Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
St. Louis, MO
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse (RN), Labor and Delivery, Saint Louis, MO. This position provides comprehensive nursing care for laboring, delivery, and immediate postpartum patients in a fast-paced, high-acuity acute-care setting. The role requires independent management of routine and high-risk obstetric patients, strong clinical judgment, and effective collaboration with interdisciplinary care teams.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shifts from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., three 12-hour shifts per week, totaling 36 hours weekly; rotating weekends required.
• Required Qualifications: Active Registered Nurse (RN) license; Basic Life Support (BLS) and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certifications; at least 2 years of recent Labor and Delivery experience in an acute-care setting; experience caring for two patients in Labor and Birth and three to four patients in Antepartum Labor and Birth; demonstrated ability to independently manage laboring patients, including high-risk obstetric cases; proficiency in fetal monitoring and interpretation, labor support and coaching, medication administration, intravenous therapy, obstetric emergencies, and rapid response; experience working in a team-based, high-acuity environment; strong communication, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and time-management skills; ability to adapt to new workflows, policies, and electronic medical records.
• Preferred Qualifications: Certified Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM) certification and Association of Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) fetal heart monitoring certification.
• Additional Information: The role supports laboring, delivering, and immediate postpartum patients, including high-risk obstetric cases. Responsibilities include fetal monitoring, labor support, medication administration, intravenous therapy, and response to obstetric emergencies. Collaboration with obstetric providers, anesthesia, neonatal intensive care, and interdisciplinary teams is required. The position involves working in a high-volume Labor and Delivery environment with approximately two patients per nurse in Labor and Birth and three to four patients per nurse in Antepartum Labor and Birth.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits