NICU RN Job in Charlottesville, VA

Opportunity:

RN - NICU

Job Details:

• 13 or 26 week contract options available
• Night shift schedule
• 36 or 48 hours per week
• Must work 3 weekends per 6-week scheduling period
• Must work 2 out of 3 winter holidays
• Time off cannot be approved around Christmas
• Maximum of 40 hours of pre-approved time off per 13-week contract; no additional time off approved after offer acceptance
• Time off cannot be approved during the first two weeks of assignment
• Minimum 2 years of experience required
• Full-time Level III NICU experience required; floating experience does not fulfill this requirement
• Level IV NICU experience highly preferred
• Patient ratios: 1:2 days, 2-3 nights and weekends; 1:1 or 1:2 for ICU, 1:3 for Stepdown
• Daily census of 54 patients across 54 beds
• Patient population includes neonates and infants
• Patient diagnoses include extreme prematurity (22 weeks and above), IUGR, RDS, BPD, TTN, PPHN, pneumonia, NEC, sepsis, all cardiac anomalies, neurologic, endocrine, renal, gastrointestinal, skeletal, and genetic anomalies, ROP, NAS, hypoglycemia, jaundice, and FTT
• Required to float to: PICU, Peds, Postpartum, and L&D (baby catcher); including catching and transitioning newborns in L&D, newborn care in MB/PP, and infant care for patients under 1 year old
• Must have strong experience with high frequency vents, conventional ventilators, iNO, trachs, NIPPV/NIMV, CPAP/BiPAP, IV fluid management including drips, hemodynamic support, post-op care, whole body cooling, admissions, IV placements, lab draws (heels and venous), wound/drain/line care, ostomy care, CVL dressing changes, IV fluid changes, titrating IV fluids, ABG interpretation, and medication calculations
• Must be able to assist with intubation, lumbar puncture, PICC placement/dressing changes, umbilical line placement, and chest tube placement
• Special equipment includes ECMO, Arctic Sun for whole body cooling of HIE patients, Drager Ventilators, HFOV/HFJV, and bCPAP
• Epic charting system experience required
• Required certifications: BLS, NRP (must be in hand at time of submission), and Dr. Brown's Infant Driven Feeding Certificate (can submit with certification pending)
• BSN preferred
• Virginia nursing license required; pending licenses accepted
• Nursys verification required with submission
• References required