Registered Nurse NICU

Kansas City, KS - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Registered Nurse / NICU Ratios: 1: 2-3 Years of experience REQ: 2 Years First-timers accepted: (Y/N) No Holiday shifts and Charge RN assignments as needed per unit. Weekend REQ: Minimum of 4-5 weekend shifts (Sat/Sun) per 6-week schedule period AND minimum of 2 Fridays per 6-week schedule Certs REQ: BLS NRP (STABLE preferred) Skills REQ: Work Settings: Mother/Baby NICU II. Patient Types: Neonates 29-34 weeks Neonates > 34 weeks. Endocrine/Metabolic: Blood glucose monitoring. Gastrointestinal: Feedings (bottle breast gavage). Infectious Disease: Isolation Precautions. IV therapy: Central Line/Implanted Line Care UAC (Umbilical Artery Catheter) UVC (Umbilical Vein Catheter). NEUROLOGIC: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Professional Topic and Skills: Patient/family teaching. Special Equipment: -Standard NICU equipment: IV pumps syringe feeding pumps phototherapy equipment incubator/isolette/Omnibed/radiant warmers Neonatal echo available. Telehealth for neonatologist support/consultation. Is on-call REQ (Y/N) What is the req Yes. 2 mandatory call shifts every 6 week schedule. Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs Yes To well newborn nursery/postpartum. Open to accommodating block schedule (Y/N) No Locals accepted: (Y/N) What is the local radius rule No home address must be at least 75 miles from the facility Pending License accepted: (Y/N) No RTO Restrictions: 7 days Guaranteed Hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks. The cancelled shifts must be the regular shift length to which the Contractor Personnel is assigned Special Procedures/Details: 5 bed Level II NICU. We admit infants 34wks and above. Lower gestational age will be transferred to higher level NICU. Prefer staff who are cross-trained to attend deliveries and provide 1:1 recovery care of a newborn. Core SLNH NICU nurses are also cross-trained to postpartum/couplet care. Travelers are NOT required to take couplets but travelers with this experience are preferred. -Travelers will be expected to assist/support well newborn assessments procedures etc. when there is no NICU census. Expectation to stabilize and transfer any and all higher acuity and/or lower gestational age newborns which can include assisting with procedures such as- needle aspiration chest tube placement UVC/UAC line placement lumbar puncture intubation surfactant administration resuscitation initiation of passive cooling and any additional procedures.