TravelNurseSource is working with Concentric Healthcare Staffing to find a qualified NICU RN in Monterey, California, 93940!
Job Title
Registered Nurse – NICU
Location
Monterey, CA | NICU / Nursery (Level II)
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | Nights | 12-Hour Shifts | Onsite
Key Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care in a Level II NICU setting with a census of approximately 2–3 patients, maintaining a 1:2–3 nurse-to-patient ratio
- Attend deliveries in the role of baby nurse, responsible for immediate newborn care including initiating neonatal resuscitation and stabilization as needed — typically alongside one RT, without a full team
- Manage common NICU diagnoses including hyperbilirubinemia, phototherapy, hypoglycemia, IV antibiotics, and care of infants 31 weeks gestational age and above
- Monitor all telemetry using Philips tele and fetal monitors; no monitor techs on unit
- Float to couplet care and assist with other unit tasks as census and staffing require
- Participate in on-call rotation with expected availability within 30 minutes during low-census call assignments
Required Qualifications
- Active RN license valid in California
- BLS certification required
- NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) certification required
- Minimum 2 years of NICU experience with at least Level III NICU experience
- Must be confident and competent in neonatal resuscitation and stabilization from the moment of birth
- Must have couplet care experience and be skilled in breastfeeding techniques and patient/family education
- Must be comfortable working in a smaller, lower-resource environment and able to practice with a high degree of independence
- This facility is a nicotine-free environment; candidates must have a negative result for nicotine/cotinine on drug screening
Preferred Experience / Skills
- RNC-NIC certification preferred
- STABLE program certification preferred
- Charge nurse experience preferred
- Pediatric or PICU experience helpful for float coverage purposes
- Epic EMR experience (please note whether you have experience and when last used)
Why Join Us
- Opportunity to practice in a close-knit NICU environment where experienced nurses play a meaningful, autonomous role in newborn care from delivery through stabilization
- Scrubs are provided, and scheduling includes every-other-weekend requirements with holidays worked into the permanent staff rotation