Labor & Delivery RN
Saint Louis, Missouri
Mercy Hospital Saint Louis

Registered Nurse – Labor & Delivery

Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
Employment Type: Travel
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Summary

Provide comprehensive nursing care to laboring, delivering, and immediate postpartum patients in a fast-paced, high acuity hospital setting. Independently manage routine and high-risk obstetric patients while collaborating with obstetric providers, anesthesia, NICU, and interdisciplinary teams to ensure safe, evidence-based, patient-centered care throughout the labor and birth process.

Unit Information

• Unit: Labor & Delivery (L&D)
• Patient Ratios:

  • Labor & Delivery: 2 patients per nurse
  • Antepartum: 3-4 patients per nurse
• Float between Antepartum and Labor & Delivery as needed
• Level 3 NICU and Level 4 acute care with high volume deliveries (~8,000/year)
• Electronic Medical Record system: EPIC

Schedule

• Shift: Nights (7:00 pm – 7:30 am)
• Shift Pattern: 3 or 4 twelve-hour shifts per week
• Weekly Guaranteed Hours: 36 to 48
• Weekend Hours: Rotating
• Call Requirements: As needed

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in Missouri
• Minimum 1 year recent Labor & Delivery experience within the last year in an acute care hospital setting
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience with fetal monitoring and interpretation
• Experience managing obstetric emergencies and rapid response situations

Skills and Experience

• Strong skills in fetal monitoring and interpretation
• Ability to independently manage laboring patients, including high-risk obstetric cases
• Experience with labor support, coaching, medication administration, and IV therapy
• Proficient in managing obstetric emergencies and rapid response situations
• Comfortable working in a team-based, high acuity environment
• Excellent communication, critical thinking, and time management skills
• Adaptability to new workflows, policies, and electronic medical records

Additional Requirements

• Flu vaccination required for all travelers from November 1 through April 1 (exemptions require approval)
• Comfortable floating between Antepartum and Labor & Delivery units as needed

Work Environment and Culture

• Team-oriented with expectation to work independently when necessary
• High volume, fast-paced acute care setting with complex patient needs
• Dress code: Black scrubs required

Patient Population

• Laboring, delivering, and immediate postpartum patients
• High-risk obstetric patients

Notes

• Prior travel experience is not explicitly required for this position.
• No call requirements specified beyond customary float and shift duties.