Job description
Registered Nurse - NICU
Start Date: 11-02-2026
End Date: 02-01-2027
Contract Type: 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.