NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care

Opportunity:

RN - NICU

Job Details:

• 13 or 26 week contract options available
• Night shift schedule
• 36 or 48 hours per week
• Patient ratios: 1:2 days, 1:2-3 nights and weekends; 1:1 or 1:2 for ICU, 1:3 for Stepdown
• Weekend coverage required - 3 weekends per 6-week scheduling period
• Must work 2 out of 3 winter holidays; time off around Christmas cannot be approved
• Time off cannot be approved during the first two weeks of assignment
• Maximum 40 hours of pre-approved time off per 13-week contract
• Required to float to PICU, Pediatrics, Postpartum, and L&D (baby catcher)
• Float responsibilities include: catching and transitioning newborns in L&D, newborn care in Mother/Baby, and infant care under 1 year old in Peds and PICU
• Minimum 2 years of experience required
• Full-time Level III NICU experience required; Level IV highly preferred
• Floating experience does not fulfill Level III NICU requirement
• 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
• Must have strong experience with the following hard stop skills:
   - High Frequency Ventilators and Conventional Ventilators
   - iNO (Inhaled Nitric Oxide)
   - Trachs
   - NIPPV/NIMV and CPAP/BiPAP
   - IV fluid management including drips
   - Hemodynamic support
   - Post-op care
   - Whole body cooling
   - Admissions
   - IV placements and lab draws (heels and venous)
   - Wound, drain, and line care
   - Ostomy care
   - CVL dressing changes and IV fluid changes
   - Titrating IV fluids and ABG interpretation
   - Medication calculations
• Assist with intubation, lumbar puncture, PICC placement and dressing changes, umbilical line placement, and chest tube placement
• Special equipment includes: ECMO, Arctic Sun for whole body cooling, Drager Ventilators, HFOV/HFJV, and bCPAP
• Patient population includes neonates and infants with diagnoses such as extreme prematurity, IUGR, RDS, BPD, TTN, PPHN, pneumonia, NEC, sepsis, cardiac anomalies, neurologic and genetic anomalies, ROP, NAS, hypoglycemia, jaundice, and FTT
• 54-bed unit with a daily census of 54
• Interdisciplinary support available including physical therapy, respiratory services, radiology, pharmacy, social services, and more
• Virginia nursing license required; pending licenses accepted