NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care

Opportunity:

RN - NICU

Job Details:

• 13-week assignment working night shifts
• Shift options of 36 or 48 hours per week
• Weekend coverage required - 3 weekends per 6-week scheduling period; every other holiday
• Unable to approve time off Labor Day weekend
• Maximum of 40 hours of 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
• Float required to PICU, Peds, Postpartum, and L&D (baby catcher); must be willing to catch and transition newborns in L&D, provide newborn care in MB/PP, and infant care under 1 year old in Peds and PICU
• Minimum 2 years of experience required
• Full-time Level III NICU experience is required; Level IV NICU experience is highly preferred
• Epic charting system experience required
• BSN preferred
• 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)
• 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
• Patient population includes 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
• Interdisciplinary support available including physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, radiology, social services, pharmacy, transportation, and unit secretary