American Traveler is hiring an experienced Mother/Baby RN for a night shift position requiring 2+ years of acute MB experience and NRP-Advanced certification. This role comes through American Traveler, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.
Posted Sep 4
Shift and hours
Nights · 3x12 hours · 6:45p-7:15a · 12-hour shifts Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs Night shift schedule from 6:45p-7:15a, three 12-hour shifts per week36 hours a week
Unit and setting
59-bed Mom/Baby unit · Hospital Patient ratio of 6-8:1 caring for postpartum moms and infantsPostpartum moms and infants
License
RN license Active KY or Compact RN license requiredKY or Compact RN license
Term
14 weeks · starts Sep 27, 2026 · Travel
Do you qualify?
License
KY or Compact RN licenseActive KY or Compact RN license requiredCheck your license
Certification
NRP-Advanced certificationAmerican Traveler is hiring an experienced Mother/Baby RN for a night shift position requiring 2+ years of acute MB experience and NRP-Advanced certification.
Certification
BLSRequired certifications: BLS, NRP-Advanced, and STABLE
Certification
STABLE
Education
Nursing Diploma or Associate's Degree (ASN)Nursing Diploma or Associate's Degree (ASN) required
Experience
2+ years of acute MB experience
Experience
Minimum 2 years of acute care Mother/Baby RN experienceMinimum 2 years of acute care Mother/Baby RN experience required
Experience
Acute care Mother/Baby RN experience
Also asks
Epic EMR experienceEpic EMR experience required
What it pays
Against similar roles
Below most Kentucky travel postingsKentucky travel postings that state pay run $1,870/week to $2,450/week, the middle half $2,000/week to $2,340/week, across 71 postings.
Travel package
Housing provided
Benefits
Top Compensation Packages
Housing Perks
Tax Advantage Plan
Comprehensive Insurance
The role and schedule
Precepting
You would precept other nursesDelegate tasks to licensed and non-licensed staff and function as a mentor/preceptor
Charting
EpicUses Epic EMR system
Day to day
Administer pain meds, stool softeners, Rhogam, and pitocinCommon medications administered include pain meds, stool softeners, Rhogam, and pitocin
Day to day
Perform IVs, blood draws, PCA management, and wound vac carePerforms IVs, blood draws, PCA management, and wound vac care
Day to day
Provide safe, effective, patient and family centered careProvide safe, effective, patient and family centered care with a focus on customer satisfaction and quality outcomes
Day to day
Perform assessments, reassessments, and develop care plansPerform assessments and reassessments, developing and implementing individualized plans of care
Day to day
Collaborate with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teamsCollaborate with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams to support care needs
Day to day
Monitor and document clinical intervention responsesMonitor and document patient response to clinical interventions
Day to day
Provide patient and family education throughout stay and dischargeProvide patient and family education throughout stay and at discharge
Day to day
Delegate tasks to staff
Day to day
Participate in quality, safety, and service improvement initiativesParticipate in quality, safety, and service process improvement initiatives
Unit size
59-bedWork in the busiest delivery center in KY, a 59-bed Mom/Baby unit
Weekends
Every other weekendEvery other weekend required
Start
Sep 27, 2026Start Date: Sep 27, 2026
Details
Scales and TCI metersUses scales and TCI meters as unit equipment
American Traveler is hiring an experienced Mother/Baby RN for a night shift position requiring 2+ years of acute MB experience and NRP-Advanced certification.
Details
Work in the busiest delivery center in KY, a 59-bed Mom/Baby unit
Patient ratio of 6-8:1 caring for postpartum moms and infants
No telemetry or titration required on this unit
Common medications administered include pain meds, stool softeners, Rhogam, and pitocin
Uses scales and TCI meters as unit equipment
Performs IVs, blood draws, PCA management, and wound vac care
Uses Epic EMR system
Night shift schedule from 6:45p-7:15a, three 12-hour shifts per week
Every other weekend required
Requirements
Active KY or Compact RN license required
Required
certifications
BLS, NRP-Advanced, and STABLE
Minimum 2 years of acute care Mother/Baby RN experience required
Nursing Diploma or Associate's Degree (ASN) required
Epic EMR experience required
Additional Information
Provide safe, effective, patient and family centered care with a focus on customer satisfaction and quality outcomes
Perform assessments and reassessments, developing and implementing individualized plans of care
Collaborate with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams to support care needs
Monitor and document patient response to clinical interventions
Provide patient and family education throughout stay and at discharge
Delegate tasks to licensed and non-licensed staff and function as a mentor/preceptor
Participate in quality, safety, and service process improvement initiatives
Neighborhoods+Young professionals cluster in The Highlands along Bardstown Road (nightlife and eclectic shops, median home about $196,050, rent about $997, median age 34.4), Clifton on Frankfort Avenue (trendy shotgun houses and antiques, median home about $178,875), Crescent Hill (Frankfort Avenue restaurants, historic homes, median home about $309,843, safer than 81% of the city), Germantown (arts scene, homes about $208,367), and Cherokee Triangle (safest of that set at 82% safer than the city, premium median home about $421,760, walkable to shops and Cherokee Park). Locals also call Middletown and Jeffersontown nice; other named fits are Old Louisville for Victorian mansions, downtown/CBD for riverfront lofts, Saint Matthews for shopping and apartments, and more affordable Portland, Shawnee, Okolona, and Pleasure Ridge Park. East-side suburbs cost more and have newer houses; west and south trade price for older homes or larger lots. Only downtown, Old Louisville, and the Bardstown Road and Frankfort Avenue corridors are truly walkable.
Young professionals cluster in The Highlands along Bardstown Road (nightlife and eclectic shops, median home about $196,050, rent about $997, median age 34.4), Clifton on Frankfort Avenue (trendy shotgun houses and antiques, median home about $178,875), Crescent Hill (Frankfort Avenue restaurants, historic homes, median home about $309,843, safer than 81% of the city), Germantown (arts scene, homes about $208,367), and Cherokee Triangle (safest of that set at 82% safer than the city, premium median home about $421,760, walkable to shops and Cherokee Park). Locals also call Middletown and Jeffersontown nice; other named fits are Old Louisville for Victorian mansions, downtown/CBD for riverfront lofts, Saint Matthews for shopping and apartments, and more affordable Portland, Shawnee, Okolona, and Pleasure Ridge Park.
East-side suburbs cost more and have newer houses; west and south trade price for older homes or larger lots. Only downtown, Old Louisville, and the Bardstown Road and Frankfort Avenue corridors are truly walkable.
Getting around+Louisville is a car city: TARC (Transit Authority of River City) buses are the only public transit and they converge downtown, and relocators are warned you will need a car. Average commute time is about 22 minutes. Truly walkable daily life is limited to downtown, Old Louisville, and the Bardstown Road and Frankfort Avenue corridors; downtown parking is the catch. The metro is spread out, so east-side choices like Saint Matthews and Jeffersontown mean driving in exchange for shopping and newer housing. These sources do not name hospital-specific routes.
Louisville is a car city: TARC (Transit Authority of River City) buses are the only public transit and they converge downtown, and relocators are warned you will need a car. Average commute time is about 22 minutes.
Truly walkable daily life is limited to downtown, Old Louisville, and the Bardstown Road and Frankfort Avenue corridors; downtown parking is the catch. The metro is spread out, so east-side choices like Saint Matthews and Jeffersontown mean driving in exchange for shopping and newer housing.
These sources do not name hospital-specific routes.
Outdoors+Cherokee Park, a 389-acre Frederick Law Olmsted landscape, is the Highlands and Cherokee Triangle backyard, with Hogan's Fountain Pavilion and Baringer Hill for walking and biking; other Olmsted parks include Seneca, Shawnee, and Central. Downtown, Waterfront Park lines the Ohio River and the Big Four Bridge is a pedestrian crossing; kayaking the Ohio shows up in visitor material. Bernheim Forest is a frequently recommended day trip, and Shawnee pairs early-1900s houses with a grand park and the river. Golf, hiking, biking, and four-season outdoor recreation are core to how the city is sold.
Cherokee Park, a 389-acre Frederick Law Olmsted landscape, is the Highlands and Cherokee Triangle backyard, with Hogan's Fountain Pavilion and Baringer Hill for walking and biking; other Olmsted parks include Seneca, Shawnee, and Central. Downtown, Waterfront Park lines the Ohio River and the Big Four Bridge is a pedestrian crossing; kayaking the Ohio shows up in visitor material.
Bernheim Forest is a frequently recommended day trip, and Shawnee pairs early-1900s houses with a grand park and the river. Golf, hiking, biking, and four-season outdoor recreation are core to how the city is sold.
Louisville is Derby City on the Ohio, where Southern food and bourbon meet Midwest prices, and a nurse's paycheck still buys a neighborhood with a name. Young professionals actually live in The Highlands on Bardstown Road, Clifton and Crescent Hill along Frankfort Avenue, Germantown, and pricier, safer Cherokee Triangle beside 389-acre Cherokee Park; east-side Jeffersontown and Saint Matthews trade walkability for yards and malls. Downtown gives you Waterfront Park, the Big Four Bridge, the Slugger Museum, and the Yum! Center, but parking is tight and TARC is the only transit—plan on a car in a spread-out city with a 22-minute average commute. Housing is the draw: citywide three-bedrooms list around $275,000 as of mid-2026, with Clifton and the Highlands often under $200,000, while Cherokee Triangle and river lofts climb past $400,000. The tradeoffs are not subtle. Summers are wet and punishing, allergens and air quality bother many, crime runs high, and public schools are uneven. If you want four seasons, Olmsted parks, Churchill Downs, and a relaxed cost of living without coastal rents, pick your corridor carefully and budget for driving.
