Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse
Saint Louis, Missouri
Mercy Hospital Saint Louis

Registered Nurse – Labor & Delivery

Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
Employment Type: Travel
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Summary

Provide comprehensive nursing care to laboring, delivering, and immediate postpartum patients in a fast-paced, high acuity hospital setting. Independently manage routine and high-risk obstetric patients while collaborating with obstetric providers, anesthesia, NICU, and interdisciplinary teams to ensure safe, evidence-based, patient-centered care throughout the labor and birth process.

Unit Information

• Department: Labor & Delivery
• Patient Ratios:

  • Labor & Delivery: 2 patients per nurse
  • Antepartum: 3-4 patients per nurse
• Level 3 NICU and Level 4 Acute Care with high volume deliveries (~8,000/year)
• EMR system: EPIC
• Float between Antepartum and Labor & Delivery as needed

Schedule

• Shift: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
• 3 or 4 twelve-hour shifts per week
• Weekly guaranteed hours: 36 to 48
• Rotating weekends
• Call requirements as applicable

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in Missouri
• Minimum 2 years of Labor and Delivery experience, including experience within the last year
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience in an acute care setting
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) proficiency
• Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Fetal Heart Monitoring (FHM) certification
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong skills in fetal monitoring and interpretation
• Ability to independently manage laboring patients, including high-risk obstetric cases
• Proficient in labor support, coaching, medication administration, and IV therapy
• Experience with obstetric emergencies and rapid response
• Comfortable working in a team-based, high acuity environment
• Excellent communication, critical thinking, and time management skills
• Ability to adapt quickly to new workflows, policies, and electronic medical records

Personality Fit

• Works well independently and within a team environment
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage multiple priorities

Dress Code

• Scrub color: Black

Additional Notes

• Comfortable floating between Antepartum and Labor & Delivery units is expected
• Patient care involves high acuity and volume typical of a Level 4 acute care setting

This position offers an opportunity to work in a nationally recognized hospital with a strong focus on obstetrics and women’s health in a vibrant city setting.