Job description
Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery
Location: Riverside, CA
Start Date: 08-03-2026
Contract Type: Travel Contract
Shift Type: 12-hour night shifts, 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM NOC, with weekend availability as needed
Hours per Week: 36
Candidate Pay Rate: $73.50 per hour
About United Health Care Staffing
At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Deliver compassionate care to laboring mothers from admission through delivery and recovery
- Monitor fetal heart tones and contractions with continuous electronic fetal monitoring and NST
- Support couplet care, keeping mom and baby together through postpartum transition
- Manage labor progress, titrate medications, and perform cervical exams with confidence
- Jump into high-acuity moments, including McRoberts maneuvers and OB PACU recovery
- Collaborate with a strong team of charge nurses, staff RNs and OB techs across 11 labor beds, 4 OB Eval rooms, 2 OB PACU bays and 2 ORs
- Float to postpartum couplet care when needed and keep every family safe and supported
- Champion infant security protocols and unit guidelines to protect your smallest patients
Qualifications
- Active RN license with at least 2 years of Labor and Delivery experience
- AWHONN Fetal Monitoring certification is a must have
- BLS, ACLS and NRP certifications required
- Comfortable with couplet care and floating to postpartum
- Transition Nurse or baby catching experience is a wonderful plus
- A personality that thrives in organized chaos and loves caring for lots of patients
- Weekend availability to help fill unit needs
Education
- id: 1017895 | duration Amount: 13 | start Time: 19:00:00 | end Time: 19:00:00 | estimated Start Date: 2026-08-03 | estimated End Date: None | duration Unit: 2 | shift Types: None | years Experience: 2 | bill Rate: $105.00 | guaranteed Hours: 36.0 | number Of Positions: 3 | number Of Remaining Positions: 3 | remaining Submittals: None | submittal Limit: None | position Type: Travel | position Duration In Weeks: 13 | creation Reason Note: None
Knowledge & Skills
- Labor and Delivery nursing with strong clinical judgment
- Fetal monitoring interpretation and NST performance
- Postpartum couplet care and newborn transition support
- Managing labor, titrating medications and performing cervical exams
- McRoberts maneuver and OB emergency response
- GE fetal monitoring equipment and EMR experience with CPN and Meditech
- Teamwork, adaptability and calm under pressure
Benefits
- Generous housing stipend so you can settle in comfortably
- Medical, Dental and Vision coverage that has your back
- 401K retirement savings plan to build your future
- Travel reimbursement to get you where the adventure begins
- Licensure assistance and reimbursement support
- Referral bonus program, bring a friend and both win
- A supportive team that values YOU and your expertise
Travel Perks: Explore Riverside, CA
Riverside sits right in the middle of Southern California, so your days off can be as exciting as your shifts. Hike the trails at Mount Rubidoux for gorgeous sunrise views, stroll through historic downtown and the iconic Mission Inn, or relax at Fairmount Park along the Santa Ana River. When you want a bigger adventure, Los Angeles, Disneyland, and the Orange County beaches are an easy drive away. Spend a weekend in Palm Springs, explore Joshua Tree National Park, or chase sunsets along the Pacific. With mountains, deserts and coastline all within reach, this assignment doubles as a Southern California bucket list.
Apply Now
Ready to start your next adventure as a Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery? Let's get you moving forward!
Send your resume to [email protected] or call us at 408-441-9200 today.
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Why UHCS
Weekly or bi-weekly pay, medical/dental/vision, a SIMPLE IRA with employer contribution, tests paid on qualifying assignments with payroll deduction available, and one recruiter who stays with you for the whole assignment — reachable after hours. Every placement is credentialed to Joint Commission standards, so your packet is accepted the first time.