Labor and Delivery RN
North Kansas City, Missouri
NKC Health

Labor and Delivery Nurse

Overview

• Location: North Kansas City, Missouri
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Start date: ASAP
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Night, 3x12 hours, 6:45 PM–7:15 AM
• Weekly hours: 36
• Weekend requirement: Every third weekend
• Patient ratio: 1:3
• Scrub color: Navy blue
• Locals accepted: Yes, same rate
• First-time travelers accepted: No

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Labor and Delivery experience within the last year
• Labor and Delivery (2 years of experience)
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS - Basic Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• EFM - Electronic Fetal Monitoring
• NRP
• Experience with Cerner
• Must be able to pass onsite fit testing
• Flu vaccination required; approved facility-specific medical or religious exemption forms are accepted
• COVID vaccination required; facility-specific waiver form is accepted in lieu of vaccination
• 10-panel drug screen within 3 months of start
• Physical exam within 1 year of start
• Negative TB screening or chest X-ray within 1 year of start
• 2 recent references
• Candidate application or resume
• Skills checklist
• MO EDL search prior to start
• Criminal background check covering all states and counties lived/worked in during the past 7 years
• EPLS/GSA/SAM
• HHS/OIG
• State license primary source verification
• Nursys verification
• Safe Medication Administration Agreement
• Core Part I, II, and III
• Orientation safety manual acknowledgement
• Artificial and natural nail policy acknowledgement
• Dress code policy acknowledgement
• HealthStream modules
• TB screening form
• Flu shot exemption form if applicable
• COVID waiver form if applicable

Required Skills

• Blood and blood product administration
• CVC/PICC line care
• Peripheral IV start and maintenance
• Medication administration including anticonvulsants, antihypertensives, heparin, insulin drips, magnesium sulfate therapy, and oxytocin
• Circumcision assistance and parent education
• Car seat education
• Cord care
• Discharge teaching
• IV antibiotics
• Newborn assessment
• Neonatal abstinence syndrome care
• Pain management, including opioids and pain assessment
• Baby-friendly protocols
• Couplet care
• Incision care
• Isolation precautions
• Phlebotomy
• Vaccine administration

Preferred Skills

• Phototherapy
• Thermoregulation
• Large-for-gestational-age infants
• Low-birth-weight infants
• Pain management with epidural and PCA IV
• Breastfeeding pump use
• Charge experience

Additional Notes

• CPI will be needed starting in January 2026
• AWHONN Advanced is preferred