Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse
Exeter, NH
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Labor and Delivery Department professionals support maternal-child care in a community healthcare setting, providing care for labor and delivery, postpartum patients, newborns, and pediatric patients. The role primarily works night shifts and may occasionally rotate to day shifts based on operational needs.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts, 12 hours per shift, with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Scheduling is completed in six-week periods, with every third weekend required. Call may be assigned based on operational needs and census.
• Required Qualifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), New Hampshire or compact-state nursing license, required experience with labor and delivery, postpartum, and pediatrics, circulating experience, and required Electronic Medical Record experience with Epic.
• Preferred Qualifications: Certification in Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM) and scrub experience.
• Additional Information:
  • Provides care in a Level 2 maternity setting and Level 1 nursery.
  • Supports deliveries beginning at 35 weeks and performs cesarean sections in an operating room located on the unit.
  • Staffing and patient ratios are guided by the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN).
  • Unit-specific responsibilities may include intravenous therapy, bedside ultrasound for fetal presentation, epidural catheter removal after delivery, and phlebotomy.
  • Equipment may include fetal monitoring systems, intravenous pumps, epidural pumps, patient-controlled analgesia pumps, and glucometers.
  • Two days of orientation are provided.
  • Navy blue scrubs are provided; gel and artificial nails are not permitted.

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