Job Title
Travel RN – Labor & Delivery (OB/GYN)
Location
Maysville, KY | Acute Care
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | 13 Weeks | Nights (7:00 PM – 7:00 AM) | Expected 36 hours/week | Every other weekend required
Key Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care in a Labor and Delivery unit within a Women's and Newborn Services department, including active labor management and postpartum couplet care
- Monitor and assess fetal well-being using intermediate fetal monitoring techniques throughout labor and delivery
- Care for patients in a Level 1 nursery setting; facility delivers at 35 weeks gestation and above
- Maintain patient ratios of 3 couplets (mother/baby) or 1:1 for active labor patients across a 4-bed LDR and 10-bed postpartum unit
- Document patient care accurately using Meditech and Centricity EHR systems
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, low-risk labor and delivery care
Required Qualifications
- Active RN license with eligibility to practice in Kentucky
- Minimum 2 years of Labor and Delivery experience
- Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or higher
- Required Certifications: NRP, Intermediate Fetal Monitoring, ACLS, and BLS
- Ability to attend facility orientation (held on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month)
Preferred Experience / Skills
- Experience in mother-baby couplet care in addition to Labor and Delivery
- Familiarity with Meditech and/or Centricity electronic health record systems
- Experience managing low-risk labor patients in a community or regional hospital setting
Why Join Us
- Opportunity to work in a Joint Commission accredited acute care facility recognized multiple times as one of the top hospitals in the country
- No call requirements, offering a more predictable schedule for travel nursing professionals