NICU Registered Nurse - Contract

Note: Level III NICU experience, please screen strong candidates with less than 3 years, thank you. Placement/Management of oral/nasogastric/nasojejunal tubes Respiratory.

NICU RN
Hard-Stops: No Travel Pairs
1st Time Travelers OK
Start: ASAP
Shift: 3x12 Nights or 4x12 Nights
Certs: BLS, NRP
Experience: Level III experience
Locals accepted: No
On Call Required: Yes
Weekends Required: Yes
Pending License accepted: No
RTO restrictions: ALL RTO must be included at time of submission. Approval will be based on facility's needs.
Guaranteed Hours: Facility allowed to call off 1 shift per 2 weeks

Hospital Highlights
Type of Facility: Acute Care Hospital
Total Staffed Beds: 277
Scrub Color:
RNs: Royal Blue or Navy blue
Peds RNs: Peds friendly top and royal or navy blue bottom
RRT: Hunter Green
OR/Endo/L&D/PACU: provided
Phleb: Navy blue (any color is also acceptable)
Imaging Tech: Black
Charting: Epic
Parking Cost: Free Parking!
 

Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Previous Charge Experience:
  -
• Years of Experience:
  3 year(s)
  Note: Level III NICU experience, please screen strong candidates with less than 3 years, thank you
• Patient Ratio Experience:
  1:2
• Charting System:
  Required, Epic
• Teaching Hospital Experience:
  -
• Community Hospital Experience:
  -
• LTAC Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level I Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level II Experience:
  -
• Travel Experience Required:
  No
• Certfications:Certs marked with * are preferred
  BLS, NRP
• Skills:Skills marked with * are preferred

  IV therapy

  Administration of blood & blood products
  Arterial line management
  Central line blood draw
  Starting and maintaining IVs
  UAC (Umbilical Artery Catheter)
  UVC (Umbilical Vein Catheter)

  Medications/Emergency Medications

  Antibiotics/Antivirals
  Neonatal Dosage Calculations
  Steroids
  Surfactants

  Professional Topic and Skills

  APGAR scoring
  Developmental Care
  Patient/family teaching
  Phlebotomy
  Thermoregulation

  Work Settings

  Attend High Risk Deliveries
  NICU III

  Endocrine/Metabolic

  Blood glucose monitoring
  Hyperbilirubinemia
  Insulin administration
  Phototherapy

  Gastrointestinal

  Breastfeeding Support/Handling of Breast Milk
  Feedings (bottle, breast, gavage)
  Placement/Management of oral/nasogastric/nasojejunal tubes

  Respiratory

  Bubble CPAP
  High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
  Management of Chest Tubes
  Meconium Aspiration
  Oxygen Delivery Systems
  Respiratory distress syndrome

  Infectious Disease

  Isolation Precautions/PPE
  Neonatal Sepsis
  Sepsis Work Up

  Patient Types

  Neonates 29-34 weeks

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