Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery - $3,567 per week

About the role

Specialty: Labor and Delivery

Discipline: RN

Start Date: 11/16/2026

Duration: 14 weeks

48 hours per week

Shift: 12 hours, nights

Employment Type: Travel

Unit: Labor and Delivery — 10 L&D beds; 4 OB ED (Triage beds); 4 Antepartum rooms

First-time travelers accepted: Yes

Responsibilities

• Manage high-acuity labor patients including preeclampsia, preterm labor and delivery, and care of laboring/antepartum patients less than 35 weeks gestation
• Perform IV starts, cervical checks, phlebotomy, magnesium sulfate administration, blood administration, insulin management
• Circulate C-sections and provide C-section recovery care
• Care for couplets and normal newborn nursery patients (Level I care)
• Provide care for lower-acuity NICU patients (Level II care) as needed
• Work across Antepartum, OB Triage/ED, Postpartum, and Infant care areas
• Float to Postpartum/Couplet care throughout the contract
• Precept students as assigned

Requirements

• 2 years L&D experience, preferably on a Level 3 or higher Labor and Delivery unit (i.e., an L&D with a Level 3 or higher NICU)
• Required certifications: BLS, NRP
• Preferred certifications: ACLS, certification in inpatient obstetrics, electronic fetal monitoring, or inpatient antepartum
• EPIC charting experience
• Competency in Level 3 or higher L&D environment managing high-acuity labor patients
• Hard stop: Must care for couplets and be comfortable caring for normal newborn nursery patients (Level I care)
• Highly preferred: Comfortable with Level II nursery baby care

Unit details

Patient types

All types of pregnant patients; the only Level 3 NICU in a 350-mile radius, accepting patients with almost any risk factor or complication — from high-risk to low-intervention laboring patients. Includes Antepartum, OB Triage/ED, Postpartum, and Infants.

Patient ratios

• Antepartum: 1:3
• Inactive Labor: 1:2
• Active Labor: 1:1
• Postpartum/Couplet care: 1:3 couplets

Support on the unit

• Unit Secretary
• Scrub Tech supporting L&D RNs
• Charge nurse
• VAT team available if needed
• Respiratory Therapy
• 24/7 OB Physician team
• Anesthesia/CRNA

Charting system

EPIC

Floating

Required to work Postpartum/Couplet care throughout the contract.

Orientation

NEO 4 days with preceptor — 3 days in L&D and 1 day in PPS.

Schedule

• Shift times: 12-hour shifts, 0630/1830, variable shifts; must work Nights/Days throughout contract
• Weekend rotation: every other weekend
• Holiday expectations: holidays as needed
• Time off approval: Manager approval required
• May be expected to precept students
• Scrub color: Cobalt Blue (provided by hospital)
• Free parking: Yes

Benefits

• Weekly pay
• Guaranteed hours
• Continuing education
• 401k retirement plan
• Sick pay
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Referral bonus
• Employee assistance programs
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Benefits start day 1