Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery

Job Title

Registered Nurse – Labor and Delivery

Location

Kansas City, MO | Acute Care Hospital

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | 13 Weeks | Full-Time | Nights (7:00 PM – 7:00 AM) | 3x12-Hour Shifts | Onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care within an LDRP model, including triage, antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care with full couplet care required
• Circulate and assist with vaginal deliveries and C-sections, including recovery of C-section patients
• Administer and monitor medications including Pitocin, Magnesium Sulfate, antihypertensives, prostaglandins, and terbutaline; manage IV therapy, infusion pumps, and blood product administration
• Perform and interpret external and internal fetal monitoring, including IUPC placement and recognition and treatment of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
• Provide newborn care including assessment, hypoglycemia management, phototherapy, metabolic screening, and discharge teaching to parents
• Participate in weekend rotation (4–6 Sat/Sun shifts and 2 Fridays per 6-week schedule), holiday assignments, charge RN assignments as needed, and 2 mandatory on-call shifts per 6-week schedule period

Required Qualifications

• Active RN license; must hold both Kansas and Missouri licensure or a compact license at time of submission
• Minimum 3 years of Labor and Delivery experience; first-time travelers not accepted
• Required Certifications: BLS, Fetal Heart Monitoring (FHM), and NRP
• Proficiency in Epic EMR (required); Epic training modules must be completed prior to start
• Demonstrated skills in IV therapy/phlebotomy, fetal monitoring, postpartum care, neonatal delivery room care, and surgical case support (C-section circulating)
• Must live at least 75 miles from the facility to be eligible

Preferred Experience / Skills

• AWHONN Advanced or AWHONN Intermediate certification preferred
• Community hospital experience preferred
• Experience assisting with high-risk deliveries, scrubbing for C-sections, and cervical cerclage procedures
• Familiarity with neonatal resuscitation, APGAR scoring, radiant warmers, anticoagulants, and anticonvulsant administration

Why Join Us

• Work in a well-established LDRP unit with a broad scope of practice including antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, post-op GYN, and antenatal testing
• Complimentary on-site parking provided