Travel Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse - Make $2,855.92 to $3,047.80 weekly

Aya Healthcare offers an immediate opening for a Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse position in Baton Rouge, LA. We partner with you to build your ideal healthcare career, whether locally or across the country.

About the Role

This is a 13-week assignment with night shifts (18:30 - 07:00) on a 4x12-hour schedule. The facility is an acute care hospital with 171 beds, using Epic as its charting system.

Responsibilities & Skills

• Administration of blood & blood products
• Antihypertensives and antihypertensive management
• Assist with high-risk delivery and sterile speculum exams (effacement, dilation, station, presentation)
• Cesarean section and circulating for C-sections
• Hemorrhage/shock management and postpartum hemorrhage care
• High-risk antepartum and labor & delivery support
• Isolation precautions/PPE and infection control
• Magnesium sulfate therapy and seizure management
• Amnioinfusion and oxytocin (Pitocin) administration
• Assist with vaginal delivery, forceps/vacuum extraction, and episiotomy/incisional care
• Drawing venous blood and starting/maintaining IVs
• Epidural anesthesia and general anesthesia support
• Facility births (100-200 per month) and multiple births management
• Foley catheter insertion/management
• Fundus, lochia, and perineum care
• Insulin drips and terbutaline administration
• Newborn assessment, hypoglycemia management, and thermoregulation
• Non-stress tests (NST) and oxytocin challenge tests (OCT)
• Pain assessment and management, including PCA (IV) use
• Recognition and treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
• Reflex checks, edema assessment, and clonus evaluation
• Use of external, internal, and intrauterine fetal monitoring (EFM, IFM, IUPC)
• Triage of obstetrical patients and wound assessment/care
• Vaccine administration and sterile vaginal exams
• Use of infusion pumps, drips, and IV monitoring

Requirements

• 1 year of experience as a Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse
• Active ACLS, BLS, NRP certifications
• AWHONN Beginner or Intermediate certification
• FHM (Fetal Heart Monitoring) certification
• Active LA state license or Compact License

Patient Ratios

• Nights: 2 patients per nurse
• Weekends: 2 patients per nurse

Pay

Weekly pay ranges from $2,855 to $3,047, including taxable wages and tax-free expense reimbursements.

Benefits

• Premium medical, dental, vision, and life insurance starting day one of assignment
• Continuation of insurance coverage for up to 24 days between assignments
• Generous 401(k) match
• Paid company housing (pet-friendly) or a housing stipend, if eligible
• Paid sick time accrual (1 hour per 30 hours worked, compliant with state/federal laws)
• Unlimited continuing education units online
• Licensure, relocation, and other reimbursements, when applicable

Schedule

• 13-week assignment starting 09/08/2026
• Night shift: 4x12-hour shifts (18:30 - 07:00)