Travel Nurse RN - NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care - $2,401 per week

About the Role

Prime Time Healthcare Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Richmond, Virginia.

Contract Details

• Duration: 16–18 weeks
• Hours: 36 hours per week, 12-hour shifts
• Shifts: Nights or Days available
• Weekends: Every other weekend
• Holidays: Major holiday rotation required
• Local Candidates: Not accepted within 50 miles
• Interview: ITO will interview
• Orientation/Contract Options:
  • 8/31 orientation: 18 weeks | Ends 1/2/27
  • 9/14 orientation: 18 weeks | Ends 1/16/27
  • 9/28 orientation: 16 weeks | Ends 1/16/27

Unit Details

• Level III-B NICU
• 21 beds
• Cares for infants as premature as 23 weeks
• Typical ratio: 1:2–3 (may change based on acuity and facility needs)
• May occasionally float within New Life or to nearby NICUs

Required Experience

• 2.5–3 years NICU experience required
• Hands-on experience with:
  • Body cooling
  • Ventilators
  • JET ventilation
  • Oscillators
• Must be comfortable caring for unstable, acute and chronically ill neonatal patients
• Arrhythmia testing is not required

Required Certifications

• BLS
• NRP

Preferred Skills & Equipment

• STABLE
• Medfusion pumps
• PICC lines placed by trained RNs
• Umbilical lines
• Intubation performed by trained transport nurses
• Body cooling
• Giraffe Shuttle/incubator transport system
• Conventional ventilators
• JET ventilators
• Oscillators
• Neonatal resuscitation and stabilization
• EMR: Epic experience preferred

Candidate Profile

Strong fit for an experienced high-acuity NICU RN who is confident managing extremely premature infants, ventilated neonates, cooling patients and advanced respiratory modalities including JET and oscillator ventilation. Must be comfortable with floating and every-other-weekend/major-holiday scheduling.

Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Health savings account
• Referral bonus
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits