NICU Registered Nurse

Job Description

Job Description

Position: NICU  RN 
Location: Apple Valley, CA
Shift: Night (4x12 Hours) 18:00 6:30
Duration: 13 weeks, 48 hrs/week 

Job details: 

CHARGE NICU RN - SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL ADDED AFTER SHIFTS WORKED

NICU RN SMMC NICU,3223.607000.27059

NICU LEVEL III- 190 births per month

Open to 3x12s or 4x12s
Contract available 13-26 weeks

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AO
WEEKENDS MAY EXCEED EVERY OTHER TO ACCOMODATE UNIT NEEDS
SCHEDULING REQUESTS DUE TO OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

**2YRS experience required, at least 1 year in specialty**
**1st timers accepted**

Local Radius is 50 miles - please reach out to AM for local rate

NICU RN
Start: ASAP
Will this traveler need to float between like units? May float to MB for babies (if couplet exp, may float fully)
Is on-call required? No
Weekends: Every Other, may exceed to meet unit needs
Required Certs: BCLS, NRP, PALS
Open to accommodating block schedule? No
Years of experience REQ: 2 years
First-timers accepted: No
RTO restrictions: ALL RTO must be included at time of submission. Approval will be based on facility's needs.
Guaranteed Hours: Facility allowed to call off 1 shift per 2 weeks

Hospital Highlights
Type of Facility: Acute Care Hospital
Total Staffed Beds: 212
Scrub Color:
RNs: Navy Blue
L&D/OR: provided
Charting: Epic
Parking Cost: Free Parking! Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Previous Charge Experience:
  preferred
• Years of Experience:
  -
  Note: If less than 2 years of RN experience, but has level 4 NICU exp can screen
• Patient Ratio Experience:
  1:2-3
• Charting System:
  Required, Epic
• Teaching Hospital Experience:
  -
• Community Hospital Experience:
  Required
• LTAC Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level I Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level II Experience:
  -
• Travel Experience Required:
  Yes
  Note: Can screen if 2+ years NICU experience, do not screen for less
• Certfications:Certs marked with * are preferred
  BLS, NRP Advanced, Will allow NRP if willing to get adv b4 start*
• Skills:Skills marked with * are preferred

  IV therapy

  Administration of blood & blood products*
  Arterial line management
  Central line blood draw
  Central Line/Implanted Line Care
  Starting and maintaining IVs
  UAC (Umbilical Artery Catheter)
  UVC (Umbilical Vein Catheter)

  Medications/Emergency Medications

  Anti-Seizure Medications
  
  Antibiotics/Antivirals
  Conscious Sedation*
  IV vasopressors
  Neonatal Dosage Calculations
  Steroids
  Surfactants

  Professional Topic and Skills

  APGAR scoring
  Developmental Care
  Patient/family teaching
  Phlebotomy
  Thermoregulation

  Neurologic

  Assist with lumbar puncture
  Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
  Seizure disorders
  Therapeutic hypothermia (cooling blanket)*

  Work Settings

  Attend High Risk Deliveries*
  Community hospital
  Level 1 Nursery
  Mother/Baby*
  NICU III
  NICU IV*

  Endocrine/Metabolic

  Blood glucose monitoring
  Hyperbilirubinemia
  Insulin administration*
  Phototherapy

  Gastrointestinal

  Breastfeeding Support/Handling of Breast Milk
  Feedings (bottle, breast, gavage)
  
  Gastroschisis/Omphalocele*
  Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
  
  Placement/Management of oral/nasogastric/nasojejunal tubes

  Respiratory

  Bubble CPAP
  High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
  High Frequency Ventilation
  Management of Chest Tubes*
  Meconium Aspiration
  Nitric Oxide (INo)*
  Oscillators
  Oxygen Delivery Systems
  Respiratory distress syndrome
  Suctioning (ETT, NT)
  Vapotherm*
  Ventilator management (AC/PC/SIMV/CPAP/BIPAP/PEEP)

  Cardiovascular

  Dysrhythmia Interpretation/Management
  Invasive Hemodynamic monitoring
  Telemetry - on the unit monitoring

  Infectious Disease

  Isolation Precautions/PPE
  Neonatal Sepsis
  Sepsis Work Up

  Patient Types

  Neonates < 24-28 weeks
  Neonates > 34 weeks
  Neonates 29-34 weeks

  Additional Skills

  Manage PICC Lines
  See Text Box for additional requirements

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