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:

No block scheduling - must be willing to float, work weekends, and generally just be very flexible.

Must have delivery attendance experience.

Float Requirement: Yes may float to NOU with 1:4-6 ratios. Will be expected to float to normal newborn nursery.

Weekend Requirement: Yes every other

Holiday Requirement: Yes at least 1 major and 1 minor holiday

Scheduling: Self scheduling, every other weekend obligation, 2 Major and 1 minor (FT) and (PRN) 1 major and 1 minor holiday

Unit Info: Skill Set: Attend deliveries (vaginal and c/s)and assist with transition of the newborn, admitting neonates to NICU, discharging neonates, admitting newborns to NOU, discharging NOU newborns home, coordinate care with patient care team (NNP, MD, RN, Social services, RT, Radiology, OT, etc), educate parents/update parents, assisting new mothers with breastfeeding

Required Skills: Placement of IV’s In neonates, drawing labs, compassion, empathy and customer service skills, experienced level III NICU nurse, management of ventilators and central lines, administration of medications (IV, IM, SQ, ETT, OGT, NGT, orally, rectally, and/or topically, as well as instilling eye drops or ointment), & Blood administration

Procedures Performed: Assisting with chest tube insertion, Assisting with PICC, UAC and UVC placement, assisting with x-rays, CBG and ABG’s, ultrasounds, Echocardiograms, EEG’s, intubation, oxygen administration, Nitric oxide administration, exchange transfusions

Scrubs: Grape/Purple

Teaching Hospital Experience:Preferred

Community Hospital Experience: Preferred

Patient Age Groups: Neonates

Any Permanent Employee at any LCMC facility must be gone for at least 1 year to be considered for travel.