Travel Nurse RN - Labor & Delivery - $3,279 per week in Ithaca, NY

Registered Nurse (RN) | Labor & Delivery
Location: Ithaca, NY
Agency: Highland Staffing, LLC
Pay: $3,279 per week
Shift Information: Nights - 5 days x 8 hours
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: 9/14/2026

About the Position

TravelNurseSource is working with Highland Staffing, LLC to find a qualified Labor/Delivery RN in Ithaca, New York, 14850!

Job Title

Registered Nurse - Labor & Delivery

Job Summary

Join a dedicated Maternal Child Health team at a comprehensive Birthplace facility in Ithaca, New York. This modern unit, opened in 2014, is equipped with six Labor and Delivery Rooms, two Labor Triage rooms, eleven Postpartum Rooms, a Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) featuring four single-family rooms, and an integrated Cesarean Section Surgical Operating Room and PACU.

As a Registered Nurse, you will provide direct, person-centered patient care across the Maternal Child Health spectrum. This includes supporting patients and families through labor, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal care. The team is cross-trained across Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, and NICU, fostering a versatile and collaborative environment dedicated to individualized and family-centered infant care.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care to a designated group of patients within the Maternal Child Health department.
• Collaborate with unit leadership to adhere to the scope of practice for nursing governing bodies, including AWONN, ACOG, NNA, and AORN.
• Perform comprehensive patient and family assessments, recognizing normal parameters, deviations, and abnormalities in physical, emotional, developmental, and behavioral status.
• Utilize the nursing process (observation, data collection, planning, implementation, and evaluation) to address patients' physical, psychological, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs.
• Develop and implement individualized care plans using a person-centered approach, prioritizing patient and family needs and involving them in establishing care goals.
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills by making appropriate clinical decisions, prioritizing planned and unplanned events, and proactively addressing potential and actual problems.
• Act as a resource to peers and facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration with other healthcare team members and services to attain care goals.
• Maintain current knowledge of hospital policies, procedures, and standards.

Required Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Demonstrated experience in Labor and Delivery.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Postpartum care.
• Cross-training or experience in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Skills & Competencies

• Proficiency in technical skills required for the care of maternal and infant patients and families.
• Strong critical thinking and clinical decision-making abilities.
• Ability to effectively prioritize both expected and unanticipated patient needs.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a commitment to patient and family involvement.
• Resourcefulness and ability to collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary healthcare team members.
• Adaptability and willingness to float to other hospital departments on a rotational basis.
• Commitment to a person-centered care approach.

Shift Details

• Shift Type: PM (Evenings/Nights)
• Shift Duration: 8 hours
• Days per Week: 5 days
• Start Time: 6:45 PM
• End Time: 7:15 AM
• Contract Length: 13 weeks (September 14, 2026 - December 13, 2026)
• Weekend Rotation: No maximum weekend requirement.
• Floating: Expected on a rotational basis to other hospital departments outside Maternal Child Health (Labor & Delivery, L&D OR/PACU, Postpartum, NICU).
• Scheduling: Based on unit needs; specific day-of-week scheduling requirements will not be considered. Block scheduling is not guaranteed but may be considered upon request.

Licensing Requirements

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of New York.

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