NICU
NICU Travel RN — Escondido, CA
13-Week Contract | Night Shift | 3x12 or 4x12 Hours (7:00 PM – 7:00 AM)
This Level III NICU position serves a community delivery patient population beginning at 28 weeks gestation. The unit manages neonates with respiratory distress syndrome, hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, neonatal sepsis, meconium aspiration, NEC, neonatal abstinence syndrome, and more.
Clinical Scope:
Nurses must be prepared for immediate assessment, resuscitation, and stabilization. Key skills include conventional ventilation management, high-frequency ventilation, UAC/UVC/PICC line care, chest tube management, bubble CPAP, HFNC, therapeutic hypothermia, phototherapy, and neonatal dosage calculations.
Float Requirements:
Travelers are assigned to the primary NICU and are required to float to satellite NICU locations. Mid-shift floating may occur occasionally. Mileage reimbursement is provided when floating to locations outside your home base. Candidates must also be willing to float to PICU, CTICU, and Med/Surg within scope of practice.
Schedule & Time Off:
- 3x12 or 4x12 nights; variable or straight nights
- Weekend availability required (full scheduling flexibility)
- Maximum 6 days RTO for the contract
- Must work 2 of 3 holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's (including Eves)
Requirements:
- California RN license (in hand or with confirmed ETA)
- Minimum 3 years of Level III NICU experience
- BLS and NRP required; PALS preferred
- Experience with electronic charting required
- Ventilator experience highly preferred
- Local candidates (within 50 miles) not accepted
- First-time travelers accepted
Additional Details:
- Scrub color: Any
- Free on-site parking
- Orientation: 24 hours
- Up to 10 hours of pre-start modules required (non-billable)
- Flu vaccine required; no exemptions
- COVID-19 vaccine not required