Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery - $1,990 per week

Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN Labor and Delivery for a travel nursing job in Kansas City, Missouri.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Labor and Delivery
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/21/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Summary:
Registered Nurse (RN) specializing in Labor and Delivery (L&D) located in Kansas City, Missouri. This position involves providing comprehensive care to obstetric patients in a community hospital setting, including antepartum, intrapartum, delivery, and postpartum care. The role requires collaboration within a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe and effective maternal and neonatal outcomes over a 12-hour night shift schedule.

Job Details:

• Schedule: 12-hour night shifts, minimum of 36 hours per week, starting on 09/08/2026.
• Required Qualifications: Valid RN license, 3 years of experience in labor and delivery, community hospital experience preferred, current certifications including BLS, FHM, NRP.
• Preferred Qualifications: AWHONN Advanced and Intermediate certifications, experience assisting with high-risk deliveries, scrub for C-section procedures.
• Certifications: BLS (Basic Life Support), FHM (Fetal Heart Monitoring), NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program).
• Skills: Administration of blood and blood products, labor management procedures including assist with vaginal delivery and circulating for C-section, neonatal care including APGAR scoring and resuscitation, postpartum assessments, fetal monitoring, and pain management techniques such as epidural anesthesia.
• Additional Responsibilities: Providing comprehensive care in antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and neonatal settings. Performing surgical procedures like C-sections and tubal ligations, managing high-risk pregnancies, and ensuring adherence to hospital protocols and safety standards.
• On-Call Requirement: Yes, with 2 mandatory on-call shifts every 6-week schedule period.
• Float Policy: RN is expected to care for any patient within the scope on the LDRP unit; floating between units and facilities may be required as needed.
• Unit Details: Staffing includes antepartum, mother/baby, and nursery care settings with a daily census of approximately 10 patients, primarily low-risk, with a focus on vaginal births and cesarean sections.
• Patient Age Groups: Neonates, adolescents, and adults.
• Facility Type: Acute care/hospital with 74 staffed beds.
• Charting System: Epic required.
• Parking: Free.
• RTO Restrictions: No more than 7 days of RTO; RTO must be finalized at submission.
• Compliance: Required documentation due 2 Fridays prior to start date, completion of modules and labs within specified timelines, and Epic training completed pre-start.
• Additional Unit Information: Includes antenatal testing, external cephalic version, post-op gynecology care, postpartum care including breastfeeding support, and postpartum complications management.

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

Posted Date: 2026-08-16

Cross Country Job ID #1289693. 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

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Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Referral bonus