| Location | Los Angeles, CA |
First Connect Health is seeking a travel nurse RN NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Los Angeles, California.
RN NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)
Role
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Nights, 12-hour shifts (7:00 PM–7:30 AM)
Hours: 36 hours per week
Required Qualifications
Minimum 3 years of NICU nursing experience
Active California RN license required for submission
BLS, NRP, PALS, and LA City Fire & Safety certifications required
Level III NICU experience required
Experience titrating dopamine, dobutamine, Versed, and fentanyl drips
Unit Details
Unit: Level III NICU
Care Setting: Acute Care
Beds: 26
Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: 1:1 or 1:2, depending on patient acuity
Charting System: Cerner
Continuous patient monitoring; RNs monitor telemetry
Neonatologist available in the unit 24/7
Respiratory Therapist available in the unit 24/7
Equipment includes oscillators, nasal CPAP, occasional ventilators, incubators, Giraffe beds, and radiant warmers
Schedule
12-hour night shifts, 7:00 PM–7:30 AM
36 hours per week
Every other weekend, including Saturday and Sunday
Holiday requirement: 1 major and 1 minor holiday
Self-scheduling based on seniority; manager balances the schedule
Orientation: 3 shifts in the NICU with a preceptor, plus 6 hours in the nursery and 6 hours in pediatrics
Floating
First to float to the nursery and pediatrics.
Pediatrics has 12 beds and primarily cares for lower-acuity patients, including RSV and pneumonia cases.
Clinical / Operational Notes
Patient population includes premature infants, neonatal sepsis, and surgical conditions such as gastroschisis.
Experience with ventilated patients is required where applicable; ventilator use is rare.
Nasal CPAP is commonly used; oscillator use is rare.
Nurses must be comfortable titrating dopamine, dobutamine, Versed, and fentanyl.
NICU nurses attend high-risk deliveries in Labor and Delivery.
The charge nurse covers both NICU and pediatrics and does not take a patient assignment.
No nurse aides on the unit.
Navy scrubs required.
No call or standby requirements.
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