Job Title
Registered Nurse – Labor and Delivery
Location
Albuquerque, NM
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | Nights | 4x12-Hour Shifts (19:00–07:30) | 36 or 48 hours per week 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 procedures including cerclage, external and internal fetal monitoring, AROM, medically assisted deliveries, C-section, version, PPTL, and C-hyst
- Demonstrate proficiency in fetal heart monitoring (FHM) and circulator skills; manage meconium deliveries, neonatal palliative care, and massive transfusion protocol
- Float within scope to antepartum and postpartum units as needed to meet facility demands
- Fulfill on-call requirements: 12 hours over 4 weeks (4x12 schedule) or 24 hours over 4 weeks (3x12 schedule)
- Document patient care accurately using Cerner electronic health records
Required Qualifications
- Active 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
- Demonstrated experience in postpartum care, newborn nursing, and meconium deliveries
- Current BLS, ACLS, and NRP certifications required (NRP must be in hand at time of submission; RQI certifications not accepted)
- Circulator and fetal heart monitoring skills required
- Must reside more than 100 miles from the facility (non-local travelers only); non-local driver's license required on file
Preferred Experience / Skills
- Experience with nitrous oxide administration, malignant hyperthermia protocol, and neonatal palliative care
- Familiarity with Cerner charting platform
- Prior travel nursing experience in a comparable high-acuity L&D setting
Why Join Us
- Work at a large, full-service Level I Trauma and teaching facility offering exposure to a wide range of complex obstetric procedures and patient populations
- Purple scrubs provided on-site with no-fee parking available