Registered Nurse NICU

Location: Seattle, WA
Profession: Registered Nurse

Posted: 9/17/2026
Salary: $2774/weekly

Weekly Hours: 48
Shift: Days

Job Details

Job Title

Registered Nurse – NICU

Location

Seattle, WA | Level III/IV NICU

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Days | 4x12-Hour Shifts (7:00–19:30)

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide direct patient care in a Level III or Level IV NICU, caring for neonates as early as 23–24 weeks gestation
  • Operate and manage advanced respiratory support equipment including CPAP/BiPAP, High Frequency Ventilators, Oscillators, and conventional Vents
  • Administer blood and blood products; manage PICC/Central Lines and syringe pumps
  • Attend high-risk deliveries and support neonatal surgical cases
  • Perform procedures including Cardioversion/Defibrillation, Cooling/Warming Blanket therapy, and Feeding Tube placement
  • May be expected to float to sister campuses or adjacent units (e.g., Special Care Nursery, Pediatrics/Newborn Nursery); float assignments to Pediatrics are limited to infant care only

Required Qualifications

  • Active Registered Nurse (RN) license; compact license must be active and in hand at time of submission
  • Minimum of 3 years of NICU experience required
  • Experience in a Level III or Level IV NICU setting
  • Ability to commit to working 3 of the following 5 holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day
  • Must live at least 50 miles from the facility to be eligible as a standard traveler (locals may be considered under alternate terms)
  • All RTO and scheduling requests must be submitted upfront at time of submittal; post-offer RTO requests may not be granted

Preferred Experience / Skills

  • Comfort with micro-preemie and extremely premature neonatal populations (23–24 weeks gestation)
  • Experience attending high-risk deliveries and supporting neonatal surgical cases
  • Flexibility to float between multiple campuses within the same health system
  • Block scheduling preferred candidates welcome; willingness to work 3 or more consecutive shifts is a plus

Why Join Us

  • Join a high-acuity, 77-bed NICU with a collaborative team environment and consistent patient volume
  • Block scheduling is supported, offering travelers greater control over their work-life balance

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