Labor & Delivery RN
Salem, VA
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Jul 13, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring a travel RN for a Mother Baby/Nursery position on a night shift schedule, requiring OB experience and AWHONN fetal monitoring certification.

Details

• Works in the Maternity Care Center on the 2 West floor of an acute care hospital
• Unit includes 9 LDR rooms, 8 postpartum/GYN beds, 2 OR suites, and a 23-bed wellborn nursery
• Patient ratios: 3 couplets per nurse; L&D is 1:1 for active labor, Pitocin, or epidural patients
• Procedures include labor & delivery, cesarean sections, postpartum and newborn care, OB triage, inductions, and midwife-assisted deliveries
• Equipment used includes Corometrics fetal monitoring
• EMR systems: Centricity Perinatal and Meditech
• Night shift: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
• Weekend requirement: 4 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule; nights are Friday and Saturday
• Floating is limited to within the unit only — no facility-wide float requirement
• No on-call requirement for travel staff, though opportunities for extra shifts may arise

Requirements

• Active VA RN license or a Compact RN license currently in hand
• Current certifications required: BLS, ACLS, NRP (Advanced 9th Edition, American Academy of Pediatrics), and intermediate or advanced AWHONN fetal monitoring (or NCCEFM)
• Minimum 2 years of recent OB nursing experience required
• Certifications must not expire within the first 30 days of the assignment start date
• US SSN and date of birth required for consideration — no Canadian SSNs accepted
• One professional reference required (two required for candidates licensed in Florida or Missouri)
• No gaps in work history of 90 days or more within the past 12 months
• Candidates must reside more than 50 miles from the facility — no local candidates accepted

Additional Information

• Preferred experience includes cesarean section circulator, first assist, or scrub roles
• Scrubs are provided by the facility
• The ideal candidate is energetic and self-directed
• Night shift team includes a clinical coordinator or charge nurse, birth response nurse, couplet nurses, L&D nurses, and a scrub tech