Mother/Baby Registered Nurse (RN) – Postpartum Travel Nursing Job in Columbus, Ohio

Join a compassionate Mother/Baby travel nursing team in Columbus, Ohio, providing family-centered care to postpartum patients and healthy newborns. This 13-week Registered Nurse (RN) travel assignment offers the opportunity to care for diverse postpartum and newborn populations in a supportive inpatient setting. Columbus combines a welcoming university-community atmosphere with vibrant dining, cultural attractions, parks, and convenient city access.

Travel Nursing Job Details

• Specialty: Mother/Baby, Postpartum, Couplet Care
• Weekly Estimated Pay: $1,830-$1,930
• Location: Columbus, Ohio
• Assignment Length: 13 weeks
• Start Date: November 2, 2026
• Schedule: 3 shifts per week
• Shift Duration: 12-hour day shifts, 7:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
• Hours: 36 hours per week
• Setting: 40-bed inpatient postpartum unit with approximately 60 patients per day
• Patient Population: Postpartum adults, neonates, healthy newborns, and newborns requiring additional support
• Additional Scheduling Information: Weekend coverage is required, and floating to units with similar acuity may be necessary.

Mother/Baby RN Job Requirements

• At least 2 years of recent postpartum or Mother/Baby nursing experience
• Current Registered Nurse license valid in Ohio or a valid compact RN license in hand at the time of submission
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• IV certification and demonstrated IV-start competency
• Labor and delivery experience
• Experience with EPIC electronic medical records
• Telemetry interpretation competency and successful completion of an EKG examination before the start of the assignment
• Graduation from an ACEN- or CCNE-accredited nursing program
• Ability to provide two professional references, including at least one reference from a supervisor, manager, director, or other formal leader
• Strong communication, assessment, organization, and family-education skills

Postpartum Registered Nurse Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to patients recovering from vaginal and cesarean deliveries.
• Perform maternal and newborn assessments, including monitoring of vital signs, fundus, lochia, perineum, incision sites, pain, and recovery progress.
• Support couplet care and promote safe bonding, feeding, and family-centered newborn care.
• Care for postpartum readmissions, including patients with wound infections or preeclampsia.
• Monitor and manage postpartum complications such as hemorrhage, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and newborn hypoglycemia.
• Administer medications and therapies including IV antibiotics, magnesium sulfate, insulin, heparin, Pitocin, and pain-management medications as ordered.
• Initiate and maintain IV access, administer blood and blood products, and monitor patients for treatment response.
• Provide breastfeeding support, breast-pump education, cord care, circumcision-care teaching, discharge instruction, and newborn safety education.
• Care for newborns with varied needs, including low birth weight infants, large-for-gestational-age infants, multiple births, infants requiring phototherapy, and infants experiencing neonatal abstinence syndrome.
• Interpret telemetry rhythms and promptly identify changes requiring intervention or escalation.
• Collaborate with IV teams, pharmacy, social services, interpreters, physical therapy, rapid response teams, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team.
• Float to similar-acuity units as needed while maintaining safe, high-quality patient care.

Apply now for this Mother/Baby Registered Nurse travel opportunity and join a dedicated healthcare team in Columbus, Ohio.

Benefits

401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.