Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN Labor and Delivery for a travel nursing job in Sacramento, California.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Labor and Delivery
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 14 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Title: Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – Labor & Delivery / LDRP
Location: Sacramento, CA Area
Position Overview
Seeking an experienced L&D / LDRP Registered Nurse for a 12-hour night shift travel assignment. The Family Birth Center (FBC) operates as a high-risk unit handling 140–165 births monthly. Candidates must be comfortable managing full-spectrum couplet care from admission to discharge and be fully qualified to circulate C-sections.
Key Contract Details
- Shift: 12-Hour Nights (Starts at 06:45) | 36 Guaranteed Hours/Week
- Schedule: Every Other Weekend (EOW) | First to Float | 30-Minute Call Response Time
- Holiday Requirement: Must work 2 of 3 major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s)
- Floating: Required to float to Mother-Baby (MB) or other Sacramento-area facilities as needed
- Charting System: Cerner
- Scrubs: Provided on-site
Unit Details & Ratios
- Capacity: 10 L&D Beds, 12 Postpartum Beds, 3 OB-ED Triage Beds, 2 On-Unit OR Suites
- AWHONN Ratios: L&D (1:1 to 1:2), Couplets (1:3 to 1:4), Antepartum (1:1 to 1:3)
- Coverage: 24/7 OB Hospitalist and Anesthesia in-house; 24/7 Neonatologist on call with daily rounds; OB Surgical Techs on unit
Clinical Responsibilities
- Provide full-spectrum care for high-risk conditions, including preterm labor, preeclampsia/hypertension, inductions, and antepartum bleeding.
- Circulate surgical cases in the unit's dedicated C-section OR suites.
- Titrate set-rate and titratable drips (Pitocin).
- Read and interpret maternal EKG strips in the PACU.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Certifications (Required): BLS, ACLS, NRP, AWHONN-Advanced (STABLE preferred)
- Licensure: Active state RN License at time of submission
- Documentation: Valid Driver's License copy and 2 supervisor references (1 within 12 months, 1 within 3 years; Charge Nurse references accepted)
- Exclusion Criteria: Cannot have been directly employed (FT, PT, or PRN) by any CommonSpirit facility (including CHI or Dignity) within the past 12 months. (Outside agency PRN experience is acceptable).
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Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits