Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery Department. This 8-week contract supports a high-risk, high-volume Labor and Delivery unit in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment. The role provides care during labor and delivery, including newborn care through transfer to postpartum, with an expected start date of 11/30/2026.
Job Details
- Schedule: Four 12-hour night shifts per week, with a minimum of 48 hours per week. Weekend and holiday coverage is required as scheduled.
- Required Qualifications:
- At least 1 year of experience, including high-risk Labor and Delivery experience
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification
- Valid compact nursing license in hand at submission
- Electronic health record charting experience
- Experience with electronic fetal monitoring
- Ability to circulate for cesarean deliveries
- Ability to provide newborn care, including eye care, vitamin K administration, and newborn assessments
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
- Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Advanced certification
- Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Intermediate certification
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- Supports midwifery clients, private obstetric providers, adult recovery services, and community care clinics.
- Provides care for high-risk antepartum patients, postpartum patients, and newborns.
- Performs care for vaginal deliveries, cesarean deliveries, multiple births, postpartum hemorrhage, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and other high-risk obstetric conditions.
- Performs newborn assessments, thermoregulation, breastfeeding support, couplet care, and neonatal resuscitation.
- Manages or assists with epidural anesthesia, magnesium sulfate therapy, insulin drips, anticoagulation therapy, intravenous therapy, and external fetal monitoring.
- The unit includes 31 rooms and 31 beds, with an average daily census of approximately 15 patients and approximately 500–600 deliveries per month.
- Orientation includes 36 hours.
- Staffing follows Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) guidelines.
- The schedule is posted every 6 weeks according to unit needs.
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
