Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery - $3,035 per week

Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN Labor and Delivery for a travel nursing job in Santa Maria, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Labor and Delivery
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 08/17/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Summary:
Labor and Delivery Nurse in Santa Maria, California. This role involves caring for patients across all gestational ages, including antepartum, high-risk deliveries, and substance abuse cases. The position requires circulating for Cesarean sections, with scrubbing experience preferred. The shift operates on 12-hour daytime or nighttime schedules.

Job Details:

• Schedule: 12-hour shifts from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm or 7:00 pm to 7:00 am, with weekends every other week.
• Required Qualifications: Certifications in ACLS, BLS, Advanced Fetal Monitoring, and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP); COVID vaccination; a minimum of 2 years of experience; active license to submit; experience circulating for Cesarean sections; required to float to postpartum; orientation of 3 shifts.
• Preferred Qualifications: Scrubbing experience is preferred.
• Float: Float rotation may be required to postpartum.
• Additional Information: Unit has 14 beds, including triage beds, with a capacity of approximately 250 births per year. The unit uses the Cerner charting system and Fetal Link electronic fetal heart monitoring system. Shift requirements include working holidays via staff rotation. Nurses wear navy scrubs for postpartum and seal blue for labor and delivery. No in-house OB/Neonatologist, but available if needed. Staffing includes OB technicians during day and night shifts, and charge nurses do not typically take patient assignments.

Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits

Cross Country Job ID #1293094. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse / Labor And Delivery Department

About Cross Country Nurses

Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Referral bonus