Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse
Seattle, WA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery Department. The role supports labor and delivery, postpartum, triage, normal newborn transitions, special care nursery services, and operating room circulation within the birth center. The position requires collaboration across the care team and adherence to Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) staffing guidelines.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of experience; current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification; labor and delivery, postpartum, and triage experience; experience caring for Level 2 special care nursery patients; ability to circulate cesarean deliveries; ability to triage and transition normal newborns; ability to care for mothers and babies; and ability to titrate magnesium and oxytocin infusions according to provider orders.
• Preferred Qualifications: Scrubbing experience is preferred but not required.
• Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours per shift, 36 hours per week, every other weekend.
• Additional Information: The role supports labor and delivery, postpartum, triage, operating room circulation, and special care nursery care for newborns requiring phototherapy, blood glucose management, treatment for opiate withdrawal, antibiotics, respiratory support, and feeding and growth support. Responsibilities include monitoring epidurals after initiation, interpreting fetal heart tracings, caring for multiple births including twins, supporting vaginal birth after cesarean deliveries, and caring for patients with high-risk conditions such as hypertension and hemorrhage. An obstetric provider or certified midwife is available in-house at all times, with neonatal hospitalist coverage available. Unit orientation includes 2 days with a preceptor.

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