What are the responsibilities and job description for the Labor and Delivery Travel Nurse position at Advantis Medical Staffing?
This Labor and Delivery travel nurse position in Alexandria, Louisiana, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Rapides Regional Medical Center. This role pays $1,975 per week and follows a Nights shift with a 3x12 schedule.
As the Labor and Delivery registered nurse on this assignment, you'll assess maternal and fetal well-being, interpret fetal heart-rate patterns, guide patients through every stage of labor, birth, and recovery, and respond to obstetric emergencies as they arise.
Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with streamlined credentialing to help with fast start dates, free license support and renewals, and Day 1 benefits.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and interpret maternal and fetal status, including electronic fetal monitoring, escalating concerns promptly
- Support patients through labor, delivery, and immediate postpartum recovery
- Administer medications and manage IV therapy, including oxytocin titration as ordered and per facility protocol
- Provide immediate newborn care and support neonatal resuscitation per NRP guidelines
Travel Nursing Requirements:
- 2 years of recent Labor and Delivery nursing experience
- Active Louisiana RN License
Rapides Regional Medical Center serves Central Louisiana with emergency, inpatient and surgical care, plus a dedicated women's and children's hospital.
- Trauma care includes neurosurgery coverage and orthopedic trauma services, with hand, oral surgery and urology consultation available for complex injuries.
- General medicine and telemetry care sit alongside medical and surgical ICUs, giving the hospital both inpatient medical care and intensive-care services.
- Inpatient and outpatient surgery includes general, colorectal, gynecologic and bariatric procedures, with robot-assisted options across these specialties.
- Neurosurgery treats complex brain tumors and spine conditions and offers deep brain stimulation. Orthopedic surgery includes hip, knee and shoulder replacement.
- Cardiovascular procedures include coronary angioplasty and stenting, pacemaker implantation, traditional heart surgery and transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
- Rapides Women's and Children's Hospital provides labor and delivery, dedicated C-section operating rooms and postpartum care, with a Level III NICU for ill or premature newborns.
Benefits:
Day One Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(k),Relocation and Travel Reimbursement,Dedicated team to help with state licensing & renewals,Weekly Direct Deposit,$1,000 Referral Bonus $250 Bonus for Your ReferralSalary : $1,975