Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 11/09/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
NICU RN – Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Shift: 12-hour nights
Contract Length: 13 weeks
Facility: 359-bed, Level I Trauma and teaching hospital
NICU Size: 104 beds, with 8 beds per pod
Patient Ratio: 1:1–3/4, depending on acuity
EMR: Epic
Medication System: Pyxis
Parking: Free
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum 3 years of clinical experience in a Level III–IV NICU.
- Level IV NICU experience is mandatory and must be clearly stated in the submission packet.
- At least 1 previous travel assignment required.
- Recent experience caring for tracheostomy patients.
- Epic experience required and must be noted in the submission packet.
- BLS certification.
- NRP certification.
- Must pass nicotine screening with a negative result.
Important: Level I or Level II NICU experience alone will not be accepted.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATION
- NCC Neonatal ICU RN certification.
PATIENT POPULATION
- Extremely premature infants, including 23-week micro-preemies.
- Very low birth weight infants and complications of prematurity.
- Chronic lung disease and intracranial bleeding.
- Spina bifida and congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
- Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and perforation.
- Gastrointestinal and general surgical cases.
- Cleft lip, palate, and mandible conditions.
- Transfers from surrounding Level II NICUs.
- PDA ligations and therapeutic body cooling.
CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT AND EQUIPMENT
- 24/7 neonatologist coverage.
- Advanced practice providers available on the unit.
- 1–2 patient care technicians per shift.
- Equipment includes GE systems, Servo ventilators, Omni beds, Giraffe isolettes, ECMO, nitric oxide, HFOV, jet ventilation, and IMV.
- Respiratory therapists manage ventilators.
- Respiratory and anesthesia support available.
- Average patient stay: approximately 40 days.
FLOATING AND SCHEDULING
- Floating is required within the ICU cluster, including NICU, PICU, CVICU, Burn ICU, and IMU.
- Travelers are first to float.
- Every other weekend required.
- Holidays as needed.
- No on-call requirement.
- Scheduling is managed by the unit manager or scheduler; self-scheduling is not available.
- Expect 2–3 days of orientation and specialty testing.
- Arkansas Children’s Hospital dress code must be followed.
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Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits