Labor & Delivery RN
Spearfish, SD
American Traveler
4x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 4x12hrs
• Hours: 48 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Aug 10, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is seeking an experienced RN for a Labor & Delivery position requiring BLS, ACLS, and NRP certifications, with hands-on L&D experience and the ability to care for a diverse maternal-newborn patient population including Level 2A Nursery patients.

Details

• Hospital-based Labor & Delivery unit with 8 beds
• Patient population includes L&D, postpartum, antepartum, newborns, and infants under 28 days old
• Level 2A Nursery care required, including care for sick babies
• Gyn-surgical and mastectomy post-op patients are part of the caseload; experience preferred but not strictly required
• Laboring patient ratio: 1:2; couplet ratio: 1:3-4
• Centralized fetal monitoring in use
• Charting via Epic
• 12-hour night shifts
• Contract is for 36 or 48 hours per week
• Floating may be required to med/surg in a support or CNA-level capacity, within scope of practice
• Every other weekend rotation required
• Low census (LOC) call is expected per census on a rotation schedule
• Holiday coverage required: 3 holidays scheduled and 1 on-call, on a rotating schedule

Requirements

• Active SD RN license or Compact RN license (currently in hand) valid for South Dakota
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NRP certifications required
• Completion of a board-approved nursing education program required
• EFM interpretation and intervention skills required
• Adult and neonatal assessment skills required
• Minimum 1 year of L&D-specific experience required
• Candidates must reside more than 100 miles from the facility
• Two professional references dated within the past year required
• DOB and SSN required for consideration

Additional Information

• First-time travelers with L&D-specific experience are welcome to apply
• Former permanent staff must wait a full year before returning as a traveler
• Orientation is approximately 1 week, adjusted based on traveler experience
• Unit support includes a charge nurse covering all units, 24/7 lab/phlebotomy services, on-call respiratory therapy, in-house hospitalist (Med/Surg), and a nursery located directly behind the nurses' station
• No IV/VAT team on-site; no CNA dedicated to L&D (CNA available on-call facility-wide)
• Hospital-provided scrubs
• Free parking available
• Candidates interested in extending through the holiday season are encouraged to note this when applying
• RTO is managed through a ticketing system with requests submitted prior to the next schedule being posted