Travel Nurse RN - NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care
Walnut Creek, CA
Tact Staff
3x12 hrs

NICU RN • BILL RATE: $112 for Travel / $98.50 for Local *50 mile radius rule • ORIENTATION DATE: 12/17 or 1/7 13 Weeks • SHIFT: 12 hour nights • CERTS REQUIRED: CA RN License, BLS, NRP • MUST be very comfortable with Level III Neonates REQUIRED : 5+ yrs of exp CERTS preferred HFOV PREFERRED prior travel exp EPIC exp **Travel nurses not expected to attend deliveries in Labor and Delivery. **Travel nurses are expected to admit NICU patients. ***Cannot ask for time off over Christmas

NICU Level III
Facility Name: John Muir Walnut Creek
Total # of Facility Beds: 321
Unit Name: NICU Level III
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Total # of Unit Beds/Suites/Deliveries: Approx. 225 births/month. 35 bassinets
Teaching Facility: ? Y ? N
Teaching Hospital Experience Required: ? Y ? N
Trauma Level: 2
Prior Travel Experience Required: ? Y ? N
Minimum # Years Clinical Experience Required: 2+
Minimum # Years Clinical Experience in Specialty Required: 2+ must be very comfortable with Level III neonates
Certifications Required: NRP, CPR/ BCLS
Certifications Preferred: HFOV
Nurse Patient Ratio by shift: 1: 1-4 based on patient acuity
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Ancillary Assistance:
CNA/ PCT: ? Y ? N #staff per shift: Click or tap here to enter text.
Unit clerk/Secretary: ? Y ? N #staff per shift: 1 on days and evenings
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# Days of Orientation: 3 - 4
Specialty Testing for Unit/Facility: ? U ? F
Patient Care Modality: Primary
Dress Code:
Scrubs/color: Any color. No denim. Professional appearance.
Shoes: Non-skid, closed toe, athletic shoes are ok, must wear heel strap with clogs
Jewelry: Professional, Minimal, No facial piercing other than ears
Hair/Beard: Professional, hair shoulder length and longer must be pulled back, facial hair must be neat and trimmed
Nail Polish: No gels, acrylics, or extensions. All polish must in good condition without chips or cracks
Documentation System: EPIC
Medication System: Pyxis
Floating Required: ? Y ? N
To what units/facilities: Well-Baby Nursery. Travelers could float to 1-2 units in a 12 hr shift.
Describe the rotation: Travelers float first
Charge required: ? Y ? N
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Self-Scheduling Plug travelers where they are needed most in the first schedule and the let them participate in the self-scheduling once they arrive Weekend Requirements: do 4 weekend shifts per schedule periods which is 4 weeks.
Call Requirements: No
Holiday Requirements: Must be available for 2 out of 3 major winter holidays and 2 out of 3 summer holidays. Winter holidays are Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Summer holidays are Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day.
Patient Population (Diagnoses): Prematurity, Rule out sepsis, Respiratory Distress, Occasional postoperative patients
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Special Equipment: (For example: IV Pumps: Type; Invasive Monitoring; Monitors: Type; ECMO;
Ventilators: Type; ABG: Type)
Vents - IMV & HFOV
Respiratory available 24/7 for support ? Y ? N
Anesthesia available 24/7 for support ? Y ? N
Who manages ventilators: RT
Unit Specific Procedures and Protocols: (For example: Drips; Infusions; Phlebotomy; Starting IVs; EKGs; Transports; Weaning; Nebulizer to Inhaler; Starting IVs, performing venipuncture, Performing EKGs; Discontinuing sheaths) Click or tap here to enter text.
Additional Unit Specific Information: Magnet Hospital Travel nurses not expected to attend deliveries in Labor and Delivery. Travel nurses are expected to admit NICU patients. We have neonatologists who are here during day time hours 7 days/week. They are on-call the remainder of the time. When the neonatologists go home on-call, we have Pediatric hospitalists who are in-house and can respond until a neonatologist arrives.
Date Updated: 2-6-23
Updated By Full Name: Sarah Roland, MSN, BSN, RN
Title: IVS Manager