Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery. This position provides comprehensive care for laboring, postpartum, antepartum, and high-risk obstetric patients in a department supporting deliveries, operative procedures, newborn care, and neonatal resuscitation. The role requires strong clinical judgment, experience with complex maternal conditions, and the ability to support patients and newborns throughout the perinatal period.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM, with a minimum of 48 hours per week. Weekend rotation requires at least 4 weekend shifts out of 8 scheduled weekend shifts. No mandatory call requirement.
- Required Qualifications:
- Registered Nurse with at least 2 years of Labor and Delivery experience.
- At least 1 completed travel assignment in a facility comparable in size and acuity; first-time travelers are not accepted.
- Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Intermediate or Advanced fetal heart monitoring, and Management of Assaultive Behavior (MOAB) certifications.
- Proficiency with Pitocin titration, fetal scalp electrodes, cervical examinations, epidural placement support, insulin and magnesium infusions, shoulder dystocia management, cesarean section circulating, newborn reception in the operating room, neonatal resuscitation, intrauterine pressure catheter placement and monitoring, lactation support, and safe skin-to-skin protocols.
- Additional Information:
- Patient care includes cervical ripening, active labor, postpartum, antepartum, and mother-baby care.
- Clinical exposure may include pregnancy-induced hypertension, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, eclampsia, hemolysis-elevated liver enzymes-low platelet count syndrome, shoulder dystocia, postpartum hemorrhage, multiple gestation, fetal loss, substance use, and cervical ripening.
- Newborn responsibilities may include documenting feedings, vital signs, and assessments for newborns requiring continuous surveillance while the mother remains on the unit.
- Orientation includes organizational onboarding and preceptor training, operating room and post-anesthesia care unit training, and night-shift preceptorship.
- The role may support cesarean deliveries, operative vaginal deliveries, neonatal resuscitation, and care coordination with obstetric, anesthesia, respiratory therapy, and midwifery providers.
- Navy scrub attire is provided on site.
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- 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
