Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
Albany, GA
GHR Healthcare
3x12 hrs

Travel Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse opportunity in Albany, Georgia, offering acute-care experience, competitive weekly pay, and a supportive obstetric team. This on-site travel nursing assignment places you in a supportive environment caring for patients across the obstetric continuum, from routine labor to high-risk antepartum and delivery cases. Albany offers a welcoming southwest Georgia setting with historic character, a warm climate, and opportunities to enjoy the outdoors along the Flint River.

Travel Nursing Job Details

• Weekly Estimated Pay: $1,980–$2,080
• Nursing Specialty: Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse
• Healthcare Setting: Acute care; on-site
• Location: Albany, Georgia
• Start Date: September 26, 2026
• Contract End Date: January 23, 2027
• Contract Duration: Approximately 17 weeks
• Schedule: 36 hours per week
• Shift Duration: 12-hour day shifts, approximately 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. or 6:45 a.m.–6:45 p.m.
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend
• Holiday Requirement: Rotating holidays with permanent staff
• Unit Resources: 12 labor beds, 5 antepartum beds, 2 operating rooms, and a 6-bed OB emergency/triage area
• Clinical Volume: Approximately 150–200 births per month
• Documentation: MEDITECH with OB Trace fetal monitoring
• Floating: May float to postpartum as needed

Travel Labor & Delivery RN Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse license eligible for practice in Georgia
• At least 2 years of recent Labor & Delivery nursing experience
• Previous travel nursing experience required; first-time travelers are not eligible for this assignment
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification
• Intermediate or higher fetal monitoring/electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) competency
• Ability to meet the assignment's 72-mile radius eligibility requirement
• Strong knowledge of AWHONN-based staffing and patient-care practices

Labor & Delivery RN Responsibilities

• Provide safe, evidence-based nursing care to patients experiencing routine and high-risk labor, delivery, and postpartum transitions.
• Care for antepartum patients requiring extended observation or treatment before delivery or discharge.
• Perform maternal and fetal assessments, interpret fetal heart rate patterns, and promptly communicate changes in patient condition.
• Support vaginal deliveries, cesarean sections, cerclage procedures, and tubal procedures performed on the unit.
• Collaborate with in-house OB hospitalists, neonatology providers, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, OB technicians, and the interdisciplinary care team.
• Assist with obstetric emergencies and provide timely interventions consistent with current standards of care.
• Administer medications, initiate and maintain IV therapy, monitor labor progress, and document care accurately in MEDITECH.
• Promote family-centered care in a baby-friendly environment, including support for bonding, education, and breastfeeding with assistance from in-house lactation resources.
• Participate in unit orientation and maintain competency in Labor & Delivery procedures and fetal monitoring.
• Float to postpartum when needed while maintaining safe, professional, and patient-centered care.

Apply now for this Labor & Delivery travel nursing opportunity in Albany, Georgia, and join a collaborative acute-care healthcare team.

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