Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery - $2,260 per week

Specialty: Labor and Delivery • Discipline: RN • Duration: 13 weeks • 36 hours per week • Shift: 12 hours, nights • Employment Type: Travel

About the role

Join a highly experienced Level IV Maternal Care team caring for some of the most complex and high-risk obstetric patients at any gestational age in Austin, Texas.

Assignment Details

• 13-week contract
• Night shift: 7:00 PM–7:00 AM
• Department: L&D – 708
• No on-call required
• 4 weekend shifts per schedule
• Navy blue scrubs

Unit Details

• 22 beds, including 16 labor beds
• Level IV Maternal Center – highest level of maternal care
• Patient ratios typically 1:1–1:2
• Approximately 100 RNs and support staff
• Dedicated charge RN, surgical techs, unit clerk, and bedside RNs
• EMR: CPN and Meditech
• Very tenured team with experienced, supportive leadership
• Manager and Director are willing to assist with direct patient care when census requires
• Unit is undergoing renovations to update patient rooms

Responsibilities

RNs may assist with:

• Vaginal deliveries
• Cesarean sections
• Tubal ligations
• Cerclage placement and removal
• D&C procedures
• Cesarean hysterectomy
• Placenta accreta spectrum / complex high-risk cases

Requirements

Candidates must have:

• Experience caring for high-risk maternal patients
• L&D triage experience
• Experience circulating in the OR
• Ability to work efficiently in a high-acuity, fast-paced environment

Preferred: 5+ years of L&D experience

Ideal Candidate

This unit is looking for a strong team player who can multitask, adapt quickly, and confidently change priorities as patient acuity and census change.

Unit Recognition

• Level IV Maternal Designation – State of Texas
• Recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Best Maternity Hospitals
• Leapfrog Grade A recognition

Excellent opportunity for an experienced L&D traveler looking for a high-acuity maternal assignment with strong ratios, no call, experienced leadership, and exposure to complex obstetric cases.

Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Health savings account
• Referral bonus
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits