Registered Nurse / Labor And Delivery Department
Job Description
Job Summary:
Labor and Delivery Nurse specializing in high-risk obstetrics will provide comprehensive care to antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients at the healthcare facility. This role involves circulating for cesarean sections, delivering obstetric care across all gestational ages, and managing various high-risk conditions in a busy unit located in Santa Maria, California.
Job Details:
- Schedule: 12-hour shifts from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm or 7:00 pm to 7:00 am, with every other weekend coverage
- Required Qualifications: ACLS, Advanced Fetal Monitoring, BLS Certification, COVID Vaccine, Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP); Minimum 2 years of obstetric experience, valid license to submit, current certifications
- Preferred Qualifications: Experience circulating and scrubbing during cesarean sections preferred
- Float: Float rotation may be required, including to postpartum units
- Additional Information: Unit has 14 beds in Labor & Delivery with triage beds and OR suites, supporting approximately 250 births per month. The team uses Cerner for charting; in-house OB/Neonatalist specialists are not available but accessible if needed. The unit manages antepartum, high-risk deliveries, substance abuse cases, pre-eclampsia, and insulin-dependent diabetics. Certified nurses and OB technologists will support patient care.
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
Speciality
Other
Experience
RN
Position Type
Travel
Santa Maria, CA
2026-07-26
Agency Info
Cross Country Nurses
As one of the leading suppliers of travel healthcare professionals and a Best of Staffing® Talent Award winner, Cross Country Nurses offers thousands of opportunities for healthcare professionals across the country. We have relationships with more than 2,500 healthcare facilities nationwide and offer excellent compensation and one of the most comprehensive benefits packages in the industry. Have the freedom to decide where you want to work and take your career where you want it to go when you travel with us.




