Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
Lee's Summit, MO
Cross Country Nurses
4x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery. This travel nursing position supports antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care in a combined labor and delivery and postpartum unit. The role involves caring for neonates, adolescents, and adults during 12-hour night shifts, with assignments guided by patient acuity and Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) staffing standards.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Minimum 3 years of labor and delivery experience; travel nursing experience; Basic Life Support (BLS), Fetal Heart Monitoring (FHM), and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certifications; required charting system experience; competency in antepartum and intrapartum care, labor and delivery, low-risk and high-risk deliveries, vaginal and cesarean deliveries, fetal monitoring, sterile vaginal examinations, obstetric triage, preterm labor, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, premature rupture of membranes, multiple gestation, malpresentations, vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) management, postpartum hemorrhage, newborn and postpartum care, intravenous therapy, blood product administration, medication infusions, pain management, breastfeeding support, wound care, and emergency response procedures; Kansas and Missouri nursing licenses or a compact nursing license required at submission.
• Preferred Qualifications: Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum (LDRP) experience; community hospital experience; Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) beginner, intermediate, or advanced certification.
• Schedule: 12-hour night shifts, 48 hours per week; four to five weekend shifts per six-week schedule period, including the applicable Sunday night or Friday day shift obligation; two on-call shifts per six-week schedule period.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: The unit includes labor and delivery, antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and postoperative gynecologic care in the same physical space. Typical labor and delivery assignments are 1:1 and may increase to 1:2 or 1:3 based on patient acuity. The role includes care for pregnancy-related diagnoses and may involve couplet care or postpartum care when floating. The position does not require obstetric triage assignments.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits