FSE and IUPC), and correctly interprets FHR patterns and initiates appropriate nursing interventions as needed.\nAssists in the stabilizing of high-risk patients and accompanies them during transfer to a level two or tertiary care center as appropriate.\nCommunicates with physicians about changes in patients’ clinical condition.\nSafely administers and demonstrates knowledge of medications used in labor and delivery.\nImplements appropriate procedure for labor checks, inductions, augmentations, NSTs, external cephalic versions and epidurals.\nAble to articulate care for patients with fetal demise based on perinatal loss protocol and appropriately provides care when applicable.\nPerforms a systematic and thorough newborn assessment based upon knowledge of expected adaptation to \n\nextrauterine life so that deviation can be recognized.\n\nCommunicates appropriately and clearly with physicians concerning any changes in newborn condition and/or abnormal diagnostic test results.\nPerforms neonatal resuscitation, assisting physician as necessary.\nIdentifies newborn problems, initiates appropriate nursing interventions, and assists in the stabilization of a critical newborn.\nProvides care and support to mother in her chosen method of infant feeding so that learning is enhanced.\nDemonstrates to new mothers appropriate feeding techniques using literature and teaching videos as appropriate (frequency and symptoms of adequate intake).\nProvides teaching to new mother on newborn care based upon individual patient/family needs so that new mother is able to care for newborn upon discharge.\nUtilizes informative discussions, videos, handouts, one on ones, teaching class to individualize newborn teaching.\nUtilizes appropriate nursing interventions for infants experiencing difficulty adjusting to extrauterine life.\nSets up phototherapy, monitors vital signs, including pulse oximetry, according to policy and procedure; demonstrates proper technique for administering CPAP via mask or RAM cannula\nDemonstrates knowledge of medications and their correct administration based on age of newborn and his/her clinical condition.\n
Required Qualifications
Minimum Licenses and Certifications:
??Current MA license
IV competent
CPR required
NRP certified or ability to obtain NRP certification within 90 days of hire.
ACLS upon hire OR must hold an active BLS card and obtain AHA ACLS within 60 days of hire
For nurses working L&D, must have/complete AWHONN’s Introduction to Fetal Monitoring and also must have/attend AWHONN’s Intermediate Fetal Heart Monitoring within 1 year\n\n\n\n
\nJob Benefits\n
\nAt AMN Healthcare we take care of our travelers! We offer:\n
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- \n Competitive pay rates
- \n Free, quality, private housing
- \n Medical, Dental, Vision
- \n 401(k) and Flex Spending
- \n Life Insurance
- \n Accident and Short-term Disability Coverage
- \n Free Continuing Education
- \n Refer a friend and earn extra cash!
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\nAbout the Company\n
\nAt AMN Healthcare, we strive to be recognized as the most trusted, innovative, and influential force in helping healthcare organizations provide quality patient care that continually evolves to make healthcare more human, more effective, and more achievable.\n
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American Mobile Healthcare Job ID #3518624. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse – Postpartum - Travel - (PP RN)
About AMN Healthcare Nursing
AMN Healthcare is a leader in Nurse staffing. Our relationships with numerous healthcare facilities - including hospitals, home health agencies, and long-term care facilities - enable us to offer the most current travel nurse, local staffing, rapid response and crisis nurse jobs nationwide. We''re committed to finding you the best nursing job to fit your career goals. AMN Healthcare is an EEO/AA/Disability/Protected Veteran Employer. We encourage minority and female applicants to apply.
Benefits
- Company provided housing options
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Continuing Education