Labor and Delivery RN
Bakersfield, CA
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Oct 26, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Labor & Delivery RN with strong Charge experience for a night shift acute care position requiring CA licensure, ACLS, BLS, NRP, and advanced fetal monitoring certification.

Details

• Acute care Labor and Delivery unit functioning as a Nurse Shift Manager (NSM) role
• 18 LDRP rooms, 6 triage spaces, 8 shared med-surg beds for women's care overflow, and 2 self-circulated OR rooms
• Cares for L&D, recovery, postpartum, women's health, and high-risk OB patients, including antepartum and post-C-section patients
• Handles transfers for major maternal or fetal complications requiring higher level of care
• Follows CA state ratio guidelines: 4:1 couplets, 3:1 stable antepartum, 2:1 L&D, 1:1 for deliveries (second NRP nurse present at every birth)
• EMR: Cerner, plus Fetal Link and HUGS infant security systems
• Night shift schedule with every-other-weekend (EOW) requirement, 7a/7p shift start times
• All nurses float across L&D, postpartum, C-section, and women's health areas, with this position first to float
• May be placed on standby call with a 30-minute response time when called in
• Approximately 250 births per month with 24/7 in-house OB, anesthesia, RT, and pharmacy coverage
• Level 2 NICU in-house with NICU charge nurse and RT attending all high-risk deliveries

Requirements

• Active CA RN license required
• BLS, ACLS, NRP, and AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring certifications required
• Minimum 2 years of RN experience required
• Strong Charge RN experience required
• Must be able to start own IVs
• Cerner charting experience preferred
• Copy of driver's license required for consideration
• Two professional references required: one supervisor from within the last 12 months and one peer or supervisor from within the last 3 years, including employment dates and rehire eligibility

Additional Information

• Serve as Nurse Shift Manager providing oversight and support on the unit, with a Resource Nurse assisting with breaks and charge duties
• OB techs are available to scrub for procedures
• Unit maintains strong perinatal safety initiatives, evidence-based practices, Pitocin checklists, maternal mental health screening, and pre-eclampsia protocols
• No elective deliveries performed before 39 weeks
• Hospital performs 100% chart audits on the unit
• Facility is a Baby Friendly Hospital promoting immediate skin-to-skin contact and early breastfeeding initiation, and hosts an on-campus lactation store
• Floor-specific orientation includes a minimum of 3 shifts, GNOSIS online OB training, and training with perinatal safety specialists
• Must work at least one major and one minor holiday
• Weekend requirement of 4 shifts within a defined period, typically two consecutive days and two separate days
• L&D scrubs are provided, but navy blue scrubs must be worn to and from work each day
• Triage duties are typically reserved for permanent staff only