NICU Registered Nurse
College Station, TX
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nights. The position provides specialized nursing care to premature and critically ill newborns in a Level III neonatal intensive care setting. The role includes delivery attendance, newborn admissions, respiratory support, and collaboration with neonatal providers and related care teams.

Job Details

• Schedule: 12-hour night shifts, 36 hours per week, every other weekend, with rotating holidays.
• Required Qualifications: Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification, and STABLE certification, all current before onsite start; minimum of 2 years of Level III or Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit experience; proficiency with nasal cannula, high-flow nasal cannula, bubble continuous positive airway pressure, ventilators, chest tubes, umbilical venous catheters, umbilical arterial catheters, and extremely low birth weight infants.
• Preferred Qualifications: Delivery experience.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: The position supports couplet care, delivery attendance, newborn admissions, and assistance with newborn care in the mother-baby setting as needed. Typical assignments follow Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) staffing guidelines, generally ranging from one nurse to two patients, with occasional one-to-one assignments and feeder-grower assignments of up to one nurse to three patients. Patient populations include persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, prematurity between 25 and 34 weeks, hypoglycemia, and newborns requiring respiratory support. The position may assist with laboratory work, observation and transition care, circumcisions, critical congenital heart disease screening, car seat studies, deliveries, and admissions. Orientation includes one to two day shifts and one to two night shifts.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits