Local Contract Nurse RN - NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care

Company: Staff Today
Location: Tacoma
Posted on: January 8, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Staff Today is seeking a local contract nurse RN NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care for a local contract nursing job in Tacoma, Washington. Job Description & Requirements - Specialty: NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care - Discipline: RN - Duration: 13 weeks - 36 hours per week - Shift: 12 hours, flexible - Employment Type: Local Contract Health Advocates Network is currently seeking a Registered Nurse - NICU to work at a Facility in Tacoma, WA. These are registry positions with our company. Pay Rate: $62 / hour *W2 QUALIFICATIONS: - Associate's degree in nursing (ASN) - One Year of Experience in Nursing - Current unrestricted RN license in one of the 50 US States and/or territories. - Basic Life Support (BLS) - Neonatal Resuscitation Provider-Advanced (NRP) - Sugar, Temperature, Airway, Blood pressure, Lab work, and Emotional support (STABLE) - A thorough knowledge of electronic fetal/uterine monitoring (placement, maintenance, and interpretation) is required. - US Citizen - NACI background check RESPONSIBILTIES: - Coordinate patient care in collaboration with a wide array of healthcare professionals. Facilitate the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to clinical care, quality and cost effectiveness. - Perform critical care duties to include assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating age-specific nursing care across all ages. - Perform physical exam and health histories. - Provide health promotions, counseling, and education. - Administer medications, wound care, and numerous other personalized interventions. - Accountable for making patient care assignments based on the scope of practice and skill level of assigned personnel. - Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergency situations. - Communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization. - Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as appropriate. - Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient outcomes - Provide comprehensive professional neonatal care to critically ill neonatal patients in the NICU. - NICU RNs are responsible for infants throughout tour of duty and have extensive knowledge and experience and have the skill for concentrated effort and are self–motivating to carry out patient care requirements. - Responsible for caring for infants with a variety of respiratory support devices such as oscillators, vents, iNO, CPAP, SIPAP, nasal cannula and trach tubes. - Participate in the development and updating of patient care plan. - Monitor IV fluids, blood, and blood products, check rate, volume, and insertion site. Perform neonatalcatheter care. Change fluid containers and tubing. Recognize potential problems and take corrective action. - Perform basic infant care procedures, lifting, turning, transporting, and positioning. Providing personal hygiene care, changes linens, clothing, and feeds infants to include NG/ OG, PO, G-tube feedings. - Support, assist and instruct breast feeding Mothers to promote maximum nutritional needs based on Mothers' desire to breast feed. - Set up or assist in setting up and use specialized equipment such as ventilator support oxygen delivery systems, drainage suction devices, hypothermic units, and infusion pumps. - Mix and administer prescribed medication orally, intramuscularly, subcutaneously, intravenously. - Serve as a resource person whom other critical care nurses and other health providers consult when particularly difficult problems in care of critically ill patients arise. - Serves as a member of the Neonatal Resuscitation Team; attends high-risk deliveries and initiates neonatal resuscitative measures as directed. - HCW's will be required to float within similar specialties If interested, please apply through this job post. QUALIFICATIONS:/n/nAssociate's degree in nursing (ASN)/nOne Year of Experience in Nursing/nCurrent unrestricted RN license in one of the 50 US States and/or territories./nBasic Life Support (BLS) from AHA/nNeonatal Resuscitation Provider-Advanced (NRP)/nSugar, Temperature, Airway, Blood pressure, Lab work, and Emotional support (STABLE)/nA thorough knowledge of electronic fetal/uterine monitoring (placement, maintenance, and interpretation) is required./nUS Citizen/nNACI background check About Staff Today At Staff Today we believe that successful organizations are a product of experienced and talented employees. We have upheld this belief in all our recruiting and management functions, resulting in Staff Today being one of the largest staffing companies in the United States. - Purpose To be a leader in the staffing industry by providing enhanced services, relationship and profitability. - Mission To provide quality services that exceeds the expectations of our esteemed clients/customers. - Philosophy Our philosophy is simple. We believe we have two clients – our customers and our employees. Our success and reputation is built around each. We know our relationship with both is mutually beneficial and we continually strive to satisfy each at the highest possible level. - Core Values We believe in treating everyone with respect and integrity. We integrate honesty, integrity and business ethics into all aspects of our business functioning.

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