NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care

Opportunity:

RN - NICU

Job Details:

• 13 or 26 week contract available
• 36 or 48 hours per week
• Night shift schedule
• 3 weekends required per 6-week scheduling period
• Must work 2 out of 3 winter holidays; time off around Christmas cannot be approved
• 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
• 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
• Patients include neonates and infants with diagnoses such as 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
• Full-time Level III NICU experience required; Level IV highly preferred
• Minimum 2 years of experience required
• Must have strong experience with high frequency ventilators, 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
• Required to float to: L&D (newborn catch and transition), mother/baby postpartum, pediatrics (infant care under 1 year), and PICU (infant care under 1 year)
• Special equipment includes ECMO, Arctic Sun for whole body cooling of HIE patients, Drager ventilators, HFOV/HFJV, and bCPAP
• Interdisciplinary support available including physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, radiology, social services, pharmacy, transportation, and unit secretary
• Charting system: Epic 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