Labor & Delivery

Labor & Delivery Nurse – 13-Week Contract

Shift: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM

Contract Duration: 13 weeks

Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours/week

About the Role

Join the facility's Labor & Delivery unit as an RN providing comprehensive care across the full perinatal spectrum. You'll work in an LDRP (Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum) setting with , nursery, and NICU capabilities, managing low-risk and high-risk obstetric patients from admission through postpartum recovery.

Clinical Scope

• Provide direct care to laboring patients; monitor maternal and fetal status using basic and intermediate fetal monitoring
• Assess and interpret fetal heart rate patterns and uterine contractions; escalate concerns appropriately
• Administer labor medications including induction/augmentation agents and epidural support per physician orders
• Assist with vaginal deliveries and provide circulating support for cesarean sections (neonatal care responsibility only)
• Manage high-risk obstetric conditions: preeclampsia, hemorrhage, fetal distress
• Provide immediate newborn resuscitation and care; support nursery and NICU operations as needed
• Educate patients and families on labor progression, pain management, and postpartum care
• Collaborate with OB physicians, midwives, anesthesia, and pediatric hospitalists on care coordination

Requirements

• Active RN license (state or compact)
• BSN preferred; ADN accepted per facility policy
• BLS, ACLS, and NRP certification required
• AWHONN Fetal Monitoring certification preferred
• Minimum 1 year L&D experience
• Experience with high-risk OB, fetal monitoring, and vaginal/cesarean deliveries

Occasional Call

While not part of a regular call rotation, you may occasionally be placed on call during low-census periods and expected to respond within one hour if called.