Labor and Delivery RN
Albuquerque, NM
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

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

Description

American Traveler is hiring a Labor & Delivery RN for a Level I Trauma teaching hospital requiring 1+ years of large L&D unit experience and NM or compact RN licensure.

Details

• Night shift, 3x12 hours (19:00-7:30)
• 36 or 48 hour contracts available
• 1:2 patient ratio
• Floating required to antepartum and postpartum units within scope
• On-call required: 4x12 schedules require 12 hrs/4wks, 3x12 schedules require 24 hrs/4wks
• Uses Cerner charting system
• No guaranteed weekend schedule for traveling staff
• Block scheduling not guaranteed

Requirements

• Active RN license (NM or Compact), pending license accepted
• Current certifications: BLS, ACLS, NRP (RQI certifications not accepted)
• AWHONN Advanced and AWHONN Intermediate certifications preferred
• 1-2 years of L&D experience required
• Must have experience with 3s/4s acuity in postpartum, baby nurse, and meconium deliveries
• Experience in a large L&D unit (12+ beds) at a large facility (400+ beds) required
• Community hospital and Trauma Level II experience required
• Teaching hospital and Trauma Level I experience preferred
• Skills required: neonatal care in delivery room, postpartum care and procedures, fundus/lochia/perineum care, labor and delivery management, circulating for C-section, fetal heart rate monitoring and interpretation, obstetrical triage
• Baby nurse/baby catcher and breastfeeding/lactation support skills preferred
• Non-local driver's license required on file

Additional Information

• Care for patients undergoing cerclage, version, C-section, PPTL, external and internal monitoring, AROM, and medically assisted deliveries
• Exposure to C-hyst, neonatal palliative care, nitrous oxide use, massive transfusion protocol, and malignant hyperthermia management
• Facility delivers 200-300+ births per month
• Level I Trauma, Children's Hospital, Teaching Hospital, acute care, short-term setting with 554 staffed beds
• Purple scrubs provided
• No fee for parking
• Holiday coverage required for December start contracts, including Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day with no RTO permitted for these dates
• RTO requests exceeding 7 days require approval; no RTO during first 7 days or last day of contract
• First-time travelers accepted
• Locals not accepted; must reside outside 100-mile radius with non-local driver's license on file
• Clinicians who have worked 4 consecutive assignments or reached one year require a 6-month system break
• Former staff must have 12 months of separation before returning