Travel Labor and Delivery RN - $2,038 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN Labor and Delivery for a travel nursing job in Roanoke, Virginia.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Labor and Delivery
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 08/24/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Aug 24, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is seeking an experienced RN for a Labor and Delivery position requiring high-risk antepartum and intrapartum skills along with a VA or compact RN license.

Details

• >Located in a 24-bed Labor and Delivery unit providing care to low and high-risk pregnant patients from antepartum through delivery
• Unit serves as a referring center for high-risk pregnancies within an approximate 150-mile radius
• Accepts pregnant patients over 20 weeks gestational age
• Unit maintains a 3-bed triage area, 2 ORs, and 2 post-anesthesia beds
• Average of 250 deliveries per month and 350 triage patients per month
• Staffing ratios include 1:1-2 laboring patients, 1:3-4 antepartum patients, 1:3 triage patients, 2:1 OBOR patients, and 1:1-2 OB PACU patients
• Unit skill mix includes Clinical Team Leaders, RNs, and 4 Nursing Assistants
• Day shift schedule of 3x12 hours, 6:45 AM to 7:15 PM
• Weekend requirement of every other weekend or 6 weekend shifts per 6-week scheduling block
• On-call required with a variable amount, up to a maximum of 24 hours per 6-week schedule block
• Must work one holiday per 13-week contract

Requirements

• Active Virginia State or Compact RN license required in hand at time of consideration
• Pending license accepted only for candidates holding a single-state license from a non-compact state
• Current BLS certification required
• Minimum 2 years of RN experience required
• Experience with any electronic charting system required
• Prior experience in high-risk antepartum and labor/delivery care required
• Experience assisting with sterile speculum exams, NSTs, reflex checks, edema assessments, sterile vaginal exams, and obstetrical triage
• Experience with external and internal fetal monitoring, including IUPC placement and calibration
• Experience recognizing and treating abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
• Experience administering antihypertensives, insulin drips, Magnesium Sulfate therapy, Pitocin, prostaglandins, and Terbutaline
• Experience with 1:2 patient ratios

Additional Information

• Preferred competency and experience in antepartum, intrapartum, and OBOR care, including combined or separate scrubbing/circulating competencies
• Preferred skills include assisting with high-risk and vaginal deliveries, circulating for C-sections, forceps/vacuum extraction, and managing hemorrhage/shock situations
• Preferred experience in postpartum care including breastfeeding/lactation support, episiotomy/incisional care, foley catheter management, and fundus/lochia/perineum care
• Preferred experience with surgical procedures such as cervical cerclage and D&C
• Preferred experience with pain management including epidural anesthesia and PCA use
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Local candidates are not accepted; candidates residing within 100 miles of the facility (measured from driver's license address) are considered local
• Candidates residing 50-99.9 miles from the facility may be considered for one 13-week assignment with no eligibility to extend
• Candidates residing less than 50 miles from the facility may be considered for one 13-week assignment at a lower bill rate with no eligibility to extend
• Previous employees (per diem or permanent) must have a break of at least one year before returning as a travelers
• Travelers who have worked 365 days on assignment are not eligible to return, with case-by-case exceptions reviewed by facility leadership

American Traveler Job ID #P-739585. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - Labor & Delivery

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