Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse
Fredericksburg, VA
Care Career
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Labor & Delivery RN

Position: Registered Nurse – Labor & Delivery / Family Birthing Center
Shift: Nights – 6:45 PM–7:15 AM
Schedule: 12-hour shifts, Every Other Weekend
Guaranteed Hours: 36 hrs/week
Contract: 13 weeks
Weekend: Every other weekend
Float: First to float within the Family Birthing Center (L&D or Mother-Baby)

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to laboring, postpartum, and newborn patients.
• Care for L&D patients at a 1:2 ratio and 1:1 during active delivery.
• Provide Mother-Baby/couplet care at approximately 1:4 ratio.
• Monitor fetal and maternal status and recognize abnormal findings.
• Assist with vaginal deliveries and provide emergency support when needed.
• Care for term and preterm patients and postpartum mothers.
• Provide newborn care, including patients receiving IV antibiotics or short-term oxygen.
• Provide care for general GYN patients.
• Administer medications, IV therapy, and treatments.
• Collaborate with OB providers, anesthesia, respiratory therapy, and other healthcare professionals.
• Work independently and respond effectively to emergencies, especially during night shifts.
• Document patient care using Cerner.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of Labor & Delivery experience required.
• Active RN license required.
• BLS – AHA required.
• ACLS required.
• NRP required.
• AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring (AFM) required.
• STABLE certification preferred.
• Strong L&D emergency-response skills required.
• Must be comfortable working independently with limited resources at night.
• 2 supervisor references required at submission:
  • 1 reference within the last 12 months
  • 1 reference within the last 3 years
• Must be willing to work 2 of the 3 major holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's.

Unit Details

• Family Birthing Center
• 4 L&D beds
• 8 Mother-Baby beds
• Approximately 45 deliveries/month
• No high-risk deliveries; mothers ≤34 weeks are transferred.
• Cerner EMR
• No floating outside the Family Birthing Center.
• 2–3 days of unit-specific orientation with a preceptor.
• Common patients: Labor & Delivery, term/preterm, Mother-Baby couplets, newborns, and general GYN.