Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse
Seattle, WA
Cross Country Nurses
4x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery Department. The role supports high-risk, high-volume labor and delivery services in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment. Responsibilities include assisting with high-risk and vaginal deliveries, circulating for cesarean sections, and providing newborn care through transfer to postpartum care.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, 48 hours per week. Weekend and holiday coverage is required as needed.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Minimum of 1 year of nursing experience
  • High-risk labor and delivery experience
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification
  • Valid compact nursing license in hand at submission
  • Required experience with electronic health record charting
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
  • Association of Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Advanced certification
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Provides care for high-risk antepartum, postpartum, mother-baby, and labor and delivery patients.
  • Performs baby nurse responsibilities during delivery and continues newborn care until transfer to postpartum care.
  • Circulates for cesarean sections and provides newborn care, including eye prophylaxis, vitamin K administration, and newborn assessments.
  • Manages care involving magnesium sulfate, insulin infusions, anticoagulation therapy, fetal monitoring, epidural anesthesia, hemorrhage, and pregnancy-induced hypertension.
  • Supports vaginal deliveries, cesarean sections, forceps or vacuum extractions, multiple births, newborn resuscitation, breastfeeding, and postpartum hemorrhage care.
  • Provides care in a unit with approximately 15 patients per day, 31 rooms, and 31 beds.
  • Staffing follows Association of Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) guidelines.

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