Acute Care, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), Cardiac Monitoring, Cerner, Electronic Medical Records, Healthcare, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Neonatology, Nursing, On Call, Palliative Care, Patient Care, Perinatal Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN), Training/Teaching
Job Title
Registered Nurse – Labor and Delivery
LocationAlbuquerque, NM
Schedule / Job TypeContract | Nights | 3x12-Hour Shifts (19:00–07:30) | 36 or 48 hour contracts available | Onsite
Key Responsibilities- Provide direct patient care in a high-volume Labor and Delivery unit at a Level I Trauma, acute care teaching facility with 554 staffed beds, maintaining a 1:2 nurse-to-patient ratio
- Perform and assist with specialized procedures including cerclage, external cephalic version, cesarean section, PPTL, AROM, and medically assisted deliveries
- Utilize electronic and internal fetal monitoring (FHM) and circulate in the L&D setting
- Manage complex clinical scenarios including meconium deliveries, massive transfusion protocol, malignant hyperthermia, neonatal palliative care, nitrous oxide administration, and C-hysterectomy support
- Float within scope to antepartum and postpartum units as needed to meet facility demands
- Fulfill on-call requirements: 12 hours over 4 weeks (4x12 contracts) or 24 hours over 4 weeks (3x12 contracts)
Required Qualifications- Active or pending Registered Nurse (RN) license (state license may be pending at time of submission)
- Minimum 1 year of Labor and Delivery nursing experience; experience in a large L&D unit or facility required
- Current BLS, ACLS, and NRP certifications (NRP must be in hand at time of submission; RQI certifications are not accepted)
- Demonstrated experience in postpartum care, newborn nursing, and meconium deliveries
- Proficiency with circulator duties and fetal heart monitoring (FHM)
- Charting experience with Cerner EMR
Preferred Experience / Skills- 2 or more years of Labor and Delivery experience in a high-acuity or large-volume facility
- Familiarity with neonatal palliative care, nitrous oxide protocols, and massive transfusion protocol
- Prior travel nursing experience
Why Join Us- Work at a comprehensive Level I Trauma, Children's, and Teaching Hospital offering exposure to a wide range of complex obstetric and neonatal cases
- Scrubs provided, no parking fees, and guaranteed contracted hours (36, 40, or 48 hours per week as applicable)