Registered Nurse/NICU

Registered Nurse / NICU

Ratios: 1: 2-3

Years of experience REQ: 2 Years

First-timers accepted: (Y/N) No

Holiday shifts and Charge RN assignments as needed per unit.

Weekend REQ: 6 shifts (Fri, Sat, Sun) in a 6-week schedule period

Certs REQ: BLS, NRP (STABLE preferred)

Skills REQ: Work Settings: Mother/Baby, NICU II. Patient Types: Neonates 29-34 weeks, Neonates > 34 weeks. Endocrine/Metabolic: Blood glucose monitoring. Gastrointestinal: Feedings (bottle, breast, gavage). Infectious Disease: Isolation Precautions. IV therapy: Central Line/Implanted Line Care, UAC (Umbilical Artery Catheter), UVC (Umbilical Vein Catheter). NEUROLOGIC: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Professional Topic and Skills: Patient/family teaching. Attending high risk deliveries

Special Equipment: -Standard NICU equipment: IV pumps, syringe feeding pumps, phototherapy equipment, incubator/isolette/Omnibed/radiant warmers, Neonatal echo available. Telehealth for neonatologist support/consultation.

Is on-call REQ? (Y/N) What is the req? Yes - 24 hours in a 6-week schedule period

Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? Yes, To well newborn nursery/postpartum. Regular floating may be required between departments, units and facilities as needed. Like units in health system (SLE & SLH)

Open to accommodating block schedule? (Y/N) No

Locals accepted: (Y/N) What is the local radius rule? No, home address must be at least 75 miles from the facility

Pending License accepted: (Y/N) No

RTO Restrictions: No more than 7 days

Guaranteed Hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks. The cancelled shifts must be the regular shift length to which the Contractor Personnel is assigned

Special Procedures/Details: 5 bed, Level II NICU. We admit infants 34wks and above. Lower gestational age will be transferred to higher level NICU. Prefer staff who are cross-trained to attend deliveries and provide 1:1 recovery care of a newborn. Core SLNH NICU nurses are also cross-trained to postpartum/couplet care. Travelers are NOT required to take couplets, but travelers with this experience are preferred. -Travelers will be expected to assist/support well newborn assessments, procedures, etc. when there is no NICU census. Expectation to stabilize and transfer any and all higher acuity and/or lower gestational age newborns, which can include assisting with procedures such as- needle aspiration, chest tube placement, UVC/UAC line placement, lumbar puncture, intubation, surfactant administration, resuscitation, initiation of passive cooling, and any additional procedures.

Attending and catching newborns at delivery
STABLE recommended, not required