Prime Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN Labor and Delivery for a travel nursing job in New Haven, Connecticut.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Labor and Delivery
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 10/16/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours
- Employment Type: Travel
Registered Nurse – Labor & Delivery
Location: New Haven, CT
Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: 10/16/2026
Shift: Night 3x12-Hour, 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM
Hours: 36 Hours/Week
Job Description
Facility is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse – Labor & Delivery to provide comprehensive care to laboring patients, postpartum patients, and newborns in a high-volume Level I Trauma Center.
Responsibilities
- Provide nursing care to patients throughout labor, delivery, and postpartum
- Assist with vaginal and high-risk deliveries
- Circulate for C-sections and assist with surgical procedures
- Recover post-C-section patients
- Perform fetal monitoring and recognize abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
- Manage external and internal fetal monitoring
- Place and calibrate IUPC when required
- Administer and manage Pitocin, Magnesium Sulfate, Terbutaline, Prostaglandins, and other medications
- Manage epidurals, pain medications, IV therapy, and infusions
- Recognize and respond to postpartum hemorrhage, hemorrhage/shock, and other emergencies
- Provide antepartum care and assessments
- Perform NSTs and other antepartum procedures
- Provide postpartum and couplet care
- Care for patients with cesarean sections, vaginal deliveries, multiple births, and pregnancy-induced hypertension
- Provide breastfeeding and lactation support
- Perform fundus, lochia, perineal, wound, and bladder assessments
- Care for newborns immediately following delivery
- Perform APGAR scoring and newborn assessments
- Provide neonatal resuscitation and thermoregulation
- Assist with infant identification and security banding
- Collect cord samples when required
- Maintain and manage IVs and central lines
- Provide patient and family education and support
Required Qualifications
- Active RN license
- Minimum 2 years of Labor & Delivery RN experience
- BLS required
- NRP required
- Experience with labor and delivery management
- Experience with fetal monitoring
- Experience assisting with vaginal and high-risk deliveries
- Experience with C-sections
- Experience with postpartum and newborn care
- Experience with neonatal resuscitation
- Ability to care for patients at a 1:1–2 ratio
- Epic experience preferred
- Previous travel experience not required
- First-time travelers accepted
About Prime Staffing
At Prime Staffing, we understand the importance of finding the perfect fit for both our clients and candidates. Prime Staffing utilizes a unique matchmaking approach, providing the most qualified contingent staffing to our clients, and the most competitive contracts to our workforce. Our experienced team takes the time to get to know both our clients and candidates, their needs, and preferences, to ensure that each placement is a success.
We offer a wide range of staffing services including temporary, temp-to-perm, and direct hire placements. Our extensive network of qualified candidates includes nurses, allied healthcare professionals, corporate support professionals and executives.