Registered Nurse (RN) / L&D Labor and Delivery

This is a 13-week travel nursing contract for a Registered Nurse in Labor and Delivery at an 8-bed rural hospital unit in Granbury, Texas. You will provide full-scope LDRP (Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum) care and work independently in a low-volume, high-acuity setting, transitioning between labor, nursery, and couplet care assignments based on census and staffing needs.

Clinical Setting

You will work in an 8-bed intrapartum unit at a rural hospital using GE Centricity Perinatal (CPN) for perinatal charting, MedHost for orders, charges, and medication scanning. The unit operates with a 1:1 patient ratio during labor and 3:1 ratio for couplet care.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive intrapartum management including labor induction and augmentation
• Interpret fetal heart rate patterns and manage high-risk labor monitoring
• Circulate cesarean sections
• Perform immediate newborn stabilization and participate in neonatal resuscitation
• Conduct routine newborn assessments
• Provide postpartum and couplet care for stable mothers and infants
• Function independently in a rural hospital environment
• Float within Women's Services as needed

Schedule

Nights: 6:45 PM to 7:15 AM, no call required. This is a 13-week assignment with a projected start date of July 20, 2026. There is no 48-hour option and no block guarantee, though the facility will attempt to accommodate scheduling requests. Maximum time off is 6 days within a 6-week period. You must work one major holiday if your assignment overlaps with a holiday.

Required Qualifications

• Active RN licensure
• BLS certification (AHA or ARC)
• ACLS certification (AHA or ARC)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification
• Minimum 2 years of nursing experience
• Ability to circulate cesarean sections
• Competency in high-risk labor management
• Competency in Pitocin titration
• Competency in fetal monitoring interpretation
• Ability to participate in neonatal resuscitation
• Competency in postpartum and couplet care

Preferred Qualifications

• AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring certification
• STABLE certification
• Previous rural hospital experience
• Experience with LDRP model

Travel Requirements

You must reside more than 50 miles from the facility. Home address and Social Security number are required for submission.

Additional Information

Scrub color is navy blue or pink. Submissions without required information and qualifications will be rejected.