Travel RN - Labor & Delivery - LDRP

Travel RN - Labor & Delivery - LDRP

American Traveler

Kalispell, Montana, United States

Position ID: P-776980

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

Start date: 2026-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

$2,743.00/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for an LDRP position requiring 2 years of LDRP experience and BLS, ACLS, and NRP certifications.

Details

• Level III Perinatal Center with Level III NICU support, 5 labor rooms, 8 postpartum rooms, 1 OB OR, and 1 triage room
• Average of 2-3 deliveries per day, roughly 70-80 deliveries per month
• Patient population includes normal term deliveries and high-risk OB patients delivering as early as 23 weeks
• Common conditions include hypertension, pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, diabetes, substance use, shoulder dystocia, multiples, antepartum monitoring, and placental issues
• Practices rooming-in/couplet care model as there is no well-baby nursery
• Patient ratios: Active Labor 1:1, Nonactive Labor 1:1-2, Couplets 1:3, Antepartum 1:2, staffed per AWHONN guidelines
• EMR: Meditech Centricity
• IV Pump: Baxter and medication dispensing via Pyxis
• 12-hour night shifts, 1900-0730, with arrival by 1855 for report
• Weekend rotation of 5 weekend shifts in a 6-week schedule, with night shift weekends on Friday/Saturday
• Self-scheduling in 6-week increments with final manager approval
• No on-call requirements
• Potential floating to Level III NICU/Peds (with prior experience and orientation), to Logan Health Whitefish LDRP unit, or to adult floor as a sitter

Requirements

• Active RN license (MT or Compact) required
• Current BLS, ACLS, and NRP certifications required
• STABLE and EFM certifications preferred
• Minimum 2 years of LDRP experience required
• Skills required include IV starts, foley insertion, cervical checks, amnio infusions, fetal monitoring strip interpretation, circulating c-sections, baby catching/receiving, couplet care, APGAR scoring, breastfeeding education, and OB triage
• Experience administering magnesium, pitocin, insulin, and blood product drips/IV medications required

Additional Information

• Provide comprehensive labor, delivery, and postpartum couplet care from pre-delivery through discharge for mother and newborn, including 24-hour newborn testing
• Supported by charge nurse (typically without patient assignment), phlebotomy, IV/VAT team, 24/7 respiratory therapy, 24/7 hospitalist coverage including peds hospitalist, responsive OBGYNs, midwives, anesthesia, and lactation consultants (CLCs and IBCLCs)
• Orientation includes NEO plus 2-3 shifts of unit orientation, with possible 1 shift at the Whitefish location
• Assigned to a holiday group requiring coverage the day before, day of, and day after the assigned holiday
• Up to 7 days of RTO may be approved
• Scrubs provided and free employee parking available
• Unit culture described as team-oriented
• First-time travelers will not be considered for this position

Hours per week: 36

Hours per shift: 12