Labor & Delivery RN
Des Moines, IA
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Sep 14, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a Labor & Delivery position requiring high-risk OB experience and prior travel assignment history.

Details

• Work in a 45-bed Labor & Delivery unit with 2 operating rooms across multiple hospital campuses
• Patient population includes high-risk OB, antepartum, C-section, and vaginal delivery cases
• Patient ratios of 1:1 to 1:2
• Unit performs approximately 150-350 deliveries per month across campuses
• Utilizes magnesium, insulin, and pitocin drips
• Night shift schedule, 7p-7a, 36 hours per week
• Required to work every third weekend
• No on-call requirements
• Required to float across multiple campuses to maternity units including postpartum, mother-baby, and L&D
• Uses Epic EMR

Requirements

• Active Iowa RN license or compact/multistate license required
• Current BLS certification (AHA or ARC)
• Current ACLS certification (AHA)
• Current NRP certification
• AWHONN certification or Intermediate/Advanced EFM certificate required
• Required L&D nursing experience
• Preferred postpartum/mother-baby care experience
• Required current or recent high-risk OB experience in a Level II trauma facility
• Highly preferred current or recent high-risk OB experience in a Level I trauma facility
• Required antepartum and C-section/vaginal delivery experience
• Must have completed at least one prior travel assignment within the past 12 months; no first-time travelers
• Epic EMR experience required
• Valid driver's license required for consideration
• Professional reference from a supervisor, charge nurse, manager, director, CNO, or COO within the past 24 months preferred

Additional Information

• Provide direct patient care in high-risk obstetrics, antepartum, and delivery settings
• Hospital-provided scrubs
• Must reside at least 50 miles from the facility to be considered
• Required to work 1-2 of 3 upcoming summer holidays (Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day) unless the unit is closed
• Past FTE or PRN employees of the health system's float pool are ineligible to work travel assignments in another market within the health system