Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery

Job Title

Registered Nurse – Labor and Delivery

Location

Indianapolis, IN | Short-Term Acute Care

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Nights | 3x12 Hours (19:00–07:30)

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive Labor and Delivery nursing care including antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum management for a unit averaging 200–300 births per month
• Perform and interpret External and Internal Fetal Monitoring (EFM, IUPC placement and calibration) and recognize and respond to abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
• Administer medications including Magnesium Sulfate therapy, Pitocin (oxytocin), antihypertensives, insulin drips, prostaglandins, terbutaline, and opioids; administer blood and blood products as ordered
• Assist with vaginal deliveries, cesarean sections, high-risk deliveries, forceps/vacuum extractions, and neonatal resuscitation; perform APGAR scoring and newborn assessments
• Manage high-acuity obstetric conditions including pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, placenta previa/abruptio, uterine rupture, VBAC, preterm labor, multiple gestation, and postpartum hemorrhage
• May float to provide OB-specific care alongside a primary RN at an affiliate emergency department; on first float shift, expected to arrive 30 minutes early for unit orientation

Required Qualifications

• Active and unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) license — must be in hand prior to start date
• BLS certification required
• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) certification required
• AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring course required
• Minimum 18 months of Labor and Delivery RN experience required; prior L&D travel experience strongly preferred
• Indiana residents are not accepted for this position (exceptions apply to Surgical Services, Allied, and Ambulatory/Clinic positions only)

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Proficiency with Cerner electronic health record system
• Experience with couplet care, neonatal hypoglycemia management, thermoregulation, and radiant warmers
• Familiarity with epidural and general anesthesia monitoring, pain assessment, and management in the obstetric setting
• Experience with amnioinfusion, IUPC placement, and management of RH incompatibilities and malpresentations

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to work in a high-volume, acute care Labor and Delivery setting with a broad range of complex obstetric cases
• Complimentary on-site parking available