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

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery Department Location not provided. This position supports high-risk, high-volume labor and delivery services in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment. Responsibilities include circulating during cesarean deliveries, providing newborn care, and continuing care of the newborn until transfer to postpartum services.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shift with 12-hour shifts and a minimum of 48 hours per week. Schedules are posted every six weeks according to unit needs, with weekend and holiday coverage as needed.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 1 year of experience; high-risk labor and delivery experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification; active compact license in hand at submission; experience with Epic charting; ability to circulate during cesarean deliveries; ability to provide newborn care, including eye and thigh prophylaxis, Vitamin K administration, and newborn assessments.
• Preferred Qualifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Advanced certification; AWHONN Intermediate certification.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • Provides care for high-risk antepartum, labor, delivery, and postpartum patients.
  • Supports vaginal deliveries, cesarean sections, newborn assessments, couplet care, and postpartum hemorrhage management.
  • Performs newborn care, including thermoregulation, breastfeeding support, identification and security banding, and assessment for newborn hypoglycemia.
  • Manages clinical interventions such as magnesium sulfate therapy, insulin drips, anticoagulation therapy, epidural anesthesia, and external fetal monitoring.
  • Recognizes and treats abnormal fetal heart rate patterns and assists with high-risk deliveries.
  • May care for neonates and support postpartum or antepartum services based on operational needs.
  • Staffing follows Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) guidelines.
  • Average daily census is approximately 15 patients, with approximately 500600 deliveries per month.

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