Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery

IDR Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Labor and Delivery for a travel nursing job in West Des Moines, Iowa.

• Specialty:
  Labor and Delivery
• Discipline:
  RN
• Start Date:
  
  03/16/2026
• Duration:
  12 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift:
  12 hours, nights
• Employment Type:
  
  Travel

Job Overview

Seeking experienced Labor & Delivery RNs for a high-volume mother/baby unit within a multi-campus health system. This position requires strong Labor & Delivery and mother-baby experience, prior travel completion within the past year, and the ability to float across campuses as needed.

Fast interview process — candidates may receive outreach from a 405 area code.

• 3x12 Night Shifts
• 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
• 36 hours per week
• Every 3rd weekend (including holiday rotation if scheduled)
• No call required
• 13-week contract
• Possible 48-hour contracts available
• Orientation: 16 hours

Firm start dates:

• 3/16
• 3/30

• 24-bed unit
• 2 Operating Rooms
• Patient ratio: 1:3–4 couplets
• EPIC charting
• Hospital-provided scrubs
• Drips:
  Magnesium, Insulin, Pitocin
• Patient population: C-sections, vaginal deliveries, OB triage

Traveler will float across campuses as needed (Iowa Methodist MC, Iowa Lutheran).

• Provide comprehensive Labor & Delivery care
• Manage vaginal and C-section deliveries
• Provide mother-baby couplet care
• Perform OB triage assessments
• Administer magnesium, insulin, and pitocin infusions
• Circulate in C-sections
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary OB team

• Active Iowa or Compact RN license (in hand at submission)
• Minimum 2 years Labor & Delivery experience
• Mother-baby care experience required
• C-section and vaginal delivery experience required
• OB triage experience required
• Must have completed at least one travel assignment within the past 12 months
• BLS (AHA or ARC)
• ACLS (AHA)
• NRP
• AWHONN (required)
• Driver’s License (required at submission)

Local Radius:

• 50 miles (rate adjustment applies for local candidates)

Additional System Rules:

• Maximum 7 RTO days per 13 weeks
• No guarantee of block scheduling
• COVID and Flu vaccine required
• EPIC assessment required

Please confirm at submission:
Travel assignment completed within last 12 months Mother-baby experience C-section circulating experience OB triage experience Iowa/Compact license active RTO (must be finalized at time of submission) Fast-moving unit — strong profiles interview quickly.

IDR Healthcare is an awarding winning staffing firm that believes it is a privilege and awesome responsibility to serve those who selflessly care for others. Our mission is to empower healthcare professionals to achieve their fullest potential both personally and professionally while they create positive change within the healthcare community.

We exercise true grit, tenacity, and authenticity while embracing and ownership mindset to go above and beyond providing healthcare professionals a world class experience.

We are employee owned and our travelers and clinicians earn shares/equity by just completing multiple assignments!

We have been named SIA’s Fastest Growing Staffing Firms and have won Clearly Rated® Best of Staffing for 11 consecutive years! This cements our commitment to clinician satisfaction earning top net promoter scores putting us in the top 2% of agencies in North America!

Help us give back! For every booked assignment, proceeds are donated to St. Jude and Feeding America! Last year we raised over $18,000 for St. Jude and provided over 49,000 meals for children in need.

#Travel Far With IDR and see what it is all about!

• Weekly pay
• 401k retirement plan
• Referral bonus
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• License and certification reimbursement
• Vision benefits