Registered Nurse RN - Neonatal ICU NICU

Work Schedule: 3 days per week, 7a-7p/Rotating Weekends

Advance your neonatal critical care career at HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast and deliver life-saving clinical care as a Neonatal ICU (NICU) Registered Nurse (RN). This specialized role is intentionally designed to attract high-caliber Perinatal, Infant, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Special Care Nursery, Newborn Nursery, and Flight or Transport RNs who are passionate about protecting our most vulnerable patient populations. Operating within our state-of-the-art, designated Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), you will collaborate with board-certified neonatologists and neonatal nurse practitioners who staff the unit 24/7 to manage high-risk prematurity, complex respiratory conditions, advanced nutritional needs, and specialized neonate stabilization. Beyond high-acuity critical care, you will champion family-centered care through skin-to-skin support, dedicated neonatal transport team operations, and comprehensive parental transition education. Our commitment to obstetric and maternal-fetal excellence is reflected in elite organizational honors, including our Labor and Delivery unit being recognized as a prestigious HCA Healthcare Unit of Distinction recipient (ranking in the top 5% nationwide for nursing excellence), alongside the facility's Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award and America's 250 Best Hospitals Award.

Job Summary and Qualifications 

As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in line with the requirements of the department and the standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. Collaborating with medical providers and the care team, you will provide personalized, comprehensive, and compassionate care, following established nursing models such as "Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage." You will also act as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers, embodying the organization's vision, mission, and values to ensure an outstanding patient experience and positive clinical outcomes.

What you will do in this role:

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for both NICU and Newborn Nursery patients.
• Perform detailed clinical neonatal assessments, including specialized gestational age evaluations.
• Meet all practice criteria for Level II and Level III NICUs while managing assigned personnel, supplies, and equipment.
• Participate in mandatory unit education and ongoing activities to measure, assess, and improve patient care standards.
• Support the provision of services by participating in the development and implementation of hospital policies and procedures.
• Facilitate the patient discharge process, including vital education and teaching for parents.

What qualifications you will need:

• Graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree registered nursing program.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date)
• Current BLS, and NRP issued from American Heart Association required
• STABLE certification preferred.
• 1 year of clinical NICU, Neonatal ICU experience as a licensed RN in a hospital required.

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services 
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services 
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence 
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling 
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing 
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts 

Learn more about Employee Benefits 

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location. 

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast is a full-service 340+ bed acute care hospital in Pasadena, Texas. We have been a leader of medical care in Pasadena for more than 50 years. With board-certified physicians, registered nurses and expert technicians, the community has come to rely on us for top-quality, comprehensive and compassionate healthcare. HCA Houston Southeast is the only hospital in Pasadena with both Chest Pain Center Accreditation with Primary PCI and Resuscitation by the American College of Cardiology and full accreditation by The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder 

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our NICU Registered Nurse - Neonatal ICU RN opening. Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out.