Labor and Delivery RN
Winston-Salem, NC
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Nov 16, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 2

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced Labor & Delivery RN for a high-volume unit, requiring AWHONN certification and prior high-acuity L&D experience.

Details

• 13-week contract in the Labor and Delivery unit
• Night shift, 3x12 hours, 18:45-07:15
• 1:2 patient ratio across 21 rooms/beds
• 36 or 48 hours per week offered, with no guaranteed block scheduling
• Floating required within Women's Services
• Every other weekend required
• Patients seen include those 14+ weeks pregnant in triage and 20+ weeks in L&D, with resuscitation offered from 22 weeks
• Labor and delivery occur in the same suite with 3 OR rooms/recovery
• Unit performs over 400 births per month
• Uses EPIC, PYXIS, and SBAR systems
• Special procedures include labor inductions, IUFDs, multiple drips (Pitocin, magnesium, insulin), preterm and multiple gestation care, preeclampsia management, postpartum hemorrhage care, OR circulating, epidurals, nitrous oxide, and amnio infusions
• Uses epidural pumps, PCAs, Alaris pumps, fluid warmers, with nitrous oxide and amnio infusion equipment not required

Requirements

• Active NC or compact RN license required (pending license/certs OK for consideration)
• Minimum 2 years of relevant Labor & Delivery RN experience required
• Minimum 2 years of charge experience with AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced certification required
• Required certifications: BLS, NRP, and AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced (AWHONN Advanced preferred)
• EPIC charting experience required
• Experience with IV starts and circulating required
• Experience recovering C-sections required
• Experience with epidural anesthesia and pain management required
• Experience with insulin drips, magnesium sulfate therapy, and Pitocin administration required
• Experience with IV therapy/phlebotomy, central line maintenance, and infusion pump/drip monitoring required
• Experience with obstetrical triage required
• Experience in a facility with 300+ births per month required, with 400+ births per month experience preferred
• Prior travel experience required
• Nitrous oxide and PCA (IV) use skills preferred

Additional Information

• Provide comprehensive labor and delivery care including management of high-acuity cases such as preterm labor, multiple gestations, and preeclampsia
• Circulate and recover patients for C-sections
• Scrubs provided
• Weekly orientation includes EPIC training, 2 days on unit and 2 half-days in the OR
• Must work 2 of the 3 major holidays
• Up to 7 days of RTO may be auto-approved if not falling on a holiday; additional RTO requires facility approval and no RTO is permitted during the first week of assignment
• First-time travelers will be considered for this position
• Local candidates within 50 miles accepted at a lower rate
• Former Novant Health or New Hanover PERM/PRN/EP employees must wait 12 months before reapplying, with facility approval required
• Travel pairs allowed if assigned to different units with separate schedules disclosed