Travel Nurse (RN) - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

Resume: Each employment history entry must include all the following: detailed duties, hospital size, unit size, trauma level (if applicable), patient ratio, teaching facility. References: At least one reference must be from the same unit/specialty as the job you're applying to.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Must have experience and be able to attend deliveries; must be able to stabilize newborn, "eyes & thighs" and 2hr assessment.
• Must have experience attending c-sections as delivery nurse; NICU RNs attend all c-sections — scheduled, urgent, and emergent.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Mother-baby background preferred.

Special Requests:

• Any employment gaps greater than 30 days must be explained.
• Current or previous employees may be considered only with St. Luke’s Health System approval for a one-off exception.
• Block scheduling is not guaranteed; cannot work 6 shifts in a row.
• Travel duos need 2 cars and cannot share 1 car, as they could be at different sites or float during shift.

Unit Details:

• Level II NICU caring for 32 weeks and greater.
• Common patient population includes respiratory distress, feeders and growers, hypoglycemia, and NAS scoring/opioid withdrawal.
• May have the NICU nurse care for the NICU baby and mom, and another baby.
• No titratable or set-rate drips.
• Uses Epic.
• NICU CPAP only; vented patients are transferred to a level III NICU.
• Continuous monitoring with a centralized monitoring system.
• NICU is embedded within 7 LDRP rooms.

Shift & Scheduling:

• Weekends as needed based on unit needs and requests.
• No set holiday requirement for travel RNs; may work a holiday if there is a need during the contract.
• No call required.

Floating Requirements:

• Float to all St. Luke’s Treasure Valley sites — Meridian, Nampa, and Boise — in the NICU or as a sitter.