Travel NICU Transport RN - $2,281 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care for a travel nursing job in Portland, Oregon.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/01/2026
• 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 1, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a NICU Transport position requiring both OR and WA/Compact RN licensure along with flight and/or mobile transfer experience.

Details

• Work with a specialized NICU Transport team based out of a children's hospital, transporting neonatal and pediatric patients from outside facilities requiring higher levels of care
• Transport team consists of one RN and one RT per shift, guided by a physician
• Transports patients via ground, fixed-wing, or rotor-wing aircraft throughout Oregon and SW Washington
• Primarily transports patients to the home facility, with additional transport support for partner facility and coverage for another hospital's transport team when unavailable
• Flight training is included as part of orientation through a contracted vendor
• Night shift schedule: 3x12 hour shifts, 18:30-7:00
• Weekend requirement: minimum of every 3rd weekend, with occasional additional weekend shifts as needed for schedule balancing
• Uses Epic charting system

Requirements

• Active OR RN license and WA/Compact RN license required prior to start (temporary Oregon license available upon request if needed)
• BLS, NRP, and PALS certifications required
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a fully oriented, working neonatal/pediatric transport RN with strong NICU/PICU skills
• Prior flight and/or mobile transfer experience required for interview consideration
• 2+ years of pediatric transport experience preferred
• Epic EMR experience required
• Level I Trauma experience preferred
• Strong respiratory skills required, including ventilator management, ETT/NT suctioning, ABG interpretation, and airway care
• Experience with emergency medications including vasopressors, antiarrhythmics, and continuous sedation
• IV therapy skills including arterial line and central line management
• Experience with intubation assistance and UVC/UAC placement
• Cardiovascular skills including dysrhythmia interpretation and management
• No felony convictions

Additional Information

• Respond to activation calls to transport critically ill neonatal and pediatric patients from outside facilities
• Complete flight training as part of orientation through the facility's contracted training vendor
• Scrubs provided for pediatric transport role
• Free parking available in any unrestricted space
• Candidates must live outside a 50-mile radius of any facility location within the health system
• Former staff must be separated from the facility/system for at least 1 year before returning as a traveler
• Maximum of 7 days RTO permitted, with no RTO allowed during the first 2 weeks of the assignment

American Traveler Job ID #P-741068. 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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