Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse
Hood River, OR
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery Department, Multiple Locations. This travel assignment supports care for obstetric patients in a clinical setting serving neonates and adults. The role includes labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum nursing responsibilities, with coverage primarily scheduled during the day and occasional night coverage as needed.

Job Details

• Schedule: Primarily day shifts with night coverage as needed; 12-hour shifts; 36 hours per week. Weekend coverage is required every other weekend, with no on-call requirement.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Minimum one year of Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum experience.
  • Basic Life Support certification, Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification, and fetal heart monitoring certification.
  • Compact nursing license in hand at submission.
  • Skills in epidural anesthesia, magnesium sulfate therapy, non-stress tests, oxytocin administration, recognition and treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns, reflex and edema assessment, clonus assessment, sterile vaginal examinations, obstetric patient triage, and external fetal monitoring.
• Preferred Qualifications: Two years of Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum experience preferred.
• Additional Information:
  • Assignment period: 12/07/2026 through 03/08/2027.
  • Patient care includes low-risk perinatal patients and Level I nursery patients.
  • Staffing standards include 1:1 coverage for active labor and 1:3 coverage for postpartum patients.
  • Established women's health, obstetric, and neonatal nursing staffing standards are followed.
  • The role may float between units based on operational needs.
  • Interdisciplinary support includes respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, and pharmacy.
  • The clinical setting includes critical access services and Level III trauma care.

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