Registered Nurse (RN) – NICU
Location: Lubbock, TX 79410
Job Type: Contract
Duration: 26 Weeks
Shift: Day | 7:00 AM–7:00 PM
Schedule: 3x12 Hours | 36 Hours/Week
Local Candidates: Accepted
Traveler Candidates: Accepted
First-Time Travelers: Accepted
Block Schedule: Required
On-Call: Not Required
Weekend Requirement: 6 weekend shifts per 6-week period
48 Hours: Approved
Float: Required as needed between units
Pay Rate:
Local: $56–$61/hr
Traveler: $56–$61/hr
Required Qualifications:
- Current and valid Texas RN license Required
- Minimum 2 years of recent NICU nursing experience Required
- Level III NICU experience Preferred
- Level III or higher-acuity NICU experience strongly preferred
- Strong neonatal assessment and critical-care nursing skills
- Experience caring for critically ill and high-acuity neonates
- First-time travelers accepted
- Ability to work a block schedule
- Ability to float between units within scope
- Strong communication, clinical judgment, and teamwork skills
Responsibilities:
- Provide specialized nursing care to premature, critically ill, and medically complex neonates
- Perform comprehensive neonatal assessments and continuously monitor patient conditions
- Develop and implement individualized neonatal care plans
- Administer medications, treatments, and therapies according to physician orders and facility protocols
- Monitor vital signs, respiratory status, cardiac status, and other clinical indicators
- Recognize and respond promptly to changes in neonatal condition
- Collaborate with neonatologists, physicians, respiratory therapists, and the interdisciplinary healthcare team
- Provide family education, support, and communication regarding the infant's condition and plan of care
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation
- Follow NICU, hospital, and patient-safety protocols
- Float to other units as required by facility needs and within scope of practice
- Work assigned weekend shifts according to the facility schedule
