Labor & Delivery RN
St. Louis, MO
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Registered Nurse – Labor & Delivery

Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
Employment Type: Travel
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Summary

Provide comprehensive nursing care to laboring, delivering, and immediate postpartum patients in a fast-paced, high acuity hospital setting. Independently manage routine and high-risk obstetric patients while collaborating with obstetric providers, anesthesia, NICU, and interdisciplinary teams to ensure safe, evidence-based, patient-centered care throughout the labor and birth process.

Work Schedule

• Shift: Nights (7:00 pm – 7:30 am)
• 3 or 4 twelve-hour shifts per week
• Weekly guaranteed hours: 36 to 48
• Rotating weekends
• No call required

Unit Information

• Department: Labor & Delivery
• Patient Ratios:

  • Labor & Birth: 2 patients per nurse
  • Antepartum: 3-4 patients per nurse
• Level 3 NICU and Level 4 acute care with high volume deliveries (~8,000/year)
• EMR system: EPIC
• Comfortable floating between Antepartum and Labor & Delivery units

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in Missouri
• Minimum 2 years recent Labor and Delivery experience, including within the last year
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience in an acute care setting
• Certifications:

  • Basic Life Support (BLS)
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
  • Fetal Monitoring (AWHONN)
  • Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
  • American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (Multi State Certification) (ABCP)

Skills & Experience

• Experience in a team-based, high acuity environment
• Ability to independently manage laboring patients, including high-risk obstetric cases
• Strong skills in:

  • Fetal monitoring and interpretation
  • Labor support and coaching
  • Medication administration and IV therapy
  • Obstetric emergencies and rapid response
• Excellent communication, critical thinking, and time management skills
• Ability to adapt quickly to new workflows, policies, and electronic medical records

Additional Information

• Flu vaccination required for all travelers from November 1 to April 1 (exemptions require approval)
• Dress code: Black scrubs

Personality Fit

• Works well in a team environment but also able to work independently

Contract Highlights

• No call required
• Float duties customary within scope as needed

This position offers the opportunity to work in a nationally recognized hospital with a high volume of deliveries and a supportive, multidisciplinary team.