Travel Registered Nurse - Labor And Delivery Department - Portland, OR

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 23, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,469 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20.55 an hour plus $1,729 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse — Multiple locations. This position provides care for laboring patients, postpartum patients, antepartum patients, and newborns in a high-risk obstetric setting. The role requires flexibility across related units, including labor and delivery, postpartum, and high-risk antepartum care.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shifts are 12 hours, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: At least 1 year of experience; current compact nursing license in hand at submission; AWHONN Intermediate — Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses certification; BLS — Basic Life Support certification; NRP — Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification; required electronic health record experience; experience with high-risk obstetrics, antepartum and postpartum care, labor and delivery, vaginal and cesarean deliveries, fetal monitoring, neonatal resuscitation, blood and blood product administration, magnesium sulfate therapy, insulin drips, epidural anesthesia, Pitocin administration, postpartum hemorrhage, preeclampsia and eclampsia, newborn assessment, and newborn hypoglycemia; vehicle required for the assignment.
• Preferred Qualifications: Prior charge experience, community hospital experience, travel experience, and experience with patient ratios of 1:1 and 1:3.
• Additional Information: The position includes every-other-weekend coverage and on-call availability when an assignment is canceled. Shift start times may include 3:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m., 11:00 a.m., or 11:00 p.m., with schedules primarily assigned to days or nights. The role may rotate among labor and delivery, postpartum, and high-risk antepartum units based on operational needs. Clinical responsibilities include assisting with high-risk deliveries, cesarean sections, forceps and vacuum extractions, amnioinfusions, sterile examinations, external fetal monitoring, fetal heart rate assessment, newborn identification, couplet care, and fundus, lochia, and perineum care. The assignment includes care for women of childbearing age and neonates, with interpretation services available.

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