Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
Saint Louis, MO
Genie Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days

Join the Labor & Delivery team at  a nationally recognized healthcare facility known for compassionate, high-quality patient care. This high-volume hospital manages approximately 8,000 deliveries annually and offers advanced maternal care supported by a Level III NICU and Level IV acute care services.

Job Summary

We are seeking experienced Travel Labor & Delivery Registered Nurses to provide comprehensive nursing care to laboring, delivering, and immediate postpartum patients in a fast-paced, high-acuity hospital environment.

The ideal candidate is confident managing routine and high-risk obstetric patients independently, demonstrates strong fetal monitoring and clinical judgment skills, and works effectively with interdisciplinary teams to promote safe, evidence-based, patient-centered care.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage laboring patients, including high-risk obstetric cases.
• Provide labor support, coaching, and comprehensive maternal nursing care.
• Perform fetal monitoring and interpretation, recognizing signs of fetal distress.
• Administer medications and provide IV therapy as ordered.
• Respond promptly to obstetric emergencies and rapid response situations.
• Collaborate with OB providers, anesthesia, NICU, and other interdisciplinary team members.
• Provide immediate postpartum care and support patient safety throughout the labor and birth process.
• Float between Antepartum and Labor & Birth areas as needed.
• Adapt quickly to unit workflows, hospital policies, and electronic medical records.

Required Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Minimum 2 years of recent Labor & Delivery / Labor & Birth experience in an acute care hospital setting.
• BLS and NRP certifications required.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage laboring patients, including high-risk cases.
• Strong fetal monitoring and interpretation skills.
• Experience with labor support, medication administration, IV therapy, and obstetric emergencies.
• Ability to safely manage a two-patient assignment in Labor & Birth.
• Experience in a team-based, high-acuity environment.
• Excellent communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and time management skills.
• Flexibility to float between Antepartum and Labor & Birth.

Preferred Qualifications

• C-EFM certification.
• Intermediate AWHONN Fetal Heart Monitoring (FHM) certification.
• Previous experience with EPIC.

Unit Details

• Labor & Birth ratio: 2 patients.
• Antepartum ratio: 3–4 patients.
• Patient population: Laboring, delivering, high-risk obstetric, and immediate postpartum patients.
• Equipment: IV therapy and fetal monitoring equipment.
• Floating: Within customary scope of practice, including Antepartum and Labor & Birth.

Candidates must be comfortable working both independently and collaboratively in a high-volume, high-acuity environment.