Travel Nurse RN - NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care - $1,905 per week

Company: Chandler Regional Medical Center
Location: Chandler
Posted on: November 4, 2024

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• BLS & NRP required.
• STABLE preferred would be a plus
  • Job Details
  • A hospital in Arizona is looking for an experienced NICU/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurse for a travel assignment.
  • The right candidate will have two years' experience
  • hold an active BLS, NRP, and AZ license or compact license.
  • STABLE is also preferred.
    • Job Requirements
    • Minimum 2 years of experience - must be recent, within the past 6 months.
    • A pass/fail Sim Lab (re: foley catheter insertion) is required on Day 1 of orientation (study guides provided with first day instructions)
      • Schedule Information
      • Contract length: 13 weeks
      • Weekend Requirement: 4 weekend shifts in a 4 week schedule (SAT & SUN are considered weekend for days & FRI, SAT, SUN for nights)
      • Schedules: Self-scheduling. Nurse puts schedule request in then scheduler will review & balance out the schedule fairly between staff.
      • Don't usually do block scheduling but she is not opposed to this as long as the needs of the unit are fulfilled.
      • Shifts: 12 hr shifts. 7-7. Shift huddle starts @ 7 & the nurses are usually on the floor within a few minutes...then bedside report.
        • Unit Specific Information
        • Unit: NICU - Level II EQ & SCN (Special Care Nursery)
        • # beds: NICU: 12 Private Rooms SCN: 18 beds (3 rooms - POD based - 6 babies in each room) Sometimes they do go over capacity until they are able to move a baby to newborn)
        • Ratios: NICU 2:1 SCN 3:1
        • Charge Nurse: Yes, on occasion take assignment based on census
        • Nurse Aides: No
        • Floating: Travelers will not be floated out of the NICU
        • Floor specific orientation: 2 Shifts with a preceptor
        • Common diagnosis / Types of patients: NICU takes babies 28 weeks & above. High level care, a lot of respiratory complications, vents, CPAP, RAM & Vapotherm nasal cannulas. Types of patients: hyperbilirubinemia, meconium aspiration, respiratory distress syndrome, PPHN (Persistent Pulmonary HTN), IGUR (Intrauterine Growth Restriction), Chorioamnionitis, PICC lines, TTN (Transient Tachypnea), chest tubes, passive cooling, exchange transfusions, pneumos, UAC (Umbilical Artery Catheters) & UVC (Umbilical Venous Catheters), & sepsis.
        • SCN will see lower level of the NICU dx. A lot of CPAP, blood transfusions, a lot of NAS (Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome). Surgicals & babies less than 28 weeks they transfer to St. Joseph or Phoenix Children's - some cardiac babies go to Phoenix Children's)
          • Additional Details
          • Scrubs Color: Navy
          • Require at least Level II NICU experience (Level III NICU preferred)
          • 4 weekend shifts per 4 week sched; first to float, could float to sister facility Mercy Gilbert

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