Travel Nurse RN - Labor & Delivery - $2,566 per week in Bozeman, MT

Job Title

Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse

Job Summary

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Registered Nurse to join our Labor & Delivery team in Bozeman, Montana. This role involves providing comprehensive, patient-centered care to expectant mothers and their newborns throughout the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum phases. The successful candidate will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

The L&D RN is responsible for assessing patient needs, developing and implementing individualized care plans, and providing patient and family education. This position requires a commitment to a modified primary nursing model and the ability to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced environment while maintaining the highest standards of care.

Key Responsibilities

• Collect comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health or situation (Assessment).
• Analyze assessment data to determine diagnoses or issues (Diagnosis).
• Identify expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or situation.
• Develop a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes (Plan of Care).
• Implement the identified plan of care, employing strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
• Facilitate patient transitions and care during labor and delivery.
• Act as a Charge Nurse as assigned.
• Be willing to float to other departments as a safety companion when needed.
• Systematically enhance the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
• Attain knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice.
• Evaluate one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules, and regulations.
• Interact with and contribute to the professional development of peers and colleagues.
• Collaborate with patients, families, and other healthcare professionals in the conduct of nursing practice.
• Integrate ethical provisions and research findings into all areas of practice.
• Provide leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession.

Required Qualifications

• Current Montana Registered Nurse (RN) Licensure.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• STABLE certification.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification, with recertification required every 2 years.
• Competence in and a willingness and ability to practice modified primary nursing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Labor & Delivery, including antepartum, intrapartum, pre-operative, circulating, and Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) settings.

Skills & Competencies

• Demonstrates sound judgment, patience, and maintains a professional demeanor at all times.
• Ability to work effectively in a busy and stressful environment.
• Strong critical thinking, problem analysis, and decision-making skills.
• Exercises tact, discretion, sensitivity, and maintains strict confidentiality.
• Self-directed, capable of completing assignments accurately, thoroughly, and with minimal oversight.
• Strong emotional intelligence, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.
• **Stroke Competency:**
  • Complies with hospital policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines related to care for patients with hyperacute and acute stroke.
  • Participates in two hours of initial cerebrovascular disease (stroke) education within one year of hire.
  • Participates in one hour annually of cerebrovascular disease (stroke) education.

Shift Details

• Shift Type: Nights (NOC)
• Shift Duration: 12 hours
• Days per Week: 3
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Start Date: 2026-08-19
• On-call work may be required.
• Weekend rotations may be required.
• Ability to work varied shifts and potentially beyond a standard 40-hour workweek.

Licensing Requirements

• Current Montana Registered Nurse (RN) Licensure.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• STABLE certification.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification.