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Labor and Delivery Travel Nurse Jobs in Colorado

Compare labor and delivery nurse travel jobs in Colorado, from Front Range delivery units to mountain hospitals, on shift and pay.

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    Colorado Transport Distance and Unit Backup

    Labor and delivery travel nurse jobs in Colorado require different backup questions on Front Range referral services and on mountain or Western Slope units. Ask about triage ownership, high-risk medication protocols, operative support, newborn stabilization, and postpartum floating. Weather and road contingencies belong in the conversation, along with the communication chain used after a receiving clinician accepts the patient. Request the normal route to the receiving center and the backup route used when weather closes the preferred path. Distance can alter consultation and transport timing without defining bedside scope by itself. Keep the decision tied to orientation, independent-practice expectations, and the resources available when escalation cannot wait.

    Colorado Assignment Terms by Posting

    Updated today

    Compare each role's weekly range with shift, facility, contract dates, and unit expectations displayed in the listing.

    8 Labor and Delivery contracts are open in Colorado right now, with +3 added in the last 7 days and 3 already filled. Open postings have been live about 32 days on average.

    8
    Open Labor and Delivery jobs
    32 days
    Median time active
    +3
    Added last 7 days
    65,002
    Colorado births occurring in the state, 2024 (CDC/NCHS)
    Why demand stays strong
    2.1% home
    Colorado share of resident births occurring at home, 2024 (CDC/NCHS)
    6,120
    Resident births under 2,500 grams for Colorado, 2024 (NCHS)
    28.5/1K twins
    pooled 2022-2024 Colorado twin-birth rate per 1,000 (NCHS)

    Live counts from the jobs feed, updated daily. Demand figures from public workforce data, sources noted with each figure.

    Pay by city · Labor and Delivery · Colorado

    Colorado Maternity Roles Along the Front Range

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    Denver and Front Range listings should be reviewed alongside mountain and Western Slope roles by backup, transport, and unit breadth.

    Highest weekly pay · Labor and Delivery
    Glenwood Springs
    $2,745
    Denver
    $2,545
    Fort Morgan
    $2,515
    Lafayette
    $2,479
    Greeley
    $2,347
    Brighton
    $2,273
    Englewood
    $1,980

    Transport context matters only when translated into bedside work. Ask how weather or distance changes consultation, stabilization, communication, staffing relief, and the final handoff to a receiving center.

    Weekly pay reflects current open Advantis contracts — marketplace contract value, not a staff-nurse wage.

    Colorado's Hospital Quality-Improvement Focus

    Colorado's public-health program points to specific hospital quality work rather than treating every birthing unit as interchangeable. CDPHE says its clinical quality partnership supports the AIM bundle for Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Birth. The same page also names the bundle for Care for Pregnant and Postpartum People with Substance Use Disorder. Those examples describe statewide improvement priorities, not a score for each hospital. Ask whether the facility participates in these or other AIM projects, what data the unit reviews, and how travelers learn the associated workflows. Clarify the escalation path for failed induction, hemorrhage risk, withdrawal concerns, and newborn coordination when substance exposure is known. The useful distinction is not whether a posting mentions quality, but whether the manager can connect current protocols, drills, documentation, and team responsibilities to the unit's actual improvement work.

    CDPHE lists these as quality-improvement examples and does not state that every Colorado birthing facility participates.

    Colorado Birth-Unit Settings and Backup Models

    Review local backup, transport routes, retained maternal acuity, and the duties expected while a receiving center or specialty team is contacted.

    HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center Level I Trauma

    504 beds · Englewood, CO

    Hiring now Cath Lab ER ICU Oncology

    Part of HCA, a 504-bed teaching hospital in Englewood, CO, with Level I trauma care, comprehensive stroke care, and structural heart care.

    Valley View Hospital Level III Trauma

    78 beds · Glenwood Springs, CO

    Hiring now Labor and Delivery ER ICU Operating Room

    A 78-bed hospital in Glenwood Springs, CO, designated a Level III trauma center by the state since 1998.

    Rose Medical Center Magnet

    422 beds · Denver, CO

    Hiring now Labor and Delivery ER ICU Operating Room

    Denver's “Baby Hospital,” Rose Medical Center is Magnet-recognized and delivers more babies than any other in the city.

    Banner - North Colorado Medical Center Level II Trauma

    378 beds · Greeley, CO

    Hiring now Labor and Delivery ER ICU Operating Room

    Greeley's Banner North Colorado, a Level II trauma center and the region's only burn center, with a Level II NICU.

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    Colorado L&D Travel Contract Questions

    Does my multistate license cover labor and delivery jobs in Colorado?
    It does, on two conditions together: the license carries the multistate designation, and your primary residence is in a compact state. Colorado is a member and asks for nothing further when both hold. Hold one without the other and you endorse into a Colorado license through the Board of Nursing first, which puts a real timeline in front of your start date.
    Which certifications do Colorado L&D contracts ask for?
    Nearly every Colorado posting names BLS and NRP, and most add AWHONN fetal monitoring at intermediate or advanced level. Whether ACLS appears comes down to how the unit handles emergencies on its own. STABLE is preferred where newborn acuity climbs. Facilities set these lists individually; a recent year or two in L&D is the general expectation.
    Why is the weekly range so wide for Colorado L&D jobs?
    Because the number belongs to a specific opening. City, shift, and how hard that unit is finding coverage all move it, and Colorado's rural programs compete for a much thinner labor pool than the Front Range does. Anything tied to an individual contract varies by facility and unit, so your recruiter is the resource once you have picked one to look at.
    Where does Colorado L&D work show up outside Denver?
    More widely than the metro-first assumption suggests. Around 65,000 births occurred in Colorado in 2024, and about 2.1 percent of resident births happened at home, which says something about how the state's maternity network is distributed. Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, and the Western Slope run programs worth filtering for. Choose a home base, then set a radius.