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Travel Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse - $2,415 per week

Cross Country Nurses · West Burlington, IA · 2 mo ago
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About the Role

Labor and Delivery (L&D) Nurse position in a level 2 nursery setting. This role involves delivering comprehensive care to adolescent and adult female patients, including neonates, using the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. The role requires collaboration with the healthcare team to ensure high-quality maternal and neonatal outcomes within a maternity unit that manages labor, delivery, recovery, post-partum, nursery, and NICU services.

Nurses may be required to respond and arrive on-site within one hour if called during low census periods. The unit functions as a labor, delivery, recovery, post-partum, nursery, and NICU facility, with a 3-bed triage space, 12 LDRP rooms, 16 nursery beds, and 3 NICU beds. Nurses are responsible only for the baby during C-sections and will not scrub into the surgical procedure. They may be utilized in pediatric or acute care departments when census is low but will never be the primary nurse in those areas.

Schedule

  • Night shift
  • 12 hours per shift
  • Minimum of 36 hours per week
  • Duration: 13 weeks
  • Start Date: 09/14/2026

Responsibilities

  • Deliver comprehensive care using the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation
  • Collaborate with the healthcare team to ensure high-quality maternal and neonatal outcomes
  • Respond and arrive on-site within one hour if called during low census periods
  • Provide care in labor, delivery, recovery, post-partum, nursery, and NICU settings
  • Responsible for the baby during C-sections (will not scrub into the surgical procedure)
  • May be utilized in pediatric or acute care departments during low census periods (will never be the primary nurse in those areas)

Requirements

  • Valid RN license or professional certification
  • 0 years minimum experience
  • Epic electronic medical record experience required

Preferred Qualifications

  • Basic and Intermediate Fetal Monitoring certification
  • NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program)
  • BLS (Basic Life Support)
  • STABLE (preferred but not required)

Benefits

  • Private housing or generous housing allowance
  • Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
  • Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
  • Competitive salaries
  • Referral bonuses
  • Travel reimbursement
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Direct deposit/free checking
  • Unlimited free CE credits

Pay

Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.

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