Travel Nurse RN - Emergency Room (ER) / Trauma - $3,028 per week in Glenwood Springs, CO

Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse (RN) - Travel Job Summary

Join our dedicated Family Birth Place Team as a Travel Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse at a leading regional hospital in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. This dynamic role involves providing comprehensive care across the full spectrum of obstetrics, including Labor & Delivery, Operating Room (for C-sections), Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), and Postpartum units.

You will be an integral part of a compassionate team committed to evidence-based care, focusing on both maternal and neonatal health. The unit manages approximately 60 deliveries per month, with projections to increase to 80+ monthly, requiring skilled professionals ready to contribute to a growing service line. This position emphasizes couplet care for mothers and neonates from 32 weeks gestation and up.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert nursing care to laboring, antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients.
• Manage and assist with deliveries, including circulating and recovering patients in the OR and PACU for obstetric procedures.
• Deliver comprehensive couplet care, ensuring the well-being of both mother and neonate (32 weeks gestation and older).
• Perform thorough patient assessments, develop individualized care plans, and implement nursing interventions.
• Monitor fetal heart rates, maternal vital signs, and progress of labor, escalating concerns as appropriate.
• Administer medications, manage pain, and provide patient education on childbirth, postpartum recovery, and newborn care.
• Collaborate effectively with physicians, midwives, anesthesiologists, and other healthcare professionals.
• Assume Charge Nurse responsibilities, overseeing unit operations and guiding staff as needed.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of all patient care activities.

Required Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Minimum of 2 years of recent acute care Labor & Delivery experience.
• Prior RN Charge experience in a Labor & Delivery setting.
• Demonstrated experience in L&D, OR (for C-sections), PACU, and Postpartum care.
• Experience providing couplet care.
• Ability to care for neonates 32 weeks gestation and up.

Preferred Qualifications

• Not specified.

Skills & Competencies

• Advanced clinical expertise in Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, and Neonatal care.
• Proficiency in obstetric surgical assisting and post-anesthesia recovery.
• Strong assessment, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills in high-acuity situations.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and patient education abilities.
• Ability to work effectively as a collaborative team member in a fast-paced environment.
• Commitment to compassionate, patient-centered care.
• Adherence to evidence-based practice guidelines and protocols.

Shift Details

• Shift Type: Night Shift (NOC)
• Shift Duration: 12 hours
• Days per Week: 3
• Schedule: Rotating weekends required.
• Call Requirements: Typically one 12-hour call shift every 6 weeks; subject to change based on unit needs.
• Contract Length: 13 weeks.
• Start Date: October 6, 2026.

Licensing Requirements

• Current Colorado Registered Nurse (RN) license or compact state license eligible to practice in Colorado.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (AHA).
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification (AHA).
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification.
• S.T.A.B.L.E. Program certification.
• Current Flu Vaccine (required by October 2026).