Travel Labor and Delivery RN - $3,206 per week

Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN Labor and Delivery for a travel nursing job in Folsom, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Labor and Delivery
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/09/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Requirements

• Active RN license required at submission.
• Required certifications: ACLS (AHA), BLS (AHA), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), and AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring (Advanced EFM).
• Minimum 1 year of LDRP experience required; 3 years preferred.
• L&D-only experience may be accepted if the candidate has OR circulating experience. Postpartum-only candidates will not be accepted.
• Must be comfortable independently managing deliveries and catching the baby.
• Must be comfortable providing NRP during delivery, as there is no in-house pediatric coverage.
• Must have experience caring for patients at 35 weeks gestation and above, including potential twin deliveries.
• Must be able to titrate Pitocin and, occasionally, insulin drips.
• Two supervisor references required at submission (charge nurse references accepted):
  • One reference from within the past 12 months.
  • One reference from within the past 3 years.
• Copy of driver's license required at submission to verify legal name. Pulse profile name must match government-issued ID, without a middle name or middle initial.
• Candidates must not have been directly employed full-time, part-time, or PRN by any CommonSpirit, CHI, or Dignity facility within the past 12 months.
• Must work 2 of the 3 major holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's.
• Weekend requirement: 2 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule (Friday/Saturday for nights).
• Must be flexible to float to other Sacramento facilities.
• Must be available for potential on-call/standby assignments and able to report within 30 minutes of callback.
• Holiday time off may be considered but is not guaranteed.

Responsibilities - Provide comprehensive nursing care to laboring patients, mothers, and newborns in a Family Birthing Center/LDRP setting. - Independently manage labor and delivery, including assisting with and conducting vaginal deliveries and catching babies. - Monitor maternal vital signs, fetal heart rates, contractions, and labor progression using Fetalink fetal monitoring systems. - Interpret fetal heart rate patterns and apply advanced fetal monitoring principles to identify complications. - Administer and titrate Pitocin and other prescribed medications, including occasional insulin drips. - Provide immediate newborn assessment, stabilization, and resuscitation using NRP protocols. - Care for patients undergoing vaginal and cesarean deliveries, including circulating for C-sections when qualified. - Provide postpartum and couplet care for mothers and newborns. - Monitor high-risk situations, including twin deliveries and potential neonatal complications, escalating care or arranging transfer when necessary. - Collaborate with obstetricians, anesthesia providers, OB technicians, respiratory therapists, and perinatal specialists. - Assist with neonatal respiratory support, including CPAP and other available respiratory equipment, in collaboration with respiratory therapy. - Respond to obstetric emergencies and follow ACLS, NRP, and facility protocols. - Document assessments, interventions, and patient outcomes in Cerner. - Float to other Sacramento facilities as required and comply with unit scheduling and staffing policies.

About Care Career

Benefits

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