Travel NICU Registered Nurse - $2,141 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Lee's Summit, Missouri.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/08/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Sep 8, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a NICU position requiring 2 years of specialty experience, NRP certification, and travel experience.

Details

• NICU setting with 18 rooms and 20 beds, average daily census of 6.9
• Level III NICU caring for neonates ranging from under 24 weeks to over 34 weeks gestation
• Night shift schedule, 3x12 hours (18:45-7:15)
• Weekend requirement of 4 weekend shifts per 6-week schedule (Friday and/or Saturday night) plus 2 Sunday nights per 6-week schedule
• On-call requirement of two 12-hour call shifts per 6-week schedule
• Floating required within scope to well baby nursery and to attend deliveries on L&D, with potential floating between departments, units, and facilities as needed
• Uses Epic charting system
• 13-week assignment length

Requirements

• Active RN license (Missouri or Compact) required, with Kansas licensure or compact also required due to floating needs
• Minimum 2 years of recent NICU specialty experience required, including a full year of in-specialty experience within the past 12 months with no employment gaps greater than 90 days
• Current certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP); STABLE certification preferred
• Prior travel nursing experience required
• Patient ratio experience of 1:1 to 1:3
• Required skills include high-risk delivery attendance, ventilator management (AC/PC/SIMV/CPAP/BIPAP/PEEP), arterial line management, UAC/UVC care, central line care, neonatal dosage calculations, and blood gas collection
• Additional skills include dysrhythmia interpretation, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, phototherapy, therapeutic hypothermia, and management of neonatal sepsis
• Two professional references required: one supervisor-level or above and one charge RN, both from within the past year

Additional Information

• Responsibilities include high-risk delivery attendance, developmental care, patient/family teaching, and management of complex neonatal conditions such as respiratory distress syndrome and neonatal abstinence syndrome
• Navy blue scrubs are provided for charge nurses and transition/baby catcher nurses only
• Candidates must reside at least 75 miles from the facility to be eligible; local candidates within 75 miles are not accepted
• Maximum RTO of 7 days, all time-off requests must be finalized at time of submission with no additional requests after offer or onsite
• Previous BJC or Saint Luke's permanent employees must wait 1 year before returning as a traveler; returning travelers require 18 months tenure with a 3-month break in service
• First-time travelers are not accepted for this position
• No travel partners accepted for this assignment

American Traveler Job ID #P-712474. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - Neonatal ICU

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