Slate Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Post Partum for a travel nursing job in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Post Partum
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 08/25/2025
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, rotating
- Employment Type: Travel
Registered Nurse - Post Partum/ Mother Baby -
LD Beds: 10 LD beds; 4 OB ED (Triage beds); 4 Antepartum rooms, 2 OR, Mother/Baby: 20 beds, we do have a nursery, but we encourage our parents to room in and provide couplet care (nurse would need postpartum and newborn nursery experience)
Minimum Experience Requirement: 2 years LD experience or 2 Years Postpartum/GYN experience
Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes
Patient Types: Facility see all types of pregnant patients in our labor and delivery. They have the only Level 3 NICU in a 350-mile radius, so they accept patients with almost any kind of risk factor or complication. They care for high-risk all the way down to low-intervention laboring patients. Antepartum, OB triage/ED, postpartum, and infants mostly postpartum patients. They can see various complications such as pre-eclampsia, HTN, moms needing magnesium sulfate infusions etc. We do occasionally care for simple post-surgical/gynecological patients ex: hysterectomy, ovarian cyst, etc. Please include any applicable area for this traveler to work- Antepartum: 1:3, Inactive Labor: 1:2, Active Labor: 1:1, Postpartum/Couplet care: generally, 1:3 couplets. If needed, we flex up and take on a Nicu mom or max 1:4 couplets, NICU feeder/ grower groups: 1:3, Peds: up to 1:5
Required: BLS, NRP
Preferred: Stable, CBCIf LD trained, (PREFER): ACLS, certification in inpatient obstetrics, electronic fetal monitoring, or inpatient antepartum
Must care for couplets and GYN surgical
Would love a candidate with Level 2 nursery baby experience 24 hr testing, bilirubin babies, NAS scoring, late preterm, blood sugar babies. IV starts, phlebotomy, magnesium sulfate administration, blood administration, Insulin gtts
If LD trained: circulate C-sections, C-section recovery care, cervical checks
Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing; Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing. Nurse Aide, IBCLC lactation nurses. Charge nurse vascular access team RT, 24/7OB Physician team Anesthesia/CRNA Scrub Tech that supports LD RNs EPIC
Preferably a candidate who can float to at least one of the following: LD, NICU, Peds, PICU, needs will vary2 days
Shift Times: 12-hour shifts, 0630/1830 and 1830-0630, variable shifts, must work Nights/Days throughout contract
Weekend rotation: every other; potentially less as I have many caregivers who prefer weekends. No call
Holiday Expectations: holidays as needed
Scrub Color: Navy blue
Free Parking: Yes.
Slate Healthcare Job ID #ba15753d-c5d8-4463-ac48-ff833e97efc1. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.
About Slate Healthcare
Slate Healthcare is a premier travel healthcare staffing agency, connecting healthcare professionals with thousands of opportunities at top-tier hospitals and facilities across the country.
We’re committed to supporting nurses and allied health professionals in building stable, fulfilling careers—while embracing the freedom and excitement that comes with travel. Our goal is simple: to offer flexibility, competitive pay, and personalized placements that align with each clinician’s lifestyle and career goals.
At Slate, we empower our professionals to choose when and where they work, while ensuring they receive the highest compensation possible—because we believe that exceptional care starts with empowered caregivers.
