NICU RN
Carmichael, California
Mercy San Juan Medical Center

NICU Registered Nurse (RN)

Location: Carmichael, California (near Sacramento) Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 12-hour shifts (36 hours/week)

Required Qualifications

• 2 years of NICU experience
• Active BLS (AHA) certification
• Active NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) certification
• Active California RN license
• Copy of driver's license at submittal. Name must match a government-issued ID, with no middle initial or middle name.
• 2 supervisor references from the modality submitting to at submittal: 1 within the past 12 months and 1 within the past 3 years worked
• Not directly employed within the past year by any facility in the associated health system, including CHI and Dignity. Candidates employed PRN through outside staffing firms will be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Pediatric experience (unit cares only for babies)

Unit Details

• Unit: NICU, Level 3
• Beds: 26-30
• Patient types: Respiratory failure and preterm infants. No cardiac surgery or defect repair patients.
• Charge nurse: Generally does not take patients, but provides break relief
• Nurse aides: Available as census and staffing dictate
• Vents: Yes
• Hospitalist or intensivist: In house
• IV team: None
• Respiratory therapy: 24/7
• Pharmacy: 24/7
• Scrubs: Navy top; under shirts must be navy, white, or black. Navy scrub jackets are optional.
• Orientation: 1-2 days on the floor with a preceptor
• Additional notes: Hospital is designated "baby friendly" with excellent breastfeeding support

Schedule and Shifts

• Shift starts at 6:45. Report is at the bedside.
• Every other weekend
• Holidays: Rotate with core staff. Travelers work 2 of the 3 major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's). Managers make final scheduling decisions. Holiday time off will be considered but is not guaranteed.
• Overtime and extra shifts are available.
• Self-scheduling is used but is not finalized until the manager balances it. Schedules are posted 4 weeks out. Travelers can view schedules remotely, mark availability for extra shifts, and trade shifts with staff.
• Block scheduling is generally not available.

Floating

• Floats to all other facilities in the Sacramento area; first to float
• Mid-shift float to another facility is rare but can happen.