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Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – Labor & Delivery | New Haven, CT

Join a high-acuity Labor and Delivery nursing team as a Travel Registered Nurse in New Haven, Connecticut. This 13-week travel nursing assignment offers the opportunity to care for birthing patients and newborns in a Level I trauma setting with supportive interdisciplinary resources, modern Epic charting, and a collaborative clinical environment. New Haven provides an engaging coastal Connecticut lifestyle with excellent dining, cultural attractions, walkable neighborhoods, and convenient access to destinations throughout the Northeast.

Travel RN Job Details

• Location: New Haven, Connecticut
• Assignment Type: 13-week travel nursing contract
• Start Date: November 6, 2026
• End Date: February 5, 2027
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,250-$2,370
• Schedule: Three 12-hour night shifts per week, 7:00 PM-7:00 AM
• Weekend Coverage: Every other weekend
• Call: Two 4-hour call blocks per 6-week schedule period
• Hours: 36 hours per week with guaranteed hours
• Unit: Labor & Delivery with approximately 400-500 deliveries per month
• Patient Ratios: Typically 1:2 on days, nights, and weekends
• Charting: Epic electronic health record
• Orientation: 36 hours
• Floating: No floating outside the nurse’s scope of practice
• Time Off: Up to two pre-approved requests; requests exceeding 7 days require additional approval

Labor and Delivery RN Job Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in Connecticut, active by the assignment start date
• At least 2 years of recent Labor and Delivery nursing experience
• Travel nursing experience is preferred but not required
• Current BLS certification
• Current ACLS certification
• Current AWHONN Beginner certification
• Current Neonatal Resuscitation certification
• Experience with Epic or another electronic health record system preferred
• Ability to provide one professional reference
• Flu vaccination is required
• Travel candidates only; applicants residing within 75 miles of the assignment location are not eligible

Travel Labor and Delivery RN Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive obstetric nursing care throughout labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum periods.
• Care for adult patients and neonates, including high-risk antepartum and obstetric patients.
• Assist with vaginal deliveries, cesarean sections, high-risk deliveries, forceps or vacuum extractions, and newborn stabilization.
• Circulate for and scrub during cesarean sections and assist with procedures such as D&C, cervical cerclage, and tubal ligation.
• Perform fetal and maternal assessments, including external and internal fetal monitoring, NSTs, APGAR scoring, reflex checks, and evaluation of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns.
• Administer and monitor medications and therapies such as Pitocin, magnesium sulfate, terbutaline, prostaglandins, insulin drips, anticoagulants, antihypertensives, and pain medications.
• Recognize and respond to obstetric emergencies, including postpartum hemorrhage, hemorrhage or shock, pregnancy-induced hypertension, adult or neonatal cardiac arrest, and rapid response events.
• Support newborn care, thermoregulation, radiant warmer use, newborn assessments, glucose monitoring, identification procedures, and neonatal resuscitation.
• Provide breastfeeding and lactation support, couplet care, wound care, IV therapy, blood product administration, and management of central lines.
• Document patient care accurately in Epic and collaborate with respiratory therapy, radiology, pharmacy, social services, rapid response teams, and other interdisciplinary partners.

Apply now for this Travel Registered Nurse – Labor & Delivery opportunity in New Haven, Connecticut, and take the next step in your travel nursing career.

Benefits

401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.