Travel Nurse RN - NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care - $1,411 per week

Company: Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
Location: Gilbert
Posted on: October 30, 2024

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• Must hold an active BLS, NRP.
• Must have COVID vaccine or declination form with appropriate documentation AND hospital approval.
  • Job Details
  • A hospital in Arizona is looking for an experienced NICU nurse for a travel assignment.
  • The right candidate will hold an active BLS, NRP and AZ license or compact.
  • COVID vaccine is required or declination form with appropriate documentation AND hospital approval.
    • Job Requirements
    • Must have a minimum of 2 years NICU experience.
    • Minimum experience is level 2, prefer Level 3 NICU experience.
      • Schedule Information
      • 12 hour shifts, for nights it is 7pm-0730am, Self scheduling.
      • 3 weekend shifts per schedule (month) which are Friday or Saturdays and one Sunday.
      • One major and one minor holiday if falls within their assignment.
        • Unit Specific Information
        • Unit: Special Care Nursery (SCN)
        • 12 licensed SCN neonatal Beds.
        • Typically 3:1 ratios, depending on acuity, 2:1.
        • We are a Level II Special Care nursery we care for babies 32 weeks and above.
        • Common diagnoses include Feeder growers, R/S Sepsis, Hyperbilirubinemia etc.
        • NNPs in house 24/7, and Pediatrician coverage/on call 24 hours.
        • CPAP and High flow are commonly used devices.
        • No call requirements.
        • Department specific orientation: 2 Shifts.
          • Additional Details
          • Experience in foley catheter insertion is required on Day 1 of orientation (study guides provided with first day instructions).
          • RN's are not required to titrate drips.
          • There is a Charge nurse in SCN that attends high risk deliveries and manages shift.
          • NICU travelers must float to our sister hospital Chandler Regional NICU.
          • Scrub Color/Dress code: Navy Blue
          • SCN nurses start all of their own IVs, a certified neonatal PICC team is available.

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