Job description
RN - Labor and Delivery
Start Date: 11-16-2026
End Date: 02-15-2027
Contract Type: Travel Contract
Hours per Week: 36
Candidate Pay Rate: $68.60 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.
Education
- Common diagnoses/Types of patients- Level 3 high-risk facility
- Experience or 'Must have' skills- Nurses must be independent and confident with vaginal exam, internal monitor placement, high risk laboring/delivery patients and antepartum patients. We circulate and recover our own C-Section patients,, and our nurses float to MB and take assignments and to other units as needed.
- Are RNs required to titrate drips? -YES
- Common titratable &/or set rate drips- Magnesium Sulfate, Pitocin, Insulin, and Heparin
- Charge Nurse/House Supervisor? Does the charge nurse take an assignment?- Only if the nurses are at maximum capacity, and no one will come in and help.
- Are there nurse aids/surgical techs on this unit?- We have Certified Surgical Techs and Secretaries as our ancillary staff.
- OB/Neonatologist in house 24/7?-Yes
- Anesthesia in house 24/7?- Yes
- RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, Bi Pap, etc)- Available if needed, our patients go to the ICU if they require artificial ventilation.
- Are there Tele/Monitor Techs on this unit? Are RNs required to read their own strips? What brand are the tele monitors?-No tele techs are required
- RNs are required to be ACLS and AFM and able to effectively read fetal monitor strips. If anyone is on tele monitors, they are monitored remotely from the ICU.
- EFM System- Cerner
- Shifts & Scheduling (Do you allow self-scheduling? Block scheduling?)- We use TEAM scheduling system, and nurses submit their self scheduling request, The schedule is then balanced by a scheduling committee of NSMs
- Weekend Requirements-Every other weekend
- Holiday Requirements- As needed
- Is there a call or standby requirement?- No
- Floating Requirements?- Yes to postpartum as needed.
- Scrub Color/Dress code- Navy Blue Scrubs/ We also have light blue OR scrubs for nurse use.
- Unit/Department-specific orientation- Orientation to the Unit will be 3 days for travelers.
- Specialty: L&D
Apply Now
Ready to start your next adventure as a RN - Labor and Delivery? Let's get you moving forward!
Send your resume to [email protected] or call us at 408-441-9200 today.
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.