NICU RN
Apple Valley, CA
Bestica
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Travel RN – NICU Level III

📍 Apple Valley, CA | 13-Week Contract
📅 Start Date: November 17, 2026
🕒 Shift: Nights | 3×12-Hour Shifts
⏰ Schedule: 6:00 PM–6:30 AM
✅ Charting: Epic

Join a Level III NICU team in Apple Valley, CA, providing specialized care to premature and critically ill newborns. This opportunity is suited for experienced NICU nurses with strong neonatal assessment, respiratory support, and critical care skills.

📌 Assignment Highlights

• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Night shift
• Patient Ratios: Up to 1:3, based on acuity
• Unit Capacity: 14 NICU beds
• Weekend Requirement: Every other weekend; may increase based on unit needs
• Floating: May float to Mother/Baby for newborn care; full floating may be required for nurses with couplet-care experience
• Orientation: 36 hours
• Parking: Free
• First-Time Travelers: Conflicting details in the job description; confirm eligibility with the recruiter before submission

🩺 Your Role

• Provide specialized care to premature and critically ill neonates.
• Manage respiratory support, including CPAP, BiPAP, high-frequency ventilation, and oscillators.
• Monitor and manage neonatal conditions such as respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, hypoglycemia, jaundice, and neonatal abstinence syndrome.
• Manage central lines, PICC lines, and midlines.
• Titrate dopamine and dobutamine as ordered.
• Administer neonatal medications, surfactants, antibiotics, and emergency medications.
• Support feeding, thermoregulation, developmental care, and family education.
• Assist with procedures such as intubations and spinal taps.

✅ Required Qualifications

• Active RN license eligible for practice in California.
• Minimum 2 years of RN experience, including at least 1 year in the specialty.
• Previous Level III NICU experience is mandatory.
• Community hospital experience required.
• Epic charting experience.
• BLS certification.
• NRP certification; advanced NRP may be required before starting.
• PALS is listed in the job overview; confirm the exact certification requirement with the recruiter.
• Strong experience with neonatal respiratory support, central lines, PICC lines, and vasoactive medication titration.

⭐ Preferred Qualifications

• Level IV NICU experience.
• Experience caring for neonates under 28 weeks.
• Experience with therapeutic hypothermia, inhaled nitric oxide, and high-frequency ventilation.
• Experience attending high-risk deliveries and managing complex neonatal cases.

📋 Important Contract Requirements

• All requested time off (RTO) must be included at submission.
• No block scheduling.
• Scheduling requests related to outside employment will not be considered.
• The facility may cancel one shift every two weeks.
• Local candidates within a 50-mile radius may be subject to a different rate.