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Location: Gilbert, Arizona Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 12 hours per day, 48 hours per week

Minimum 2 years of NICU experience
Level 2 NICU experience
Active BLS, NRP, and Arizona license or compact
Certifications: BLS, NRP, STABLE
COVID vaccine, or a declination form with appropriate documentation and hospital approval
Pass/fail sim lab on foley catheter insertion, completed on Day 1 of orientation (study guides provided)

Unit: Special Care Nursery (SCN)
Beds: 12 licensed SCN neonatal beds
Average census: About 10
Average deliveries: About 325 per month
Level and patients: Level II special care nursery caring for babies 32 weeks and above, including patients on CPAP and high flow, feeder growers, R/S sepsis, and hyperbilirubinemia
Ratios: Typically 3:1, depending on acuity, or 2:1
Drips: RNs are not required to titrate drips
Monitor techs: None on the unit. Strips needing evaluation go to the NNP/neonatologist or on-call cardiologist.
Support staff: A PCT on the unit who can assist RNs with neonatal care
Coverage: NNPs in house 24/7 and pediatrician on call 24 hours
Charge nurse: Manages the shift and attends high-risk deliveries; occasionally takes one low-acuity patient
IVs: SCN nurses start all of their own IVs. A certified neonatal PICC team is available.

Scheduling: Self-scheduling
Weekends: 3 weekend shifts per monthly schedule (Friday or Saturday, plus one Sunday)
Holidays: One major and one minor holiday if they fall within the assignment
Call: No call requirement
Float: NICU travelers must float to a sister facility in the system (Chandler Regional NICU)
Orientation: 2 shifts
Scrub color: Navy blue

Radius rule: 50 miles. Candidates may not have worked full time, part time, or PRN with any affiliated facility within the past 12 months.

Facility

4.7rating(24 reviews)

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ADDRESS3555 South Val Vista DriveGilbert, AZ 85297

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