NICU Registered Nurse (RN) | Contract Day Shift

Position Details

• Role: Registered Nurse (RN - General)
• Specialty: NICU RN
• Location: Apple Valley, CA
• Assignment length: 13 weeks
• Start date: 2026-08-25
• Shift: Day (3x12 hours), 6:00–18:30
• Guaranteed hours: 36 hours/week
• Pay: $56.00–$67.00/hour (hourly)

Responsibilities

• Provide expert NICU nursing care for neonates across gestational ages, including < 24–28 weeks, 29–34 weeks, and > 34 weeks.
• Deliver evidence-based care for high-acuity conditions such as respiratory failure and infectious disease precautions (isolation/PPE, neonatal sepsis workup).
• Monitor and manage hemodynamic status using telemetry on the unit and support invasive hemodynamic monitoring as needed.
• Perform and support IV therapies including starting/maintaining IVs, arterial line management, central line/implanted line care, and central line blood draws.
• Support medication administration and neonatal emergency care, including IV vasopressors, anti-seizure medications, antibiotics/antivirals, and neonatal dosage calculations.
• Perform or assist with advanced procedures and therapies such as APGAR scoring, developmental care interventions, therapeutic hypothermia (cooling blanket), and assistance with lumbar puncture.
• Provide family/patient teaching, including breastfeeding support and handling expressed breast milk.
• Document care accurately in Epic.

Requirements

• RN Experience: 2 years of RN experience. If less than 2 years, but has Level 4 NICU experience, candidates may be screened.
• Patient ratio experience: 1:2–3
• Charting system: required Epic
• Community Hospital Experience: required
• Travel Experience: required. Can screen if 2+ years NICU experience; do not screen for less.
• Certifications: BLS and NRP Advanced. Will allow NRP if willing to get advanced prior to start (required).
• Required NICU skills/clinical experience: therapeutic hypothermia (cooling blanket) (required)
• Required respiratory experience: Vapotherm (required) and chest tube management (required)
• Required respiratory medication experience: Nitric Oxide (Ino) (required)
• Required medication experience: administration of conscious sedation (required)
• Required work settings/patient care experience: attend high risk deliveries (required), Mother/Baby (required), NICU III, and NICU IV (required)
• Required GI experience: gastroschisis/omphalocele (required)
• Required endocrine/metabolic experience: insulin administration (required)
• Additional skills: manage PICC lines

Compensation & Why Quick2Hire

$56.00–$67.00/hour for this NICU Registered Nurse (RN) day shift contract in Apple Valley, CA (3x12 hours; guaranteed 36 hours/week; 13 weeks).

• Quick2Hire provides a dedicated recruiter to support you throughout your assignment.
• We deliver reliable weekly pay.
• Prefer extra flexibility? Quick2Hire also offers per diem shifts for NICU RN professionals.