RN Registered Nurse – Labor and Delivery Nurse (L&D Nursing)

Job Description

L&D RNs, are you looking for a staffing organization that can get you the assignments that you truly want? This is your chance to take advantage of an exciting career opportunity at Pulse Staffing! Established since 1988, we are the premium provider of the highest quality health care professionals to many of the Houston's top-rated hospitals and healthcare networks. By providing simple solutions to complex demands, we’ve developed lasting relationships, delivered consistent service, and gained the trust of some of the most prestigious medical facilities in Texas.

Due to our unparalleled success, we are seeking energetic, compassionate, and experienced L&D RNs to join our team and take advantage of local and travel assignments in the Houston, TX area. We pride ourselves in building long-lasting relationships with our nurses that create a one-of-a-kind staffing experience. We continue to uphold our great reputation with exceptional customer service that produces unique and endless opportunities for our nurses.

At Pulse Staffing, we look for RNs who care for patients like family, not because it’s their job, but because it’s their calling. We offer per diem shifts, local contracts, travel contracts, and direct hire opportunities for positions in various clinical settings. Think you have what it takes? Contact us today!

“What’s in it for you with us?”

• Competitive compensation
• Completion bonus available for travel nurses
• A convenient work shift – for 13 weeks or PRN
• Paid weekly
• Parking Reimbursement
• Virtual Hiring Process with Online Paperwork
• We work with your schedule for interviewing time & location
• The flexibility to speak with one of our Staffing Coordinators after-hours

RN Registered Nurse – Labor and Delivery Nurse 

(L&D Nursing / Travel Nurse / Healthcare / Medical Staffing / Professional Services)

Job Requirements

We are looking for L&D Registered Nurses who combine a true passion for providing the best Labor and Delivery nursing care, with a demonstrated proficiency in clinical assessments, documentation and compliance with nursing care and policies and procedures. In addition, you should be team-oriented and compassionate professional committed to always providing exceptional service. It is also important that you are highly organized and that you demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, along with the ability to work well with a diverse population.

Labor and Delivery RN Duties

• Assist mother during labor
• Monitor fetal heart rate and mother's vital signs
• Providing education and support to mothers and families after delivery

• Record vital signs and indication of labor for mother and child during labor and delivery
• Provide support and care from labor through recovery
• Welcome Comprehensive Care Private labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum suites
• Providing support for the mother during labor
• Care for the patient during antepartum complications, labor, delivery, and recovery
• Evaluate patient care needs including obtaining patient history and assessing for labor risk factors
• Circulating nurse in the OR
• Compile data, track outcomes, and make recommendations for process improvement
• Provide leadership, orientation, training, coaching, and mentoring to departmental clinicians
• Identify and resolve issues affecting the delivery of patient care services in a unit
• Record vital signs and indicia of labor for mother and child during labor and delivery
• Organize the delivery of comprehensive nursing care
• Prioritizing the delivery of direct nursing care
• Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure efficient and effective delivery of health services in a unit
• Provide referrals/support for follow-up care for patients
• Ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes
• Perform or assist physician with performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including genetic diagnostics, ultrasound imaging and select surgical procedures
• Provide direct patient care to labor and delivery patients in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization
• Provide direct patient care to labor and delivery patients in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization
• Perform vaginal delivery procedures (pushing, delivery, recovery)

Open Contracts below:

• L&D RN for 13-week Contract in Houston: Day shift: 7a-7p, 36 hours a week, collaborates with the physician and healthcare team in the delivery of patient care, utilizing the nursing process. Provides professional nursing care to patients, including conducting nursing assessments, assisting with exams and treatment, patient education, and maintenance of medical records. This includes vaginal deliveries, circulating during cesarean sections, transition infants and support antepartum if needed.
• L&D RN for 13-week Contract in Houston: Night shift: 7p-7a, 36 hours a week, collaborates with the physician and healthcare team in the delivery of patient care, utilizing the nursing process. Provides professional nursing care to patients, including conducting nursing assessments, assisting with exams and treatment, patient education, and maintenance of medical records. This includes vaginal deliveries, circulating during cesarean sections, transition infants and support antepartum if needed.

Specific qualifications for this L&D nursing role include:

• Minimum 2 year of L&D experience

• Must have Texas or Compact RN license
• Must have BLS, ACLS, NRP, AWHONN certification

• Ability to work in a fast paced, high-risk environment

• Must meet Pulse Staffing’s hiring criteria

• Travel experience, a plus