NICU RN - Day Shift (Travel Contract)

Position Details

• Role: Registered Nurse (RN) – 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: $52.00–$70.00/hour (hourly)

Responsibilities

• Provide NICU nursing care across a range of gestational ages, including < 24–28 weeks, 29–34 weeks, and > 34 weeks.
• Deliver evidence-based care for high-acuity conditions, including respiratory failure and infectious disease precautions (isolation/PPE, neonatal sepsis workup).
• Monitor and manage hemodynamic status using telemetry 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, including APGAR scoring, developmental care interventions, therapeutic hypothermia (cooling blanket), and assistance with lumbar puncture.
• Provide patient/family teaching, including breastfeeding support and handling expressed breast milk.
• Document care accurately in Epic.

Requirements

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

Compensation & Why Quick2Hire

Earn $52.00–$70.00/hour for this NICU RN travel/contract assignment with guaranteed 36 hours/week on day shift in Apple Valley, CA.

• Quick2Hire provides a dedicated recruiter supporting you throughout the assignment.
• You’ll receive reliable weekly pay during your contract.
• Want extra coverage? Quick2Hire also offers per diem shifts for added flexibility.