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Registered Nurse - NICU

📍 Santa Maria, california · · · 36 hrs/week

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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: 11-09-2026

End Date: 02-08-2027

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

  • Trauma Level: 3
  • Charting System: Cerner
  • Unit Notes: - Unit: NICU - Level 3 NICU
  • # beds: 4 beds in PICU (future state)
  • NICU 21 beds
  • Peds 8 beds(ped medsurg acuity)
  • Certs: BLS, NRP
  • PALS and STABLE preferred...
  • Ratios: 1 to 1 and 1 to 3
  • Peds 1 to1 or 1 to 4 (PICU 1 ot 1 or 1 to2 NICU 1to1 through 1 to 3 , ped unit 1 to 4 could be less
  • EMR: Cerner
  • Charge Nurse: NICU almost always
  • Peds not always
  • Nurse Aides: No aides
  • Weekend Requirement: EOW
  • Holidays: 2 major
  • Scrub Color: Navy
  • Tele: Phillips tele - not required to read them
  • Vents: oscillators, draeger, cpap and high flow nasal cannula
  • Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: neonataologist - not only on 24/7
  • IV Team: no
  • RT 24/7: Yes
  • Pharmacy 24/7: Yes
  • Call: Sometimes, low census (Standby)
  • Shifts: 12's (7-7), self scheduling primarily
  • Floating: NICU float to Nursery and Peds
  • Mother Baby (not typical)only if they have that experience, lenient with ped expereince, level 3 NICU
  • Floor specific orientation: NICU (2-3 shifts) Peds (2 shifts)
  • Common diagnosis / Types of patients: 23 weeks and bove, cooling-expreience preferred, feeders/growers, no ecmolevel 3 or above for experience, must be comfortabel with high frequency oscilattors and vents
  • Additional Notes: 2 years experinece or more, previous travel experience is not required.
  • Years of Experience: 2
  • Shift Notes: 7a-7p, EOW first to float
  • Specialty: NICU
  • Start Date: 2026-11-09
  • End Date: 2027-02-08
  • Created Date: 2026-10-12
  • Required Hours/Week: 36
  • Start Time: 07:00
  • End Time: 19:00
  • Positions: 3
  • Short Description: RN (Registered Nurse)
  • Contract Type:

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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.