Travel L&D RN - $3,353 per week

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, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Specialty: Labor & Delivery / OB / Postpartum (LDRP)

Shift: 12-hour days, 6:45 AM start

Schedule: Every other weekend (EOW), rotate holidays with staff

Guaranteed hours: 36/week

Contract: 14 weeks

Charting: Cerner

BSN: Not required

License: Must have license to submit

Unit

• Facility: CommonSpirit-associated facility in the Sacramento area
• L&D beds: 10
• Postpartum beds: 12
• OR suites for C-sections: 2
• Triage beds: 3
• OB-ED: 3 beds/overflow capacity
• Births: ~140–165/month
• Ratios:
  • L&D: 1:1–1:2
  • Couplets: 1:3–1:4
  • Antepartum: 1:1–1:3

Required Skills & Certifications

Required:

• BLS
• ACLS
• NRP
• AWHONN Advanced / Advanced Fetal Monitoring
• L&D experience
• Ability to circulate C-sections
• Ability to float to Mother-Baby (MB)
• Must be comfortable with couplet care and the entire LDRP workflow
• Must be able to titrate Pitocin
• Must read/interpret EKG strips for moms in PACU

Preferred:

• STABLE

Important Job Requirements

This is a high-risk unit, and the traveler is expected to:

• Manage patients from start to finish
• Perform couplet care
• Work L&D, OB, and postpartum
• Circulate C-sections
• Take the “Baby Catcher”/NRP role when assigned
• Float to other Sacramento-area facilities if needed
• Respond within 30 minutes if placed on call

Holidays

Travelers will generally work 2 of 3 major holidays:

• Thanksgiving
• Christmas
• New Year's

Holiday time off can be requested but is not guaranteed.

About Care Career

Benefits

• Referral bonus
• Weekly pay
• Medical benefits
• Continuing Education
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits