
Postpartum | Registered Nurse
- Agency
- GHR Healthcare
- Location
- Santa Rosa, CA
- Job type
- Travel
- Profession
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Industry
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Posted
- Oct 15, 2026
Pay breakdown
- Hourly
- $73.61
- Weekly
- $2,650
- Yearly (full-time)
- $137,800
- Contract length
- 13 weeks
- Start date
- September 29, 2026
This job pays about $73.61/hour — 9% above the median for Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in California ($67.44/hour). The total includes tax-free housing and meal stipends, which staff jobs don't pay, so take-home pay is usually higher than the hourly figure suggests.
Estimated from the weekly pay in the listing, 36 hours a week; yearly = 52 weeks. Median wage: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in California right now
- 2,040 open Registered Nurse (RN) jobs in California from 7 agencies, 63 of them in Santa Rosa.
- Pay in these listings: $17.79 – $152/hour, median $65.81/hour.
- Typical Registered Nurse (RN) pay in California: $67.44/hour ($140,275/year, BLS).
- Highest median pay: AHS Staffing ($73.03/hour across 357 jobs).
Job description
Postpartum Registered Nurse (RN) Travel Nurse – 13-Week Contract in Santa Rosa, CA
Apply for a 13-week Postpartum Registered Nurse travel nursing contract in Santa Rosa, California. Join a dedicated maternal-child health team and provide compassionate, evidence-based care to postpartum patients and newborns in a collaborative, on-site hospital setting. Santa Rosa offers a welcoming community surrounded by scenic wine country, redwood landscapes, and abundant opportunities for outdoor recreation.
Travel Nursing Job Details
- Location: Santa Rosa, California
- Specialty: Postpartum Nursing / Maternal-Child Health
- Contract: 13 weeks
- Start Date: September 29, 2026
- End Date: December 26, 2026
- Schedule: 12-hour night shifts, 7:00 PM–7:30 AM
- Weekly Hours: 36 guaranteed hours
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,580–$2,720
- Openings: 1
- Work Setting: On-site hospital assignment
Postpartum Registered Nurse Job Requirements
- At least 1 year of recent full-time equivalent registered nursing experience within the past 3 years
- Graduation from an accredited nursing program
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license valid in California
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
- Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification
- Demonstrated proficiency with electronic fetal monitoring, IV skills, and laboratory draws
- Experience administering high-risk medications, including magnesium, oxytocin, and insulin
- Ability to perform urine point-of-care testing, capillary blood glucose testing, and heel sticks or venipuncture on newborns
- Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in nursing or a related field
- Preferred: Three or more years of labor and delivery, postpartum, or medical-surgical nursing experience
Postpartum RN Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive nursing care to postpartum patients and newborns throughout the recovery period
- Perform maternal and newborn assessments, including adult cardiac monitoring and newborn pulse oximetry and cardiac monitoring
- Support maternal-newborn education, gynecologic teaching, and postoperative bladder training
- Administer newborn medications intravenously and maintain appropriate IV therapy
- Monitor and care for newborns using bili-lights or bili-blankets and radiant warmers
- Perform newborn heel sticks, venipuncture, capillary blood glucose testing, and other ordered laboratory procedures
- Recognize changes in maternal or newborn condition and communicate findings promptly to the care team
- Document assessments, interventions, and patient responses accurately in the electronic medical record
Apply now for this California travel nursing opportunity and join our maternal-child healthcare team in Santa Rosa.
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.
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