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

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery Department. This role provides care in a high-risk, high-volume labor and delivery setting supporting obstetric patients and newborns. Responsibilities include assisting with high-risk and vaginal deliveries, circulating for cesarean sections, providing immediate newborn care, and supporting patients in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certifications; at least 1 year of experience, including high-risk labor and delivery experience; compact nursing license in hand at submission; experience with electronic fetal monitoring; ability to circulate for cesarean sections; ability to function as the baby nurse during delivery and provide newborn care through transfer to postpartum; ability to administer newborn eye and thigh care, vitamin K injections, and newborn assessments.
• Preferred Qualifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification and Advanced and Intermediate Association of Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) training.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • High-risk, high-volume labor and delivery unit supporting all types of deliveries.
  • Responsibilities include antepartum and postpartum care, couplet care, newborn assessment, breastfeeding support, cesarean circulation, vaginal delivery assistance, management of magnesium sulfate and insulin infusions, and recognition of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns.
  • The role may support antepartum, postpartum, neonatal intensive care unit assistance, or sitter assignments based on operational needs.
  • Staffing follows Association of Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) guidelines.
  • Orientation includes 36 hours.
  • The unit has 31 rooms and 31 beds, with an average daily census of 15 patients and approximately 500600 deliveries per month.
  • Weekend and holiday coverage may be required.

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