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Registered Nurse - NICU

📍 Los Angeles, california · · · 36 hrs/week

NursingUHC-00159501
Candidate pay rate:$70.7/hr ≈ $2,545/wk before stipends Quick apply or call (408) 441-9200

Job description

Registered Nurse - NICU

Start Date: 11-02-2026

End Date: 02-01-2027

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Hours per Week: 36

Candidate Pay Rate: $70.70 per hour

About United Health Care Staffing

At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.

Education

  • Common diagnoses/Types of patients: premature- sepsis, surgical- gastroschesis, evas, vented rarely- nasal cpap, rare osciallators, NICU attends high risk deliveries in L&D. NICU RT is available.
  • Experience or 'Must have' skills: 3 years of NICU experience, must have experience with the drips below, and have experience in a level 3 NICU
  • Are RNs required to titrate drips? dopamine, dobutamine, versed, fentanyl
  • Common titratable &/or set rate drips: same as above
  • Charge Nurse/House Supervisor? Does the charge nurse take an assignment? Charge covers both NICU and peds- free of assignment, charge for days and nights
  • Are there nurse aids on this unit/Ratios: none
  • Neonatologist in house 24/7? 24 hours in unit, as well as RT in unit 24 hours
  • RT Equipment (vents, Cpap, Bi Pap, etc): Osciallators, nasal cpap, rare vents,(nitrous oxide rare-core staff to take) giraffes for bassinets, atom incubators and radiant warmers
  • Is there tele on this unit? Monitor Techs? RNs read strips? Tele on the unit, RN to monitor the patients, open bay area with monitors
  • Shifts & Scheduling (Do you allow self-scheduling? Block scheduling?) 12 hour start at 7-730, self schedule by seniority, manager balances it
  • Weekend Requirements: Every other weekend, Saturday and Sunday
  • Holiday Requirements: Yes, 1 major and 1 Minor
  • Is there call or a standby requirement? none
  • Floating Requirements: First to float, to the Nursery and pediatrics (sister unit),peds consists of 12 beds, low acuity patients - usually RSV, pneumonia, etc.
  • Scrub Color/Dress Code: Navy
  • Scrub Color/Dress Code: Navy
  • Unit/Departments specific orientation: 3 shifts on the unit with a preceptor, and 6 hours in the nursery and 6 hours on pediatrics
  • Specialty: NICU

Apply Now

Ready to start your next adventure as a Registered Nurse - NICU? Let's get you moving forward!

Send your resume to [email protected] or call us at 408-441-9200 today.

Why UHCS

Weekly or bi-weekly pay, medical/dental/vision, a SIMPLE IRA with employer contribution, tests paid on qualifying assignments with payroll deduction available, and one recruiter who stays with you for the whole assignment — reachable after hours. Every placement is credentialed to Joint Commission standards, so your packet is accepted the first time.