Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
Templeton, CA
Bestica
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

990926

RN – Labor & Delivery | Templeton, CA
 

💙 Make a Difference at Every Stage of the Birth Journey

Join an experienced Labor & Delivery team in Templeton, California, and provide compassionate, evidence-based care to mothers and newborns throughout the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced L&D RN who is comfortable with LDRP nursing, high-risk situations, emergency deliveries, and C-section support.

📍 Position Highlights

• Location: Templeton, California
• Specialty: Registered Nurse – Labor & Delivery
• Contract: 18 weeks
• Start Date: August 31, 2026
• Shift: Night Shift
• Schedule:7:00 PM–7:30 AM
• Hours: 36 hours/week
• Scheduling: Rotating shifts
• Call:No Call
• Unit Model: LDRP
• Charting:Epic – Required
• Experience:2+ years of Labor & Delivery experience required
• Positions Available: 3

👶 Your Role

As an L&D RN, you'll provide comprehensive nursing care to patients and families throughout the perinatal journey while responding confidently to routine and emergent obstetric situations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide nursing care during the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods.
• Perform comprehensive physical and psychosocial assessments of patients.
• Assess and continuously monitor maternal and fetal well-being.
• Monitor fetal heart rate patterns and identify abnormalities requiring intervention.
• Assess amniotic fluid status, vaginal bleeding, labor progression, and maternal condition.
• Develop and implement individualized, multidisciplinary care plans.
• Provide safe and effective pain management throughout labor.
• Support pharmacological and alternative pain-management techniques.
• Assist with epidural catheter placement and monitor maternal/fetal status before, during, and after medication administration.
• Respond appropriately to perinatal emergencies, including:
  • Emergency/crash C-sections
  • Precipitous deliveries
  • Shoulder dystocia
  • Other obstetric emergencies
• Assist with and circulate for C-sections.
• Supervise and delegate appropriate patient-care activities to ancillary personnel within their scope of practice.
• Educate patients and families throughout the labor, delivery, and postpartum experience.
• Provide culturally sensitive, age-appropriate patient and family education.
• Accurately document assessments, interventions, care provided, and patient responses in Epic.
• Collaborate with physicians, midwives, anesthesia, newborn care teams, and other multidisciplinary professionals.
• Support safe transitions through the postpartum period.

🩺 Required Experience & Skills

• 2+ years of recent Labor & Delivery RN experience.
• Strong LDRP experience preferred.
• Demonstrated competency in maternal and fetal assessment.
• Experience managing high-risk and emergent obstetric situations.
• C-section circulating experience.
• Strong fetal monitoring and interpretation skills.
• Ability to recognize and respond rapidly to changes in maternal or fetal condition.
• Excellent communication, clinical judgment, and critical-thinking skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced multidisciplinary environment.
• Epic EMR experience required.

🎓 Education & Certifications

Required:

• Associate Degree in Nursing or equivalent.
• Active RN license in the state of practice.
• BLS
• ACLS
• NRP
• AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring / Intermediate Fetal Monitoring
• Current certifications must meet facility requirements.

Preferred:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

⭐ Why Consider This Opportunity?

• 3 openings available
• 36 hours/week
• Night shift with 12-hour shifts
• No call requirement
• LDRP model
• Opportunity to care for patients across the complete perinatal journey
• Work alongside an experienced multidisciplinary obstetric team
• Gain valuable experience managing both routine and emergency deliveries
• Epic EMR
• Beautiful Central Coast location with easy access to beaches, hiking, biking, farmers markets, and farm-to-table dining

🌊 Experience Templeton & California's Central Coast

Located among the oak trees of Templeton, this opportunity offers an appealing combination of professional growth and California lifestyle. Enjoy downtown farmers markets, scenic outdoor activities, farm-to-fork dining, and easy access to Cambria and Morro Bay, both just a short drive away.

🚀 Ready to Take Your L&D Career to the California Coast?

If you're an experienced L&D RN with strong fetal monitoring, emergency obstetric, and LDRP skills, this is an opportunity to join a team where your expertise can make a meaningful difference for mothers and families.

Apply today to be considered for this Labor & Delivery RN opportunity in Templeton, CA!