Labor and Delivery (LDRP) RN
Burien, WA
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Opportunity: Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery

Location: Burien, Washington
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

Seeking a Labor and Delivery (L&D) Registered Nurse for a 13-week travel contract. This role involves working in a Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum (LDRP) unit with a focus on providing comprehensive care to laboring moms, newborns, and postpartum patients. The unit includes triage, labor and delivery, postpartum care, special care nursery, and circulating in the OR for C-sections.

Unit Details

• Unit: Labor & Delivery / Postpartum / Mother-Baby
• L&D Beds: 14 (LDRP model - laboring moms stay in the same room throughout labor and recovery)
• OR Suites: 2 (staffed for C-sections)
• Triage Beds: 3 (triage experience required)
• Special Care Nursery (Level II): 5 beds for babies >1800g with conditions such as phototherapy, blood glucose management, opiate withdrawal, antibiotics, respiratory support
• Births per Year: Approximately 1000
• Nurse-to-Patient Ratios:

  • Active labor: 1:1
  • Dedicated baby nurse at every birth
  • Special care nursery: up to 1:3 (less based on acuity)
  • Recovered moms: 1 nurse to 2-3 couplets
  • Recovery phase: 1:1

Required Certifications & Licenses

• Registered Nurse (RN) license in Washington State
• BLS Certification
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of nursing experience
• Level II nursery experience required for Special Care Nursery
• Experience in triage, labor and delivery, postpartum, and circulating in the OR for C-sections
• Ability to float within the birth center (triage, labor and delivery, postpartum, nursery) but not outside the birth center unless agreed upon and experienced in that specialty
• Scrubbing experience preferred but not required (designated PST available for the unit)

Skills and Responsibilities

• Manage laboring patients including VBACs, multiples (twins), and at-risk patients (e.g., hypertension, hemorrhage)
• Care for antepartum patients with preterm labor, infections, and post-op gynecological conditions
• Circulate in C-section surgeries and assist as needed
• Triage and transition normal newborns
• Titrate drips such as Magnesium Sulfate and Pitocin per physician orders
• Monitor epidurals after initiation and rate set by anesthesia
• Interpret fetal heart monitoring strips independently (no monitor techs)
• Work collaboratively in a team-oriented, traveler-friendly environment

Scheduling

• 12-hour shifts: 07:00-19:30 and 19:00-07:30
• Typically 3 shifts per week
• Every other weekend required (Friday-Saturday for nights, Saturday-Sunday for days)
• Holiday rotation with permanent staff
• No call or standby requirement

Orientation & Additional Information

• 2-day unit-specific orientation with a preceptor
• Scrubs provided and required to be worn
• Charge nurse on each shift oversees the department without patient load
• Surgical tech available 24/7 for C-sections (does not provide bedside care for laboring patients)
• OB or certified midwife in-house 24/7; neonatal hospitalists available weekdays with short transport time on weekends
• Anesthesia dedicated to OB available on-site
• Telemetry and centralized fetal heart monitoring available

Additional Notes

• Must be a team player willing to assist wherever needed
• Strong teamwork culture among current staff and providers
• Traveler-friendly environment with opportunities to float within the birth center specialties

Discipline: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Labor and Delivery (LDRP)
State License Required: Washington RN license
Prior Travel Experience: Not specified as required