Labor and Delivery RN
Hagerstown, MD
HonorVet Technologies
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Registered Nurse – Labor and Delivery

Facility: Meritus Medical Center
Location: Hagerstown, MD
Start Date: 9/14/2026
Duration: 20 weeks
Shift: Nights, 6:30 PM – 7:00 AM
Schedule: 3x12-hour shifts; no block scheduling
Patient Ratio: Labor 1:2; Postpartum 3–4 couplets
Charting System: Epic — required
Float Required: Yes, based on clinical experience and facility policy
Call Requirement: Yes; typically 16–20 hours per 6-week schedule
Note: LDRP experience required. Nurses rotate between Labor, Triage, and Mother-Baby/Postpartum care. C-section surgical recovery experience highly preferred. Locals within 50 miles are not accepted.

Position Overview:

The Labor and Delivery RN provides comprehensive care across LDRP, Labor, Triage, and Mother-Baby/Postpartum settings, caring for obstetric patients and newborns throughout labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum care.

Job duties:

• Manage laboring patients through antepartum assessment, fetal monitoring, labor progression, delivery, and postpartum recovery.
• Perform continuous fetal monitoring, recognize abnormal fetal heart rate patterns, and initiate appropriate interventions.
• Assist with vaginal and high-risk deliveries, C-sections, forceps/vacuum deliveries, and obstetric emergencies.
• Administer Pitocin, magnesium sulfate, antihypertensives, prostaglandins, terbutaline, and other obstetric medications while monitoring patient response.
• Provide postpartum and newborn care including couplet care, breastfeeding support, newborn assessments, fundal and lochia assessment, and post-C-section recovery.

Requirements:

License: Active RN license
Experience: Minimum 2 years of L&D experience; LDRP experience required
Certifications: BLS, NRP, AWHONN, FHM
Other requirement: Epic experience required; OB surgical recovery/C-section experience highly preferred; must be comfortable rotating between Labor, Triage, and Mother-Baby/Postpartum care

Unit Details:

Unit: LDRP (Labor and Delivery), 11.7020
Patient Ratios: Labor 1:2; Postpartum 3–4 couplets
Patient Population: Neonates, adolescents, and adults; laboring, postpartum, and high-risk antepartum patients
Patient Diagnoses: Pregnancy-induced hypertension, postpartum hemorrhage, cesarean delivery, multiple births, high-risk pregnancies, and other obstetric conditions requiring L&D and postpartum care.